Outside of China, Skype has more than 32% market penetration while Viber has only around 12%. Viber, which Rakuten Group bought for $900 million, still trails Skype in terms of market penetration and number of downloads. I cannot give an exact figure but I believe that Skype is one of Microsoft's best performing mobile-related subsidiaries. Skype is bundled under the Entertainment & Devices Division, which posted $10.2 billion in revenue in FY 2013. The basis for this assumption is Bloomberg's 2013 estimate of $2 billion revenue from Microsoft's Skype unit.
However, I estimate that Skype's 2013 revenue is higher than its 2010 sales of $860 million. Since its takeover in 2011, Microsoft has not released official numbers for Skype. Skype accounted for 34% of all international call traffic in 2012, and 40% in 2013.Įstimating Skype's revenue is not easy. Skype's International traffic in 2012 also grew by 44%, to 167 billion minutes. The rise of 3G/4G connectivity has helped Skype improve its international traffic by 36% in 2013, to 214 billion minutes. The chart from TeleGeography shows Skype's share in international calls is posting a double-digit growth rate (50% CAGR in 2013). In spite of the entry of Viber, Skype is still the world's top VOIP player. After Microsoft's acquisition of Skype, it changed partner.I opine that the $8.5 billion bet acquisition of Skype is one of the best things that Steve Ballmer did for Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT). Skype was first introduced in China through a joint venture between Skype and TOM Online. Skype, founded in 2003, is a subsidiary of Microsoft and provides instant messaging, voice and video calls, most of which are free. The spokesman did not explain why Skype was also removed from other third-party Android app stores, including those of Xiaomi Technology Co. "These apps remain available in all other markets where they do business."Ī Microsoft spokesman said that Skype was temporarily removed from Apple's app store and they are working to reinstate the app as soon as possible. "We have received notice that some applications do not comply with local law and therefore these apps have been removed from Apple's app store in China," said an Apple spokesperson in a press briefing today. Users with the app already installed on their devices are unaffected by the development, while Skype's official website remains accessible in China. 22 - Skype, Microsoft Corp.'s online communication platform, has been removed from China's mainstream mobile app stores serving both Apple Inc.'s iOS platform and Alphabet Inc.'s Android operating systems, online media outlet The Paper reported today.
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