Nigeria, March 1 -- Microsoft has announced that Skype, the once-popular voice and video calling platform, will be discontinued in May 2025.

The company is directing users to its Teams platform, which will serve as the replacement.

Skype was introduced in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, offering free voice calls between computers and low-cost calls to phones.

It quickly gained popularity, reaching 50 million users by 2005.

That same year, eBay purchased Skype for $2.6 billion, but the expected business advantages did not materialize.

In 2009, eBay sold most of its stake to investors, who later transferred ownership to Microsoft.

Under Microsoft, Skype introduced video calls, instant messaging, and file sharing.

However, a...