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.
Mobile carriers are not going to like this one little bit. However, it really was inevitable that the VoIP and mobile telephony revolutions converged to a crossroads that threatens to alter the mobile communications pricing landscape. And leading the charge is the bane of fixed line carriers eBay's Skype, aided and abetted by Canadian communications developer EQO Communications Inc (www.eqo.com).
EQO is a plugin which runs on your computer, connecting a Skype user
account to the user's mobile phone via EQO's network. The system
enables a Skype user to install the application on a PC or Macintosh as
well as a large range of the more popular mobile phones.
As long as EQO is running on your mobile phone and your computer, and
Skype is still connected to the Skype network, you can stay connected
with fellow Skype users on your contacts list from your mobile phone
while you're on the move.
When you make a contact iniation to a fellow Skype user or call a non
Skype user, EQO acts as a sort of operator and makes the connection
using Skype. You need to be a subscriber to the SkypeOut service and
will get charged at the SkypeOut rate of 1.5 euro cents a minute.
However, that sure beats the going mobile rates these days.
You can also use the Skype instant messaging service in place of the far more costly SMS.
There are a few caveats of course. You need one of the supported mobile
phones with a data plan. You need to have your PC on with Skype
running. You need broadband. And last, but by no means least, judging
by our frequent usage of Skype from our home computer, the quality can
be great or less than ordinary at times. However, isn't that the case
with mobile phones anyway?
David Bass
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