Skype Journal: Yahoo gets GIPS Voice Engine

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Yahoo gets GIPS Voice Engine

March 22, 2006 08:52 AM

Topics: News

Yahoo! Selects Global IP Sound to Optimize Consumer Voice Solutions. Announced here.

If I was Niklas Z. I wouldn't worry. Not with a billion dollars in my jeans. But if I was Meg Whitman CEO of eBay I would be worried sick. Voice quality was the hallmark asset of the Skype Client. Smartly, many other Skype copycats have chosen GIPS Voice Engine, however no major player the size of Yahoo has. This is a very real threat.

San Francisco, CA – March 22, 2006 –Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leading provider of embedded voice and video-processing solutions for the Voice over IP (VoIP) market, today announced that Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company, has selected GIPS VoiceEngine Multimedia to deliver market-defining voice in its Yahoo! Messenger® with Voice IM client.

Yahoo is no longer just an IM Client. And the Yahoo 1.5 beta is more than just a better voice engine. It features SkypeOut calling features at competitive rates; even text to mobile phone. And an API is likely to come.

Will it attract users away from Skype? Not a hope. But is is a great move to protect their customer base from erosion and to keep it growing. This is a smart move for Yahoo particularly in Asia. I wonder if Yahoo will cut a deal on the GIPS video engine? That would put some extra pressure on Skype.

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Posted by: relaxedguy at March 23, 2006 4:28 PM

This is absolutely huge. Agree it may not take people from Skype, but in the grand scheme of things Yahoo's 30+ million existing chat clients are a serious threat. Let's be clear, nobody cares about GIPS except people who read this blog. Consumers like upgrading an existing piece of software that they know and trust over a new option. A few nails in the Skype coffin perhaps, some suggest that perhaps Skype would do to stick with the International market and Ebay and leave the bloody VOIP wars to scrappy startups with better product releases and consistent updates. Competitors will certainly innovate much faster during the important first-mover advantage battle.

Posted by: Alexey at March 24, 2006 4:22 AM

i can't seem to be able to find any info on the exact codec(s) yahoo! will use; do you have that information? thanks.

Posted by: khalid at June 30, 2006 8:10 PM

yes i want use this new version and i want too i give you help but i am very poor i dont have computer in my home when i use a computer then i will go to net cafe and there i use computer now i am sit in net cafe and use computer me want your member.
hope your all like me i am pakistani.

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khalid on Yahoo gets GIPS Voice Engine
yes i want use this new version and i want too i give you help but i am very poor i dont have computer in my home when i use a computer then i will go to net cafe and there i use computer now i am sit in net cafe and use computer me want your member.
hope your all like me i am pakistani.
Alexey on Yahoo gets GIPS Voice Engine
i can't seem to be able to find any info on the exact codec(s) yahoo! will use; do you have that information? thanks.
relaxedguy on Yahoo gets GIPS Voice Engine
This is absolutely huge. Agree it may not take people from Skype, but in the grand scheme of things Yahoo's 30+ million existing chat clients are a serious threat. Let's be clear, nobody cares about GIPS except people who read this blog. Consumers like upgrading an existing piece of software that they know and trust over a new option. A few nails in the Skype coffin perhaps, some suggest that perhaps Skype would do to stick with the International market and Ebay and leave the bloody VOIP wars to scrappy startups with better product releases and consistent updates. Competitors will certainly innovate much faster during the important first-mover advantage battle.
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