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Microsoft to shut down video-calling pioneer Skype

Tech giant to retire service it acquired for $8.5bn after being overtaken by upstarts such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Zoom
Microsoft says it will retire Skype in May and move customers to the free version of its equivalent Teams application

Microsoft is shuttering its Skype video-calling service 14 years after buying the company for $8.5bn, hanging up on a pioneer of internet communications that upended the telecoms industry and paved the way for WhatsApp and Zoom.

Seattle-based Microsoft said on Friday that it would retire the service in May and will start moving customers to the free version of its equivalent Teams application.

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