Skype Selects Executive to Lead Newly Formed North American Division

San Jose, CA and London, November 28, 2005 – Skype, the global Internet communications company, today announced that Henry Gomez has been named general manager of Skype North America. The newly-formed division has been established to better serve Skype users in the region. Reporting to Skype CEO Niklas Zennström, Gomez will be responsible for all areas of the company’s strategy and business in North America, including marketing, public relations, business development, product integration, and government relations.

“Skype is tremendously successful around the world, and we now plan to bring greater focus to North America,” said Zennström. “Henry’s deep knowledge of the market and its consumers, as well as his expertise in building brands like eBay, makes him uniquely suited to lead our North American business.”

Before joining Skype, Gomez had been senior vice president of corporate communications and government relations at eBay Inc., Skype’s parent company, reporting to eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Gomez joined eBay in 2000 and had global responsibilities for public relations, community development, internal communications and government relations. He is chairman of the eBay Foundation, eBay’s charitable giving organization.

Gomez is the third senior eBay executive to join the Skype team. Alex Kazim, formerly senior vice president of new ventures at eBay, has joined Skype to take charge of several new business areas. And Rajiv Dutta, eBay’s chief financial officer, will transition to the new role of president of Skype worldwide after his successor is named.

“The opportunity to share talent was a big reason why Niklas and I agreed to the acquisition,” said Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO. “It’s going to be exciting to watch Alex, Henry and Rajiv work together with Skype’s already strong team. The powerful combination of talent should bring Skype even more success.”

About Skype

Skype allows people everywhere to make free, superior quality voice calls via its award winning peer-to-peer software. Skype is available in 27 languages and is the fastest growing voice communications offering in the world. Skype has been downloaded more than 200 million times in 225 countries and territories. Sixty-six million people are registered to use Skype's free services, with over 175,000 new registered users each day, and more than 4 million people using Skype simultaneously at any one time. Skype earns revenue through its premium service offerings, and has a growing network of global affiliates and a community of developers working with the Skype APIs. Skype Technologies SA is headquartered in Luxembourg, and has offices in London and Estonia as well as 15 other countries. Skype is an eBay company (Nasdaq: EBAY). To learn more visit www.skype.com.

Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency calling.

About eBay Inc.

Founded in 1995, eBay pioneers communities built on commerce, sustained by trust, and inspired by opportunity. eBay enables ecommerce on a local, national and international basis with an array of websites—including the eBay Marketplace, PayPal, Kijiji, Rent.com and Shopping.com—that bring together millions of buyers and sellers every day.