And so it begins. Another big contender joins the VOIP battle.


Previously, Yahoo! had bought Dialpad and incorporated built-in VOIP plus video features in its latest Yahoo! Messenger. Google recently released its Google Talk client, which features built-in VOIP and poised to be the Skype-killer largely because of voice quality and Google’s popularity.


Now EBay is buying Skype for US$ 2.6 billion!



Now I’ve considered Skype to be in the lead among VOIP technologies simply because of the voice clarity it offered, even on dialup connections. And it’s become the VOIP

client of choice for techies and non-techies alike. There’s value in a

brand, after all, and Skype is the in-thing among netizens getting into

VOIP.


What could be the reason behind this deal? Yuga speculates, and I agree. It is, indeed, good to have a single-point of

communication (SPOC) among trade partners, especially when negotiating

deals. And what would be better than instant voice communications

accessible through the auction site itself?


This is a good year for the ‘net. Who said there was no life after the dot-com bubble burst? This is just the beginning.


Think science. Science think.

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