ETel: The ETel Blog
Bruce Stewarts doing great work over at the Emerging Telephony blog I loved this snippet from his interview with France Telecoms Norman Lewis emphasis mine
Stewart Who thinks they own this space the Telcos the s or the Google47Yahoo47ay trinity
Lewis Actually noone but the customer owns this space If theres anything we should learn from history is that user behaviour and social forces will determine the shape of this space in the future Just remember the first predictions on telephony itself
But there is a sea change taking place...
+ Microsoft and MCI mark aggressive entry into VoIP market
Microsoft Corp and Inc have announced that they will team up to launch a computertophone service through s instant messaging interface To be called Web Calling for Windows Live Call the service will be beamed through the Windows Live messenger which will succeed the messenger
The service is being tested by both the companies as a beta and will be currently available to users in the United States only However the service will shortly be available in France Germany and Spain the companies said Microsofts announcement comes in the backdrop of a similar announcement by rival Yahoo...
SmartPages, RealPages Partner For Local Search
SmartPages RealPages Partner For Local Search
by Shankar Gupta Monday Dec 5 600
YellowPagescom and Bell South last week joined forces to launch a local directory and search engine at the site The venture combines the telephone directory databases of and Bell South and also offers maps and directions city guides and product guides
Kelsey Group Analyst Greg Sterling said that uniting the SmartPagescom RealPagescom and YellowPages...
Time Warner talks with Microsoft over AOL deal
is in discussions with Microsoft over an internet alliance that could lead to the worlds biggest software company buying a stake in the largest internet service provider
The two companies are understood to be eager to forge closer ties between Microsofts internet division and a unit of Time Warner that is suffering from falling subscriber numbers and is restructuring itself to emphasise online content rather than web access
People familiar with the situation played down reports that a deal was imminent but refused to rule out Microsoft taking equity in...