Online auctioneer bets on Net phones

Acquisition worth up to $4.1billion could turn eBay into a major provider of telecom, but analysts are skeptical

By Hiawatha Bray

Globe Staff / September 13, 2005

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The Internet auction company eBay Inc. has struck a deal to purchase Internet telephone provider Skype Technologies SA of Luxembourg, in a transaction worth as much as $4.1 billion that could establish eBay as a major global telecommunications provider. (Full article: 739 words)