Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
It is now official. Yahoo and Microsoft are now talking to each other - or rather their users are. The companies have commenced implementation and testing of interoperability of their respective instant messaging (IM) systems in a public trial and the size of their combined user base should make rivals nervous.
Current estimates put the combined user base of Microsoft's Windows
Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) and Yahoo Messenger at close to
300 million globally. Microsoft has more than 200 million of those and
Yahoo close to 100 million.
The combined Microsoft and Yahoo user base dwarfs all competitors,
including the fast rising eBay-owned Skype, which boasts more than 100
million users and AOL Instant Messenger which has less than 50 million
users.
In the initial stages of the trial, users of the Yahoo and Microsoft IM
systems will only be able to send text messages to each other. However,
this is expected to be extended to voice calls at a later stage.
Initially, the test will be limited to a number of users from a range
of countries, spanning Europe, Asia (including Australia) and the
Americas, who register at the respective Yahoo and Microsoft sites
http://messenger.yahoo.com or http://ideas.live.com.
David Bass
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