Takeover rumours for Skype....

This story came up a while ago, but seemed to gain widespread acceptance over the weekend (as opposed to being some hack's conjecture!).
I don't know if NewsCorp really wanted to buy Skype for $3 billion or not, but it told me one thing. These stories start in the blogosphere and either die or attain credibility through reinforcement by the community.
It started me thinking about Skype and acquisition. I'm with James Enck and think the only takeover of Skype that makes sense is Google (although Microsoft had better try and stop that happening if they know what's good for them!).
I had another thought though; Why don't Skype buy an MVNO? Just a small one, no 3G, but one with a lot of numbers...
The benefits of this would be pretty nice:
- They could sell a product like SkypeInM, but with a mobile number/SIM card
- Direct mapping from SkypeId to mobile number
- Integrate SMS in chat (because any mobile can reply to your message seamlessly)
- Put Skype on Symbian and sell the Nokia N91 for WiFi/Mobile convergence (ring your Skype Id and it will also ring your mobile) until wifi is ubiquitous.
- Generate a lot of income for terminating SMS to their SkypeInM userbase
- Reduce their mobile call rates

Or if you are an unsuccessful MVNO, why not partner with Skype and do this?
I suppose the IPdrum product gives you all of the above, but would be a 'poor mans choice'. With IPdrum it's all done by connecting things in a chain on the user end, and relies on your PC being always on. The interest in, and profile of, IPdrum shows that there is a market.
What do you think?