[technology taskforce] CNBC : What Happened to Skype ?
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ocl at gih.com
Tue Jul 4 09:29:01 UTC 2023
That is one component part.
The other is that you can subscribe to cheap subcriptions to unlimited
calls for geographic regions - that's calls to telephone numbers in any
part of the world. In business, the telephone is still important and
being able to place such calls from anywhere with an Internet is good.
Agreed, roaming deals with mobile providers have eaten a bit of this,
but recently mobile phone operators have actually tightened their
roaming conditions, so Skype might still have some time to live.
The other thing I was wondering about was a post from Dev in December
about Skype Truevoice.
https://www.skype.com/en/blogs/2022-12-skype-truvoice/
Has anyone actually used this? What is it like?
Kindest regards,
Olivier
On 03/07/2023 20:11, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google via ttf wrote:
> QUESTION: Can Telegram, Signal or any other similar app call landline
> phone numbers anywhere cheaply from anywhere in the world WITHOUT
> first requiring a phone number (like Google Voice)?
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023, 7:50 pm Glenn McKnight, <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi
> Shifted to Signal
> G
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> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 13:36, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google via ttf
> <ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>
> I've done more than a few Skype calls (voice primarily)
> recently to TT businesses who refuse to use WhatsApp or
> similar. Flawless and still quite inexpensive.
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023, 7:08 pm Carlton Samuels via ttf,
> <ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>
> ..as the world turns eh.
>
> I still love the Skype sound but hardly use it now.
> Cannibalization of the user base by competing Teams by MS
> plus the tenuous link to complementary goods in the MS
> world is the writing on the wall.
>
> CAS
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> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 10:22, Dev Anand Teelucksingh via
> ttf <ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>
> At its height, Skype – a telecommunications app
> founded by Scandinavian entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström
> and Janus Friis, and Estonian engineers Ahti Heinla,
> Priit Kasesalu, Jaan Tallinn and Toivo Annus – had 560
> million registered users. In 2005, just two years
> after its launch, the app was acquired by eBay. Later,
> a majority stake was sold to private equity firm
> Silver Lake. Microsoft then acquired Skype in 2011 for
> $8.5 billion. While it was revolutionary in its time,
> Skype’s journey has been full of ups and downs. Now
> that Microsoft has rival Teams, the future of Skype is
> uncertain. CNBC explores the company’s past, present
> and what’s next for the company.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc5MNTKLnns
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