Skype, Microsoft's Network communications tool, today announced a partnership with Guangming founder.

November 26 Morning News, Microsoft's network communications tools Skype announced today with the bright founder company to reach a partnership, the two sides will promote Skype service in mainland China.

Guangming Founder is a joint venture between Guangming Network and founder of Beida, the company's main business is to use the media and information industry integration, the development of mobile new media business.

Skype's China business was originally run by Skype's joint venture with Tom's online, but because in May 2011 Microsoft announced a 8.5 billion dollar takeover of Skype,skype China.

A few days ago, the original Skype China operations partner Tom posted online announcement, announced that Skype business in China to the Microsoft Company. However, because of China's relevant laws and regulations, the operation of Skype in China must be operated by domestic companies, for this reason, Microsoft chose to work with Guangming founder Company.

Founded in 2003, Skype is a free global voice communication software with more than 663 million registered users, with a maximum of 30 million online. Although Skype has not made any money since its inception, its business model has been sought after by industry giants.

Ebay bought Skype in 2005 with 2.6 billion dollars. In 2007, Skype and Tom set up a joint venture in mainland China to develop and operate Chinese version Skype for the mainland market. With Tom's online operation, Skype has not actually made much of a breakthrough in China, and paid users have been slow to grow.

Tom has recently announced that the introduction of Skype nine years, Tom accumulated users have exceeded the 100 million mark. But one side of Microsoft said that Tom had wrongly exaggerated China's user data online.

Judd Harcombe, head of the Skype global Marketing Development Department, said China was an important market for Skype, a partner that Skype has been looking for. He admits that Skype has a lot of competitors in China, but he believes Skype can succeed in China with a good user experience.

Chen Jiandong, vice president of Guangming Network, said that the choice of running Skype is a strategic choice for the bright founder of the mobile Internet, and that the company will speed up the expansion of new media business with Skype's brand and will timing the products developed for the local market.

Because Skype's users are larger and the functionality is also covered by MSN, Microsoft has consolidated the two products. This March, Microsoft formally announced the closure of MSN software, and the integration of more than 100 million MSN users to Skype's network. But because Skype is run by a joint venture in China, Microsoft did not integrate Chinese users, but let MSN continue to operate in China.

Judd Harcombe, who is concerned about the future development of MSN China, said he was not in a situation to predict future development strategies.

However, according to insiders, the current Chinese user's MSN account can be logged on to Skype, as Microsoft in the Windows 8 operating system pre-installed only Skype client, MSN clients in China disappeared will only be a matter of time.