Traditional telephone companies are likely to fight back as eBay Inc. acquires Skype Technologies SA and expands the reach of Internet phone service, experts said yesterday. Many competitors will ...

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Internet calling, makes it possible to make local or long-distance telephone voice calls over the Internet without going through a traditional landline ...

Sometimes web-based services and sites get sold for eye-catching amounts of money. But Microsoft’s proposal to buy Skype for $8.5 billion — yes, that’s a “b” — caught even the most jaded techies ...