Money is not made on data services, per se. Money is made on data services sold, on networks which are underutilized. Combine overselling with intense utilization ala iPhone and AT&T and you'll see the opposite happen (profits lost, or at least cash deferred to expand the network's increased demand).
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote: > I see the point you're making, Andrew, and it makes a lot of sense to me, > especially in the area of WP7. From what I've been able to read (note, I > have not experienced it myself... I don't have *any* SmartPhone) a lot of > the complaints are that WP7 is not as "polished" as Apple's iPhone or the > Android-based phones. This could, in theory, help with that. However, a lot > will depend on how willing the wireless companies will be to have Skype > running over their networks instead of making money on the voice services. > I > know most of the money seems (to me) to be made off the data services, so > maybe they won't mind. > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Microsoft Buys Skype for 8.5 Billion in cash deal > > Google has made other significant acquisitions in the voice space in the > past year. > > For Microsoft, I see integration opportunities for their Unified > Communications push... > > > > ASB (Professional Bio) > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... > > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > > No one, I maintain my stance that I don't see this as a good fit for > > Microsoft. > Both MSFT and GOOG had products in this space already (Windows Live > Messenger or whatever it is now, and Google Talk or whatever it is > now); I think they were both interested in Skype for the same reasons: > Mindshare, customer base, perception, with tech secondary. And to > keep others from getting it. > > Facebook doesn't really have much in this space and I could see them > being interested for the tech. It would have saved them the trouble > of developing their own voice/video system, in addition to buying a > bunch of users. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
