E-Business: Case of Skype

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In 1870, Alexander Graham Bell created the wired telephone but he never thought that his invention would take such a direction. A few years ago nobody could have imagined that it would be possible to use telecommunication systems without paying anything. With the Internet technologies, the long reign of the phone knowing little innovation during all those years underwent a veritable revolution with Internet and the VoIP.

The personal computer and the Internet 2.0 invention allowed multiple innovations in term of new technologies and for the communication industries. Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) was the last innovation that offered different possibilities like video communication, voice and text/data capabilities over internet. This new process allows strong business opportunities and served the public interest.

New technologies like those developed by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis who developed Kazaa and Skype, are based on the possibilities that offers the Internet. Skype developed by Skype technologies S. A capitalized on the VoIP trend and gave the possibility to discuss over Internet for free with using a peer-to-peer process (P2P).

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[...] Source: DREES, SAE 2008, donnees statistiques. The figures represent a good potential for Skype and Sony in the French market because the hospitals can receive persons and these persons have family or friends that can use Skype and then we can easily reach persons in a short period ( x 2 =880 854) this number can be more important depending on the friends and the family. This opportunity can be also reached with patients that have cell phones (smart phones) that are equipped on 3G or WI-FI network. [...]

[...] That same year, Skype allow the consumer to communicate with full-screen high-quality video calling. In 2010, Skype 5.0 is released featuring group video calls with up to 4 participants. Skype also give the possibility to the Skype Iphone app in order that calls can be made on the 3G network was marked by the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft for $ billion at the same time, Skype acquires Qik, a mobile video capture and sharing software. Some analysis shows us that more than 100 million active users are on Skype each month, and they log more than 100 million minutes of calls and videos. [...]

[...] The budget of the government for the health is from for 2011. Currently the budget is estimated at million Euros for the year 2011.[17] By offering the government an effective way to reduce its long-term expenditure within the most important part of its budget should capture their attention and allows Skype to negotiate more easily the cost of this service. The starting price proposed to the government during the negotiations will be Euros per hospital room Euros for Skype installation and 900 Euros for each television. [...]

[...] This new process allows strong business opportunities and serves the public interest. New technologies like those developed by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis who developed Kazaa and Skype, are based on the possibilities that offers the Internet. Skype developed by Skype technologies S.A capitalize on the VoIP trend and give the possibility to discuss over Internet for free with using a peer-to- peer process (P2P). VoIP is becoming a disruptive technology because it challenges the normal telephone network promoted by big public companies. [...]

[...] Skype technology give the opportunity to have free calls all over the world from computer to computer but also make it possible to have free calls from a computer to another terminal equipped with Skype software and connected on Internet. Skype allows communicating through different ways like Voice call Phone call, video call, instant messaging, desktop sharing and file sharing. (Source: Focus.com) Apart from the ability to have free calls, Skype software also allows to call people on other supports like mobiles phones and fixed telephone thanks to SkypeOut and to receive calls through SypeIn but consumers have to pay these services. To use these SkypeIn and SkypeOut, consumers have to pay a subscription. [...]