Gype ?

Google’s rumored acquisition of Skype has the business world buzzing —

According to a post on truemors this morning word is that none other than Google is considering snapping up the  VoIP service.  The explosive growth experienced rapid growth of Skype prompted eBay to acquire itin September 2005 for $2.6 billion. Since then the number of user account  have increased from 171.2 million in the fouth quarter of 2006 to 405 million in Q4 of 2008.  According to  Scott Durchslag, the company’s chief operating officer, as of January 2009, Skype claimed to be adding about 30 million subscribers a quarter.

With Google beefing up its entry into the mobile phone market via the Android platform this aquisition seems likely especially with eBay’s 56% decline in share price compared to a year ago.  This is sure to help the Android platform which in it’s early stages was met with mixed reviews.

So I guess we will all wait to see what really develops here, I’d be interested to know what you think about this story.