Given that VoIP applications such as Skype have no customer acquisition costs and no real cost for calls, "we cannot charge for phone calls in the future," Zennström said. Telcos will need to change their phone lines to broadband lines but they...
The company claims its device is the first 'earbud' headset to contain both a transmitter and a microphone. As Benetton wants to put chips in your clothes, Samsung is keen to put a microphone in your ear.
Skype's only revenue sources for now are sales of $55 "Cyber Phones" for laptops, and a number of Plantronics combination headset/microphones. This 'network free' concept is unprecedented, even for net phone providers that are already turning the...
But are we going to say that, at those moments when we have to use a phone or want to 'press for an agent to call you', we think speech-recognition is going to work? A lot of people will keep on pressing 0 to speak to an operator - or pretending...
The device, according to Samsung, is the first earbud headset to contain both a transmitter and a microphone. Currently, most wired handsfree headsets are made up of a transmitter that fits in the ear and a microphone that is built into the cord...
Karen Hollands, founder of online language school Toniks, has built her business around Skype to link pupils to language tutors based across the world. But cost saving remains a big attraction with 95 per cent of business users saving money by...