Daily News 2006/02/14

There will be over 55,000,000 VoIP users around the world by 2009

Nortel and Huawei announced today to sign a MoU. According to the MoU, the two sides will establish a joint venture to develop super broadband access solution. Meanwhile, the two sides signed another contract of supply that allows Nortel to use Huawei's broadband access products to serve the customers.

Skype cooperating with Warner Music to provide IP ringtone service

According to foreign media, IP telephone service provider Skype signed a contract with Warner Music Group Corp. to provide ring service (VoIP) together. According to the contract, Skype, owned by eBay, will provide downloadable ringtone to the users for a charge. The new ringtone service is similar with that provided by mobile phone operators.
Although the VoIP service is free of charge, Skype can still earn a profit by providing value-added service, such as ringtone. The company launched a customized service solution recently, which will enable the users to download ringtone, pictures and songs.

SAP providing hosted CRM software service

According to foreign media, SAP will start hosted CRM software service on Tuesday, which means commercial software giant has entered this crowded field.
SAP once said that the service it provided was different with what provided by other providers of hosted CRM software service. As a company who entered this market quite late, SAP is eager to make itself different and unique. Its competitor Siebel, which has been acquired by Oracle, has already provided such service, while Salesforce.com, another competitor, has also been on the stage for a long time.
SAP is quite late in entering this market. It said in April of last year that it was not intended to provide hosted CRM software service. But in July there were signs it was moving this way. This happens several months later than it was expected.