The Internet calling company Skype has made a deal with the biggest cell phone maker Nokia to install Skype software on its newest high-end phones. It is estimated that new phones will enter the market some time in the third quarter of this year. Skype has been entering into partnerships with several cell phone service providers but partnering up with a manufacturer is a great milestone for Skype, according to its CEO Josh Silverman.
A lot of cell phone service providers are afraid that installing Skype on cell phones will decrease their revenues due to the fact that people will not pay practically anything for calls. However, according to Silverman, one of the cell phone service providers that installs Skype on their phones, actually saw an increase in revenues. He explains that consumers started choosing plans with flat rate and were more likely to stay with the same provider.
This article relates to the topics of chapter 7 of the textbook. This is just another service that has become available to consumers due to the technological advances in Internet, telecommunications and networking. I like the idea of having Skype on my cell phone a lot. I won't be limited to having to sit at my computer to make a call via Skype, I'll be able to do it any time I have a cell phone on me.
References:
1. Nokia to Sell Phones with Skype Software 02/17/2009
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2009/02/reuters_us_mobile_fair_skype_interview
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Polina, Nokia is a little late. My teenage nephew has been using Skye on his cell phone for a while now. The case here is that some enterprising people have opened up web enabled phone so they can be used on Skype. Nokia is just scrambling to reap those benefits before Iphone takes all the glory.. well, the google phone might also have this hack.
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