Google and Facebook: Want Skype

Google and Facebook are conducting preliminary negotiations on the purchase of Skype or extensive collaboration with her. Price tag: between 3 and 4 billion

Google and Facebook are trying to buy Skype - or at least share with her action. Two giant Internet companies are in the early stages of talks with management company that provides the ability to make phone calls over the Internet. Sources close to the sides Reuters news service reported that two companies are considering to buy the service or have extensive cooperation with him. If you buy Facebook the company - will allow it it adds support voice and video communication of its messaging service. Both companies already have a cooperation today - Skype is linguistic software that lets Facebook users to chat or call through their facebook members. Google already has Voice Service - Google Voice, but the company may want to get the game and its main competitor. Skype service was founded in 2003, covers nearly 13% on international calls market. Skype was bought by eBay in 2005 totaled $ 1.9 billion but it sold its controlling majority (70%) investment group in 2009. August 2010 forms filled Skype for stock issuance, but the process was frozen officially until the second half of 2011. Estimates are that the current price tag of the company stands at between 3 and 4 billion. Google, Facebook and Skype declined to comment officially on the subject.