Facilitating Personal and Business Conversations Across a Voice 2.0 World Join Our ‘Skype in Your Business’ Group Chat
Posts tagged as:
During my recent interview with Russ Shaw, Skype’s VP and GM for Mobile, he emphasized Skype’s focus on having a true Skype user experience when it comes to supporting Skype on mobile devices.
What is meant by a “true Skype user experience” on a mobile device? Some examples, based largely on my own experience with several [...]
{ 6 comments }
Communications News, Mobile Applications, Mobile Devices, Skype News, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype
At CES 2010 last month I had the opportunity to record interviews with Skype CEO Josh Silverman as well as Russ Shaw, Vice President and General Manager of Skype Mobile and EMEA, and Matt Jordan, Enterprise Business Development Manager.
In this second interview Russ Shaw covers a wide range of questions about Skype on different [...]
{ 7 comments }
Communications Stories, Embedded Skype, Mobile Applications, Mobile Devices, Skype Hardware, Skype News, Skype Partner News, Skype Platform, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype, Wireless Carriers
Hutchison-Whampoa’s 3 service in the UK has been the pioneer in offering Skype access and other data-based services, such as SlingPlayer, at low cost. For as little as £10 per month, one could have almost unlimited Skype calling and text messaging on the Skypephone and other selected mobile smartphones. Already 3 has said they [...]
{ 2 comments }
Mobile Applications, Skype News, Skype Partner News, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype, Wireless Carriers
I follow several forums about Skype, for instance at LinkedIn and on eCademy. Recently I have noticed a thread on the LinkedIn Skype for Business Group asking about using Skype without a PC. While eventually I intend to have more detailed information in response to such a question in the reference content on this [...]
{ 7 comments }
Mobile Applications, Skype Hardware, Skype Software, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype
Yesterday eBay held an analyst event at its San Jose headquarters location with a keynote by eBay CEO John Donahoe followed by presentations by various eBay executives and Skype President Josh Silverman.
Josh’s presentation broke a lot of new ground for Skype addressing issues such as:
How does Skype generate revenue?
What drives Skype’s cost model?
How will [...]
{ 6 comments }
Apparently the Skype-Nokia partnership announcement has irked some legacy European carriers such as Vodafone, O2 and Orange according to Mobile Today:
A rift has emerged between Nokia and operators over its plans to incorporate Skype onto its Nseries handsets, Mobile has learned.
O2 and Orange responded furiously to Nokia’s declaration that it will equip its upcoming [...]
{ 4 comments }
Communications Stories, Embedded Skype, Mobile Applications, Service Providers, Skype Channels, Skype Partner Solutions, Skype on Mobile, Wireless Carriers
At this year’s CES 2009 Skype press conference, COO Scott Durchslag provided an overview of Skype Everywhere (or Skype Wherever Whenever). Basically Skype is looking to become installed wherever there is a communications device with embedded intelligence (processor and memory) and an Internet connection capability. Along with the announcement yesterday of the new Skype [...]
{ 4 comments }
Mobile Applications, Skype Channels, Skype News, Skype on Mobile
With the evolution of smartphones incorporating both WiFi and 3G wireless support, we are also seeing the application of Voice over IP technology as providing at least one leg of a wireless call.
iSkoot was a pioneering example, with both their support of a wide range of wireless phones, including Nokia, Android and BlackBerry (full [...]
{ 11 comments }
Communications News, Embedded Skype, Mobile Devices, Skype News, Skype Software, Skype on Mobile
During our conversations with Skype COO Scott Durchslag last week at CES, Scott outlined Skype’s criteria for its software development going forward.
First was the emphasis on “liquid communications” through statements such as “Skype Whenever, Wherever”. Just as today you can pick up any PC or mobile platform and find all the Google Tools (Search, Maps, [...]
{ 2 comments }
Yesterday I wrote a post for GigaOm, Skype: Coming to a Cell Phone Near You, discussing how the announcement of two new beta versions of Skype on mobile devices gave a hint of Skype’s future mobile strategy.
At the same time Truphone announced a new version of their iPhone application. Whereas the version released at the [...]
{ 0 comments }
Communications News, Mobile, Mobile Applications, Service Providers, Skype News, Skype on Mobile
Yesterday UK web publication TelecomTV put out a post “Skype claims mobiles are involved in a quarter of its calls“. But a “correction” comment by the author, Tony Chan, disclaims his basic premise:
CORRECTION: As the original author of this story for CommsDay, I am corrected by Skype that the 4 billion minute figure is actually [...]
{ 0 comments }
Communications News, Mobile Applications, Skype For Business, Skype News, Skype Operations, Skype Partner Solutions, Skype for Personal
This evening iSkoot, the service that provides Skype access from smartphones, announced they had received a new $19 million venture financing round to build out and bring to market a new suite of mobile communications services. Recently iSkoot acquired Social IM, who is in the beta stage of producing a desktop Instant Messaging client [...]
{ 0 comments }
Andy Abramson at VoIP Watch travels a lot to keep up with his ever expanding list of clients. And he has been having his home office renovated for the past few months. So he gets more experience than most of us dealing with all the trivia of travel, including keeping his communications costs down. Check [...]
{ 0 comments }
Communications Stories, Mobile Devices, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype, Wireless Carriers
Sunday Times does a “quick” review of several mobile VoIP options for the U.K. market including:
Best for the iPhone (Truphone)
Best for Easy Installation (Skypephone 2)
Best for Instant Messaging (Fring for Nokia N95)
Sphere: Related Content
Tags: Fring, Skypephone, Truphone
{ 0 comments }
Over the past few months there have been a few Skype Journal posts about iSkoot and how they provide mobile device access to Skype’s services. Of course, iSkoot also provides the software behind the Skypephone on the 3 network in nine countries. Recently iSkoot has been getting some accolades from third parties:
Nokia named iSkoot for [...]
{ 2 comments }
Communications News, Mobile Applications, Skype Channels, Skype Partner Solutions, Skype on Mobile
Voice On The Web by Jim Courtney is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.
