...not bad for a company that provides free telephony.

eBay Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Financial Results

[quote=websetters]...not bad for a company that provides free telephony.

eBay Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Financial Results[/quote]

..... and significantly above the projections as of the middle of October

Do we know if Skype met the 2005 revenue target of US$60 Million? Do we know what margins Skype has on those revenues?

Also, as an aside, interesting to see eBay hold eBay and Paypal up to a higher standard for counting users than Skype...

[quote=eBay Financial Report]- eBay

• Confirmed Registered Users — eBay cumulative confirmed registered users at the end of Q4-05 totaled
180.6 million, representing a 33% increase over the 135.5 million users reported at the end of Q4-04.

• Active Users — eBay active users, the number of users on the eBay platform who bid, bought, or listed
an item within the previous 12-month period, increased to a record 71.8 million in Q4-05, a 28% increase
over the 56.1 million active users reported in the same period a year ago.

- Paypal

• Total Payments Accounts — PayPal had 96.2 million total accounts at the end of Q4-05, a 51% increase
from the 63.8 million reported in Q4-04. Total payments accounts represent the cumulative total of all
accounts opened, excluding accounts that have been closed or locked and the payment gateway business
accounts, and including users who made payments with PayPal but have not registered.

- Skype

• Registered Users — Communications had 74.7 million total registered users at the end of Q4-05. Communications registered users represent the cumulative total of all users who have completed the Skype registration process.[/quote]

Well, they said it beat their expectation, and that was for $60 million over the calendar year. So presumably they did reach at least $60 million. The actual number reported was $24.8 million in 2.5 months. That translates to $119 million in 12 months with zero additional growth, and there could easily be a hundred percent growth rate at this stage, or probably far higher.