微软斥资85亿美元收购Skype
<p><span word="NEW">NEW</span> <span word="YORK">YORK</span> -- <span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="telephone">telephone</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="Skype">Skype</span> <span word="for">for</span> $8.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="software">software</span> <span word="maker">maker</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 36-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="history">history</span>.</p><p>微软宣布以85亿美元收购互联网语音通话服务提供商<span word="Skype">Skype</span>，这一并购是微软36年的历史上最大数额的单笔并购交易。</p><p><span word="Buying">Buying</span> <span word="Skype">Skype</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="valuable">valuable</span> <span word="communications">communications</span> <span word="tool">tool</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="tries">tries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bigger">bigger</span> <span word="splash">splash</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bigger">bigger</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="smartphone">smartphone</span> <span word="market">market</span>.</p><p>微软试图在互联网界引起轰动，并意欲成为日益重要的智能手机市场的巨头，而这次的收购带给了微软这个潜在的高价值通讯工具。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="sellers">sellers</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="eBay">eBay</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="equity">equity</span> <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="Silver">Silver</span> <span word="Lake">Lake</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Andreessen">Andreessen</span> <span word="Horowitz">Horowitz</span>.</p><p>此次，微软是从易趣、美国美国私募股权公司银湖（<span word="Silver">Silver</span> <span word="Lake">Lake</span> <span word="Partners">Partners</span>）和安德森-霍洛维茨基金会（<span word="Andreessen">Andreessen</span> <span word="Horowitz">Horowitz</span>）手中购得的<span word="Skype">Skype</span>。</p><p><span word="Skype">Skype</span> <span word="boasts">boasts</span> <span word="about">about</span> 663 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="regulatory">regulatory</span> <span word="documents">documents</span>, <span word="Skype">Skype</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="made">made</span> 207 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="video">video</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p>据称，<span word="Skype">Skype</span>在全球拥有6.63亿的用户，去年<span word="Skype">Skype</span>用户的在线语音和视频通话时间高达2070亿分钟。</p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="Skype">Skype</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="services">services</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="entrepreneurs">entrepreneurs</span> <span word="Niklas">Niklas</span> <span word="Zennstrom">Zennstrom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Janus">Janus</span> <span word="Friis">Friis</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2003.</p>
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