Microsoft Live Messenger, Now with VOYPE!
Source: www.voip-news.com
It’s not really new news at this point, but Microsoft has chosen Telefornica to deliver VoIP over their Live Messenger program. Of course, reports say that despite the recent announcement, that was deployed much earlier in the month.
Silly Microsoft.
And really, the idea of adding VoIP to a messenger program is nothing new. Several other programs have long had that feature.
But according to the New York Times:
With the service, people using Windows Live Messenger can make calls directly from PCs to fixed or mobile phones anywhere in the world, according to Telefonica.
Voype, which competes with eBay’s Skype VOIP service, offers free PC-to-PC calls between Windows Live Messenger users. Calls to phones in the U.S., either fixed or mobile, cost US$.014 per minute, while both fixed and mobile calls to Canada cost $0.055 per minute. Calls to fixed lines in Mexico cost $0.104 per minute, while calls to mobile phones cost $0.277 per minute.
So, what’s with the Voype name anyway?
