*>> I know most of the money seems (to me) to be made off the data services, so maybe they won't mind.\*
More of money is made off voice, actually. There is an ongoing shift towards data services, but the carriers are a little bit reluctant, especially since they just started getting into the SIP market directly for themselves. It's all manageable, and might require a little juggling, but all of the UC vendors have to address it either way. They'll just end up favoring data services over their voice services. One department at the carriers will be annoyed vs another department. The wireless folks are already moving towards metered/tiered data allocation, so this will play into their hands without too much difficulty. *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote: > I see the point you're making, Andrew, and it makes a lot of sense to me, > especially in the area of WP7. From what I've been able to read (note, I > have not experienced it myself... I don't have *any* SmartPhone) a lot of > the complaints are that WP7 is not as "polished" as Apple's iPhone or the > Android-based phones. This could, in theory, help with that. However, a lot > will depend on how willing the wireless companies will be to have Skype > running over their networks instead of making money on the voice services. > I > know most of the money seems (to me) to be made off the data services, so > maybe they won't mind. > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Microsoft Buys Skype for 8.5 Billion in cash deal > > Google has made other significant acquisitions in the voice space in the > past year. > > For Microsoft, I see integration opportunities for their Unified > Communications push... > > > > ASB (Professional Bio) > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... > > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > > No one, I maintain my stance that I don't see this as a good fit for > > Microsoft. > Both MSFT and GOOG had products in this space already (Windows Live > Messenger or whatever it is now, and Google Talk or whatever it is > now); I think they were both interested in Skype for the same reasons: > Mindshare, customer base, perception, with tech secondary. And to > keep others from getting it. > > Facebook doesn't really have much in this space and I could see them > being interested for the tech. It would have saved them the trouble > of developing their own voice/video system, in addition to buying a > bunch of users. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
