Microsoft Agrees to Buy Skype for $8.5 Billion

摘要

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to buy Skype S.a.r.l, which provides online voice and video communications services, for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft said the ac quisition will generate "significant new business and rev enue opportunities," and will improve the company's existing lineup of communications products and services, which already includes its Xbox Live network and Hotmail and Messenger services.