02-20-2006, 11:58 AM
The VoIP field is getting very crowded...
full article: http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories...20Vodafone&StoryID=8C6C0A89-A9B7-4BD0-9CE2-11830FA31E15&SectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE
related topic: Microsoft Partners With MCI on VoIP http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...722.0.html
Quote:MICROSOFT has developed a Skype-style free internet voice service for mobile phones that City analysts believe could wipe billions off the market value of operators such as Vodafone.
The service is included in a mobile version of Microsoft Office Communicator due to be released this year. It will take the form of a voice-over internet protocol (VoIP) application that allows Office users to make free voice calls over wi-fi enabled phones running Windows Mobile software. It uses the internet as a virtual phone network as well as accessing e-mail, PowerPoint and other Office applications...
Ballmers announcement may be closer to a St Valentines Day massacre than a love letter for the mobile operators concerned...
full article: http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories...20Vodafone&StoryID=8C6C0A89-A9B7-4BD0-9CE2-11830FA31E15&SectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE
related topic: Microsoft Partners With MCI on VoIP http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...722.0.html