Its parent company, Microsoft, confirmed that Monday
5th May would be the platform’s final day of operation as it continued to
struggle to retain its place as the global powerhouse in its industry.
Apps like Teams, Zoom, Google Meets and FaceTime
quickly began competing with and overtaking Skype, which was bought by eBay in
2005 for a whopping $2.6bn.
This was before it was acquired by Microsoft in 2011
for $8.5bn. Five years later, 300 million people were making Skype calls every
month.
However, this was a user number that was being
replicated daily by its rival Zoom by the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic
and Microsoft itself had rolled out Teams in 2017, something which it began to
focus on more and more as Skype lagged behind.
It was in February 2025 that the global giant
announced that it would close the curtains on Skype.
“Skype has been an integral part of shaping modern
communications and supporting countless meaningful moments, and we are honored
to have been part of the journey,” said a post from Jeff Teper, president of
collaborative apps and platforms at Microsoft.
Users of the platform now have the ability to migrate
their contacts and chat data to Microsoft Teams.
Alternatively, they will be able to download their
data from the app and move to another video calling service.
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