BT buys Ribbit and guns for Android and Skype
Billing itself as Silicon Valley's first internet phone company, Ribbit's chief Ted Griggs is a happy man. BT is buying this startup for about $105 Million and Ribbit is all happy and gushing at this acquisition. BT is aiming at the bigger guns like Android and Skype with this in their kitty. (read full story at: news.zdnet.co.uk)
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BT buys Ribbit and guns for Android and Skype
Billing itself as Silicon Valley's first internet phone company, Ribbit's chief Ted Griggs is a happy man. BT is buying this startup for about $105 Million and Ribbit is all happy and gushing at this acquisition. BT is aiming at the bigger guns like Android and Skype with this in their kitty. (read full story at: news.zdnet.co.uk)
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I am not sure how much I agree with this article, the claims are pretty vague. Google's Grandcentral has not seen main-stream adoption yet. Skype is almost defacto standard while it comes to internet telephony, it is difficult to believe that the ebay will let them steal the thunder.
I agree with the software-switch part, Software switches are the future, but we need an Open-source solution if we want to see real innovation in Telco industry.