Microsoft's Planned Free Wi-Fi VoIP Service Could Hurt Mobile Firms

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Microsoft's Planned Free Wi-Fi VoIP Service Could Hurt Mobile Firms

02-20-2006, 11:58 AM, (This post was last modified: 02-20-2006, 12:05 PM by mandy.)

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Microsoft's Planned Free Wi-Fi VoIP Service Could Hurt Mobile Firms

The VoIP field is getting very crowded...

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

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