Telcos Finally Responding to Skype: Report
Better late than never, right? GigaOM reports that AT&T, in conjunction with some 10-15 incumbent telecom carriers—British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom and NTT among them—is plotting to launch a Skype competitor, according to a research report issued by ThinkEquity analyst Anton Wahlman.
Wahlman said in the report that the telcos plan to offer a VoIP client that will work on the carrier’s existing 3G data networks (the ones responsible for most of today’s mobile media streaming), and will use a backend platform that will allow folks to make free voice calls to anyone who’s logged into it.
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