From eBay’s third quarter report, it is clear that Skype has made significant growth in USA this year. There is 37 percent growth in Skype’s subscribers’ base in USA during the current quarter.
It is eight percent rise from the previous quarter. Skype’s US growth has also outnumbered its international growth rate by 17 percent last quarter.
Now the total subscriber of Skype is 136 million, an increase of about 23 million over the second quarter. It is also an increase of 137 percent from a year ago.
Skype has also brought total revenue of $50 million for eBay. On the other hand, eBay recorded net revenues of $1.449 billion during Q3, showing 31 percent year-over-year growth.
Gross merchandise volume has increased just 17%, to $12.6 billion, and overall marketplace revenue has shown 22 percent rise, down from 35% growth a year earlier.
Via: smithonvoip
