A popular program will close its gates in two months.
Microsoft officials announced through the press relief The end of the Skype programThis was a synonym for online calls for several years. Instead of continuing Skype support, US management decided to bet on the Microsoft Teams platform.
Only Free version of MS Teams In the coming months, Skype will completely replace. Representatives of Microsoft said that Skype users will not need to configure new accounts and a contact network. All important data should be automatically transformed into commands.
At the same time, the completion of the call function to mobile numbers and a stationary line was confirmed. The story of Skype closes exactly 5 MayWhen it turns off. The history of the platform began in 2003, when it was officially launched.
Just two years later, Skype was bought by Ebay for $ 2.6 billion. Another acquisition occurred in 2011 when I bought Skype For $ 8.5 billionThe imaginary peak reached the service in 2016, when it could boast of more than 300 million users. However, from the growing competition, the share of Skype on the market gradually decreased. From these circumstances in 2023 there were 36 million active users on the platform.
Source :Indian TV
