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Skype fails to pay off eBay in China

Bhagaban Sahu — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:19:06 +0000

When eBay acquired Skype for $2.6 billion last year, the market experts started saying that the auctioneer had overpaid for the acquisition. However, others maintained the auctioneer is sensible on its part. They predicted that Skype would be the...

eBay to shut China website, enters into JV with Tom Online

Balendu — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:11:45 +0000

eBay Inc.’s expansion dream seems to be shattered as it contemplating to close it operations in China. And the San Jose based auction site is forging a deal with a Chinese company in the face of tough market where it was loosing its...

Skype faces ban in China!

Bhagaban Sahu — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:50:42 +0000

Although Skype has registered nearly 23 million users in China, the popular VoIP service is now facing restriction in some areas, says Tom Online. The expurgation on text messing services and security concerns on Skype services, has forced Tom...

Skype signs up nearly 100,000 new users everyday in China

Bhagaban Sahu — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:26:03 +0000

Despite expurgation on text messaging services and security concerns on Skype services, Tom Online-Skype joint venture is getting overwhelming response in China. According to this source, Skype has been registering nearly 100,000 new users...

'China Mobile policy may hurt business'

Ritu — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:32:28 +0000

The China Mobile may have a negative impact on the operations of Chinese online firms Tom Online and Sohu.com due to changes in policies. According to Tom, a wireless Internet company in China, they have received a notice on policy changes for...