For traditional service providers, that means Skype is cannibalizing revenue-producing minutes of use.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
"Revenue-Free" Minutes of Use?
Skype continues to generate a greater share of global cross-border minutes of voice use. Of course, Skype usage is not revenue. Microsoft's revenue from users of its Skype service comes largely from purchases of Skype Out minutes.
For traditional service providers, that means Skype is cannibalizing revenue-producing minutes of use.
For traditional service providers, that means Skype is cannibalizing revenue-producing minutes of use.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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