Completed the sale of Skype
The deal for the change of ownership Skype completed. Owner of Internet phone service has become an investment group, which also includes the founders of the company. Recently, eBay failed to resolve differences with licensing Zennstromom Niklas (Niklas Zennstrom) and Janus Friis (Janus Friis), which enabled interested in implementing the sale of the parties to move forward.
Earlier Zennstrom and Friis claimed a violation of their intellectual rights and illegal use of peer to peer technology VoIP-service. They initiated a series of trials with eBay, which acquired the service in 2005 for $ 2.6 billion, and one of the new investors. As a result of agreements Skype has acquired the right to dispose of critical software code owned and based Zennstromom Friis Company Joltid, in exchange for 14% stake in Skype. 70% share of Skype sold for $ 2 billion investment group that includes Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and other partners without Joltid, receives 56%.
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