Microsoft has granted authorization for the acquisition of Skype , one of the most popular VoIP services.The announcement was made public on the website of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the American authority specialized in antitrust matters.The Redmond company had announced last May its intention to acquire Skype for 8.5 billion dollars , the largest merger in the history of Microsoft and a bet (strategic and financial) in the fields of mobile Internet devices, against competitors such as Google .
The validation operation is listed in the list of approvals that the FTC publishes several times a week.Microsoft's interest for this platform (popular, but very fragile), emphasizes the search for new types of customers for the software giant, different and alien from those who use the office suite Office and the Windows operating system.
Microsoft had planned to integrate Skype in a wide range of products , from the OS for smartphones Windows 7 Phone to Outlook. Skype is used by an average of 145 million people every month and is very popular with small and medium-sized enterprises.
The validation operation is listed in the list of approvals that the FTC publishes several times a week.Microsoft's interest for this platform (popular, but very fragile), emphasizes the search for new types of customers for the software giant, different and alien from those who use the office suite Office and the Windows operating system.
Microsoft had planned to integrate Skype in a wide range of products , from the OS for smartphones Windows 7 Phone to Outlook. Skype is used by an average of 145 million people every month and is very popular with small and medium-sized enterprises.
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