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Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5bn

...Andreessen Horowitz, Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis — via their company Joltid — and eBay, which bought Skype in 2005 for $2.6bn and retained... Read more

10 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Skype founders sue eBay over copyright dispute

Joltid, a peer-to-peer software company established by Skype's founders, filed... Read more

17 September, 2009 by Michelle Meyers

eBay finalises $2.75bn sale of Skype

...new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' company Joltid. The investor group now holds about 70 percent of the company; eBay... Read more

20 November, 2009 by Caroline McCarthy

Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale

...Lake had reached a settlement agreement with Zennström and Friis's company Joltid, which owns the Global Index Software P2P technology. "Skype will be well... Read more

6 November, 2009 by David Meyer

Skype aims to avoid shutdown with new tech

...Zennström and Janus Friis hung onto the technology via their new company, Joltid, which then licensed it to Skype. A legal dispute over licensing terms... Read more

31 July, 2009 by David Meyer

eBay/Skype vs. Joltid - an Insider's View

...I still believe that is exactly what is going on with the Joltid panic now as well. The Sky Is Falling! The Sky Is Falling... Read more

8 August, 2009

Real Desperation at Skype?

...to give up yet. It looks like the battle between Skype and JoltID might be more than a publicity stunt with a predetermined outcome. Of... Read more

14 October, 2009

Skype founders' spat with eBay threatens IPO

...report in Bloomberg, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis (through their new company Joltid) have accused eBay of breaking terms of a licensing deal. The Skype... Read more

29 June, 2009

Skype and Kazaa named in StreamCast lawsuit

...lead defense counsel for StreamCast. Other plaintiffs in the StreamCast case include Joltid, Joltid Ou Blastoise, Bluemoon, LA Galiote, Indigo Investment, Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Sharman... Read more

28 March, 2006 by Candace Lombardi

ISP caching tool muddies copyright waters

...developed technology that can help handle the load. Last week, Stockholm-based Joltid said three major service providers in Europe licensed its PeerCache technology -- software... Read more

21 July, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Kazaa & iMesh in 'serious' security alert

...public with the vulnerability after waiting nearly two weeks for Kazaa and Joltid, the makers of FastTrack, to get back to him. "[On] Tue 13... Read more

27 May, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Kazaa, Morpheus conceding defeat

The second-generation file-swapping services appear to be headed the way of Napster, as they can no longer meet legal fees Read more

23 May, 2002 by John Borland

ISPs drawn into illegal file sharing blame game

...developed technology that can help handle the load. Last week, Stockholm-based Joltid said three major service providers in Europe licensed its PeerCache technology - software... Read more

21 July, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

?Random Nut? discovers a security bug in Kazaa & iMesh

...public with the vulnerability after waiting nearly two weeks for KaZaA and Joltid, the makers of FastTrack, to get back to him. "[On] Tue 13... Read more

27 May, 2003 by Patrick Gray

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