[kictanet] Shock threat to shut Skype

[mwende njiraini]

As we anticipate the 'true broadband experience' with the landing of the
international submarine fibre optic cables this isdefinitely a wake up
call.

Development of 'home grown' applications is therefore imperative to avoid
the the folly/risk of depending on 'foreign' applications.
Kind regards
Mwende

*Disclaimer: Views expressed here (except those quoted or referenced) are
the author’s own*

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:20 AM, alice munyua <alice at apc.org> wrote:

>  Shock threat to shut Skype by Asher Moses July 31, 2009 - 1:38PM
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> eBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute with
> the founders of the internet telephony service.The surprise admission puts a
> cloud over the 40 million active daily users around the world who use Skype
> for business or to keep in touch with friends and far-flung relatives.A
> recent study by market researcher TeleGeography found Skype carried about 8
> per cent of all international voice traffic, making it the world�s largest
> provider of cross-border voice communications.The online auction powerhouse
> bought Skype from entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis for $US2.6
> billion in 2005, but this did not include a core piece of peer-to-peer
> communications technology that powers the software.
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> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/shock-threat-to-shut-skype-20090731-e3qe.html
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