We're committed and want to build on that success," he said. "For business, we've had an incredible uptake of our Lync communications client. While the discussion was short on specifics regarding integration with existing Microsoft technologies, he indicated the potential to extend Skype across Outlook, Xbox, Kinect, Messenger, Hotmail and Lync.Įxtending Skype to Lync could have implications for enterprise customers using or considering that product. He said 600,000 new users sign up every day.
Source: Microsoft Corp.īallmer talked up Skype's huge installed base of 170 million users and the fact that on average, 30 million people are online at any given time. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates at the San Francisco announcement of Microsoft's acquisition of Skype. "We believe that this is a platform and a set of services that can reach everyone on the planet," Bates said. Bates said he anticipates Skype's user base growing from millions to billions of subscribers. That new division will be headed by Tony Bates, now Skype's CEO, who will be president of the new Skype division. "We're adding a new division and a new promise to our customers, the promise of universal next-generation communications."
"This is a big day for Skype, it's a big day for Microsoft," Ballmer said, attempting to justify the huge premium the company is paying for Skype. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today described the company's pending $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype as a major milestone in Redmond's effort to extend cross-platform communications across mobile devices, PCs and home entertainment systems.Įxecutives of both Microsoft and Skype appeared at a press conference in San Francisco that was webcast to discuss the deal, announced earlier this morning. News Ballmer: 'A Big Day' for Microsoft, Skype
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