Cisco plans to buy Skype before its IPO . The objective is to close the transaction of Skype before it hits the U.S. stock market, a value similar to that assessment. Cisco would have the opportunity to enhance their Cisco WebEx video conferencing system to support the largest online telemarketer in the world.
The rumor has emerged from the Techcrunch One of the most prestigious technology blog and usually reliable informant . There is too much information unless Cisco put on the table of $ 5,000 million in cash. There is no official statement from the companies involved, No confirmation from either parties, Techcrunch suggests that it would be a large-scale acquisition, since the valuation of Skype will be around the 5,000 million dollars. Cisco should make an offer in this range if it want to make it interesting.
Cisco’s intentions would act before the departure of Skype bag, information was also confirmed by VentureBeat , the source said that Cisco wants to integrate the VoIP service with WebEx solution. It appears that Cisco could have made an offer to Skype but there are other companies also involved behind this(like GigaOM and Google), who finally might have abandoned their purchase intentions to avoid further conflict with antitrust authorities.
Cisco’s offer would be around 5,000 million dollars about EUR 3.939 million, So the recovery would come close to that expected from Skype . It would be a much higher amount to 2,750 million dollars paid by eBay in 2005. But the union between the two entities failed because of mismanagement and recovered its original owners the company
Now Cisco intends to pay twice the amount paid at the time the online auction site, and no wonder , Skype is the dream of any company that wants to move up . He has over 560 million registered users, of which 124 million were connected during the first half of the year. Of these, 40% place video calls .
Cisco could integrate technology and make users Skype service for video calls and online meetings WebEx, A solution aimed primarily at businesses.