Tuesday June 21, 2005

Skype creator interviewed on BBC

Niklas Zennström, the internet entrepreneur behind both Kazaa and Skype, spoke to BBC Click Online about how his two inventions came about, and how broadband and wireless devices are shaping his vision for the future :

slashdot.org -> bbc.co.uk

... Zennström believes the losers out of this new structure will be the telcos who do not understand that there is a change going on. "This is a disruptive technology that shifts the industry", he says. He believes Skype will take away revenue from phone calls, which is the bulk of the revenue for phone companies. "That will go away in the future - all phone calls will be free. That's obviously an issue for them.

"On the other hand, Skype, just like Kazaa and other software, are encouraging people to buy broadband connections. "Today, less than half of the population has broadband. This enables the phone companies to sell broadband to the other half." ...

(2005-06-21 13:23:38 SGT) [Tech] Permalink

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