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Mobile Fees Under Pressure With Network Rollout

post-gazette.com - Business - Mar 16, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Jacques de Greling at NATIXIS Securities

Revenue from termination fees makes up 15 percent of an operator's sales and profit, said Jacques de Greling, an analyst at Natixis, a Paris bank.

The fees range from 2 euro cents a minute in Cyprus to 15 cents in Bulgaria. But the superior efficiency of L. T. E networks will tend to minimize the overall cost of transmitting voice calls, as conversations are converted into tiny packets of 1s and 0s in a process similar to that used by Internet voice services like Skype that give away some Internet voice service free. Operators, which generate about 80 percent of their revenue from voice services, want to hinder a new downward price spiral. Revenue from termination fees makes up 15 percent of an operator's sales and profit, said Jacques de Greling, an analyst at Natixis, a Paris bank. At the mobile industry's annual convention in Barcelona, a group of the world's biggest operators endorsed an industry effort to develop the new standard, called Voice over L. T. E., or VoLTE, by
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Mobile Calling Fees Under Pressure With Rollout of New Networks

Technology & Media - International Herald Tribune - Mar 15, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Jacques de Greling at NATIXIS Securities

Revenue from termination fees makes up 15 percent of an operator's sales and profit, said Jacques de Greling, an analyst at Natixis, a Paris bank.

The fees range from 2 euro cents a minute in Cyprus to 15 cents in Bulgaria. But the superior efficiency of L. T. E networks will tend to minimize the overall cost of transmitting voice calls, as conversations are converted into tiny packets of 1s and 0s in a process similar to that used by Internet voice services like Skype that give away some Internet voice service free. Operators, which generate about 80 percent of their revenue from voice services, want to hinder a new downward price spiral. Revenue from termination fees makes up 15 percent of an operator's sales and profit, said Jacques de Greling, an analyst at Natixis, a Paris bank. At the mobile industry's annual convention in Barcelona, a group of the world's biggest operators endorsed an industry effort to develop the new standard, called Voice over L. T. E., or VoLTE, by
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Skype Is Poised for a Big Initial Stock Offering

New York Times - Mar 15, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - BreakingViews.com

Skype, the Web telecommunications provider, already has 500 million users and made $48 million in the third quarter, its last before going private. That's good, but eBay wasn't a natural owner. Its core auction and payments businesses had little to do with managing a communications company.

Operators embrace Skype, but on own terms

Telecom News and Analysis - Mar 11, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Jeremy Green at Ovum

Skype has also shown that if people use the cheap calling service on mobile, they use more of everything else as well, said Jeremy Green, mobile practice leader for analyst firm Ovum.

Mobile VoIP plagued with promise, pitfalls

RCR Wireless News - Mar 07, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Tole Hart at Gartner Research

"Mass scale adoption of end to end mobile VoIP calling will not happen until fourth generation (4G) networks are fully implemented in 2017," said Tole Hart, research director at Gartner.

Others have either been reluctant or have turned a blind eye to customers attempting to access mobile VoIP services. AT&T Mobility recently acknowledged customer frustration in only being able to use the Skype application from their iPhones when connected to a Wi Fi network by saying it would allow VoIP calls on its 3G network regardless of device used. 4G the answer?. Analysts expect the ongoing move to 4G networks will be the technology advancement needed to finally usher in the deployment of mobile VoIP services. "Mass scale adoption of end to end mobile VoIP calling will not happen until fourth generation (4G) networks are fully implemented in 2017," said Tole Hart, research director at Gartner.
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Mobile VoIP plagued with promise, pitfalls

RCR Wireless News - Mar 03, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Tole Hart at Gartner Research

"Mass scale adoption of end to end mobile VoIP calling will not happen until fourth generation (4G) networks are fully implemented in 2017," said Tole Hart, research director at Gartner.

Others have either been reluctant or have turned a blind eye to customers attempting to access mobile VoIP services. AT&T Mobility recently acknowledged customer frustration in only being able to use the Skype application from their iPhones when connected to a Wi Fi network by saying it would allow VoIP calls on its 3G network regardless of device used. 4G the answer?. Analysts expect the ongoing move to 4G networks will be the technology advancement needed to finally usher in the deployment of mobile VoIP services. "Mass scale adoption of end to end mobile VoIP calling will not happen until fourth generation (4G) networks are fully implemented in 2017," said Tole Hart, research director at Gartner.
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Skype’s Nokia Deal Puts the Hurt on International Carriers

GigaOM - Mar 03, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - GigaOM

Skype is about to expand its mobile footprint in a big way — and that's not good news for network operators. The company joined Nokia this morning in announcing the addition of Skype for Symbian to the carrier's Ovi Store, enabling users of Symbian^1 devices to make Skype calls via both cellular and Wi Fi connections. Skype introduced a beta version of its Symbian client in December, but the Ovi Store deal provides an enormous opportunity to tap Nokia's worldwide footprint.

Skype for Symbian

VoIP & Gadgets Blog - Mar 03, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Tom Keating at VoIP & Gadgets Blog

Skype for Symbian is now a downloadable application for Nokia phones and works over both WiFi and 3G. Over 200 million Symbian users around the world can now use this Skype app to make FREE calls to other Symbian mobile users without chewing up cellular minutes. That's a huge market! .

Skype for Symbian Now Live in Nokia’s Ovi Store

Mashable - Mar 03, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Stan Schroeder at Mashable

Skype for Symbian has gotten out of beta and appeared in Nokia's Ovi Store today, enabling users of Nokia's Symbian based smartphones to make free voice calls over 3G or WiFi connection.Besides free Skype to Skype voice calls, the app enables you to send and receive instant messages, share pictures, video and other files, receive calls to your online number, and import names and numbers from your phone's address book.The app works on following Nokia models: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530 and the following non touch devices: Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.See a video demonstration of the Skype app for Symbian below.You can download the app from Skype or from the Ovi store.Tags: Nokia, Skype, smartphone, Symbian, voip

Skype for Symbian has gotten out of beta and appeared in Nokia's Ovi Store today, enabling users of Nokia's Symbian based smartphones to make free voice calls over 3G or WiFi connection.Besides free Skype to Skype voice calls, the app enables you to send and receive instant messages, share pictures, video and other files, receive calls to your online number, and import names and numbers from your phone's address book.The app works on following Nokia models: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530 and the following non touch devices: Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.See a video demonstration of the Skype app for Symbian below.You can download the app from Skype or from the Ovi store.Tags: Nokia, Skype, smartphone, Symbian, voip
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Skype Pulls Its Windows Mobile Apps

Mashable - Feb 25, 2010
Skype Technologies S.A. - Mashable

Mobile device owners running Windows Phone Classic (i.e. any version of Windows Mobile OS) will no longer be able to download Skype.The company has just announced that it has removed Skype for Windows Phones and Skype Lite from its mobile site. The announcement was made this morning in a blog post addressing changes to Skype's mobile lineup. The post states:"As part of our continual review of our mobile range, we've decided to make a few changes to our lineup.