EBay plans Skype IPO next year

14.04.2009

Donahoe made the decision after giving himself a year to evaluate Skype's performance and its potential synergies with eBay and its other Web sites and services, eBay said.

Skype had revenue of $551 million in 2008, a 44 percent increase compared with 2007. It had 405 million registered users at the end of last year, a 47 percent jump from the year before. EBay expects Skype's revenue to exceed $1 billion in 2011, it said.