eBay plans to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype, the popular Internet-based calling service, to a group of private investors that include Marc Andreessen’s venture-capital firm. Although the acquisition of Skype by eBay appeared promising, a lawsuit and other issues prevented the original deal from reaching its full potential, despite robust revenue and user numbers. Analysts suggest that the private investor group may have big plans for Skype.
– Four years after acquiring Skype Technologies, eBay
plans to resell a majority share of the Internet-based calling service to a
team of private investors for $1.9 billion in cash.

The investor group, headed by Silver Lake Partners and including Marc
Andreessen’s venture-capital firm Andreesse…