05-05-2006, 07:41 AM
AOL's AIM plans to wage war against both Skype and MySpace for market share.
full article: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-0...htm?csp=34
Quote:AOL is close to unveiling a voice-over-Internet service, based on its AIM instant messenger, that would give any AIM user a local phone number for free...
"We think this is a pretty disruptive offering," says John McKinley, AOL chief technology officer. AOL believes it can get a younger generation of AIM's 80 million users to consider only having a cellphone and an AIM phone, instead of paying for a traditional phone...
The service is part of a big bet AOL is making on AIM. Also this month, it will roll out AIM Pages a direct broadside on MySpace...
full article: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-0...htm?csp=34