Microsoft Skype will be abolished
US Technology Giant Microsoft will abolish Maja Skype, considered a pioneer between applications in the field of online voice and video chamber, reports the French news agency AFP. Users who want to keep their conversations and contacts can enter the Microsoft Teams with Skype.
« Skype will no longer be available since May 2025, » said their users' assistance team on social network X.
Skype was founded in 2003 in Estonia Niklas zennström and Janus Friis. The service came to life in August of the same year and changed online communication as it allowed free voice calls between computers and affordable calls from computers to landline and mobile phones, states AFP.
Due to technological progress, Skype soon began to enable video calls, direct messages, file sharing and group communication services.
Skype overshadowed competitors
In 2005, Skype had more than 50 million registered users, and in September that year it was taken over by Ebay for about $ 2.6 billion. In 2009, this sold a majority share in Skype to a group of investors. In May 2011, Skype was bought by US technology giant Microsoft for $ 8.5 billion and replaced Windows Live Messenger.
In the last few years, especially after the rise of smartphones, Skype has been overshadowed by competitors such as WhatsApp, Zoom and Teams, which is also owned by Microsoft.
« We have learned a lot from Skype when we have developed TEAMS in the last seven or eight years, » he is for business television CNBC saying Jeff Tepperwho runs a team for applications and platforms for participation in Microsoft. However, they judged that it was now a good time to focus solely on the Teams platform, he explained.
