Google Talk: What is the strategy?

Source: saunderslog.com

Google Talk is out.  You can read about the details of what it is on Stuart Henshall’s Skype Journal.  He has a detailed post describing his first impressions.

To me, the interesting points are:

1) It’s not SIP.  It’s based on Jabber, and the Jabber XMPP protocol.  What does this mean for SIP?

2) It’s completely open.  Any Jabber client can connect into it, which means that the business model that AOL and MSN have used (fund IM with advertising dollars) is not the business model which Google is using initially.  So, what is the business model?

A reasonable supposition is that Google is trying to dominate the directory space as effectively as it has dominated search.  By linking GMail and Google Talk, they’ve given you more reason than ever to use GMail, and to invite your friends to use GMail.

The folks at Skype are likely having kittens over this.  The tight integration with GMail will mean an instant, and large community. The people who really need to worry about this are the ILECs.  It is they who control the dominant directory assets today.

Published on August 24th, 2005 under ,

Similar posts:



Last 20 posts tagged "google talk"

Sharing Google Reader Items Via GoogleTalk, Right Way

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

If you got surprised by the new Google Reader and GoogleTalk sharing feature, a post on Google Reader may help you to get things right.Google is looking at ways to make sharing more flexible,…

Published on December 27th, 2007 under ,

Google Talk Gadget Multilingual Now Supports 20 New Languages

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

Now you can see all these languages in the pull down menu on the the Google Talk homepage,;Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English(UK), Finnish, French, German, Italian,…

Published on November 27th, 2007 under

mig33 to provide Google Talk for Its 7 Million Members

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

For countries where international long-distance rates are quite much, mobile services such as mig33’s mobile instant messenger and VoIP calls are beginning to get a sizable user bas…

Published on October 19th, 2007 under , , , , ,

Google Talk WiFi phone under way from Alpha Networks

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

With the invention of Skype and its enormous benefits, everyone wants to use it, so that most of the other VoIP options have been overlooked. The fact that Skype gets all the attention does…

Published on October 11th, 2007 under , , , ,

Google Talk gadget for Google Apps

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

Google talkabout informs us that if you are a user of Google Apps at your business, organization or school, now you can use the Google Talk Gadget on your Start Page to have chats with colleagues…

Published on July 20th, 2007 under , , ,

Minacom, VoIP service quality increased steadily over the last year

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

Test Results from over 14,000 test calls placed by Minacom’s PowerProbe 6000 to Western European and North American destinations from July 2005 to July 2006Montreal, Canada (Monday, August…

Published on July 16th, 2007 under , , , , , , , , , , ,

What is Fring! It is getting more disruptive in mobile VoIP Space!

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

I wrote about Fring in March wondering how disruptive it will be in the VoIP space. (VOIP IP Telephony: What is Fring! Another disruption in VoIP space! ) It seems it is continuing to be mor…

Published on June 22nd, 2007 under , , , ,

GizmoProject for Nokia N800 released

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

One of my favorite gizmos, the Nokia N800 just got a much needed software addon! Nokia N-800 is a mobile PDA sans a phone. But it has a web cam and wireless connection capabilities. I am curently…

Published on June 20th, 2007 under , , , , , ,

What is Fring! Another disruption in VoIP space!

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

VoIP IP Telephony @ http://snapvoip.blogspot.comIt looks like Skype for mobile phones! and according to the Fring website, Fring is;"fring™ uses your mobile internet connection to mak…

Published on March 12th, 2007 under , , , , , , , ,

Plantronics ® Audio TM 330 VoIP Headset unveiled by Google Talk.

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

GoogleTalk, the foremost voip service from search engine giant Google it at it again. They are trying desperately to improve their fortunes in the voip markplace. This time they are coming out…

Published on February 14th, 2007 under , , , , , ,

Google Talk (Gtalk) users enjoys Truphone throughout the world free.

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Google Talk users can get really excited as they can now connect with mobile voip pioneer (Truphone) users for free anywhere in the world. This free piece of software call Truphone helps wi-f…

Published on February 13th, 2007 under , , , , , , ,

Whither Google Talk?

Source: saunderslog.com

Or should that be wither GTalk.  Andrew Hanson, and VoIPNews have both reported that Google Talk is missing from the latest version of Google Pack, the all in one package of tools that Goog…

Published on November 21st, 2006 under ,

New XMPP gateway for openSER is out.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

From Openser news:New XMPP module - allow straightforward interconnection of SIP networks with XMPP networks (Google Talk, Jabber) for instant messaging.A big step to converge various IM/VoIP…

Published on September 27th, 2006 under , , , , ,

Google upgrades Google Talk

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

That Google is not doing really great in the VoIP arena is still a misery to many followers of voip technology. Since its launch, google talk has not live up to the expectations. Not a few expected…

Published on August 21st, 2006 under , ,

Google partners Nokia - Add Google Talk to Internet Tablet Nokia 770

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Many of us expected that Nokia will add a voip application to their new Internet Tablet Nokia 770 but no one expected its going to be Google Talk. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Goog…

Published on May 26th, 2006 under , , , ,

Talqer adds PC-to-Phone Calls to Google Talk

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Vozin Communications, a new player in the VoIP field has developed an application that enables making PC-to-phone calls from Google Talk, nicknamed Talqer. Talqer can be used as a stand alon…

Published on March 30th, 2006 under , , , ,

Google integrates Google Talk and GMail

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Google is integrating Google Talk and Gmail. Users of gmail can now chat directly from the Gmail interface. Just click on the chat button next to your friend’s name and you’ll be IMing just…

Published on February 9th, 2006 under , , , ,

Festoon Unity connects Skype and Google Talk

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

A Campbell, Califonia based company Santa Cruz Networks has released a new plugin called Festoon Unity which makes it possible for users of Skype and Google Talk engage in one-to-one or grou…

Published on January 1st, 2006 under , , , ,

Connect to other Google Talk users using GTalk Profile

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

GTalk Profile provides a means for google talk users to connect with one another. There is a world map on their homepage where you can see at once the countries with google talk users who ar…

Published on December 29th, 2005 under , , , , ,

Google Talk have blog now!

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

I wrote earlier about google talk here and I found today google blog that there is a blog page dedicated to google-talk opened.There is not much yet on the blog but you can be the first to read…

Published on December 5th, 2005 under , ,
Member of "Hype Media! Network"