Online auction site eBay is poised to say it has agreed to sell internet phone company Skype, reports say.
Skype is expected to be sold to a group of private investors, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and private equity firms.
eBay has been trying to sell Skype for some time, and has said that Skype had "limited synergies" with it. When eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn (£1.6bn) in October 2005, many analysts thought the price was too high.
More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8231072.stm
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Skype is expected to be sold to a group of private investors, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and private equity firms.
eBay has been trying to sell Skype for some time, and has said that Skype had "limited synergies" with it. When eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn (£1.6bn) in October 2005, many analysts thought the price was too high.
More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8231072.stm
