Yahoo to kill voice?

Source: saunderslog.com

Andy Abramson reported a rumor yesterday that Yahoo, as part of its reorg, would kill the voice business, apparently to appease SBC.

If true, that’s a terrible idea. Presence and voice are now inextricably linked. A choice to kill the voice business at this stage would signal an abdication of Yahoo’s position in the next generation of communications. The future of communications is multi-modal. Customers will take calls on landlines, mobiles, and PCs, interchangeably, and presence will be the key to unlocking tha. market. The sooner old-line telco’s become accustomed to this, the better.

Yahoo’s presence cloud can be an enabler of that future. I. it’s walled into an IM-only strategy, however, it becomes irrelevant.

Published on December 6th, 2006 under voic, Yahoo

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Published on April 29th, 2008 under Jajah, Yahoo

Yahoo! Messenger to Use Jajah

Source: www.voip-news.com

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Published on April 29th, 2008 under GE, Jajah, US, Yahoo

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Squawk Box, February 20th

Source: saunderslog.com

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Published on February 20th, 2008 under Abramson, AT&T, Microsoft, Squawk Box, T-Mobile, Tech & Business, verizon, Yahoo

Yahoo! launches OneConnect

Source: saunderslog.com

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Published on February 16th, 2008 under mobile social network, MWC, OneConnect, Tech & Business, Yahoo

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Source: saunderslog.com

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Source: saunderslog.com

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Published on February 1st, 2008 under MI, Microsoft, Yahoo

Yahoo! Voice: under the radar? or not?

Source: saunderslog.com

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Published on January 22nd, 2008 under Russell Shaw, Tech & Business, Yahoo

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Source: saunderslog.com

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Published on January 21st, 2008 under facebook, Google, OpenID, Tech & Business, telegraph, Yahoo

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Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

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Published on January 17th, 2008 under Yahoo, Zimbra Collaboration Suite

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Source: saunderslog.com

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Published on January 9th, 2008 under Flickr, identity, OpenID, Tech & Business, Yahoo

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Source: saunderslog.com

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Yahoo Getting Hung Up By The Carriers

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

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Published on November 3rd, 2007 under GE, IE, Yahoo