Jan in Malaysia

Zecco.com To Offer Free Stock Trading

«Zecco.com, an online financial portal, today announced it will begin offering free online stock trading next week. The site is already open for user registration, though it will remain in beta until the launch of free- trading, Zecco spokeswoman Shellee Smith told internetnews.com. Smith said Zecco can afford to offer zero-commission trading because it plans to earn its revenue elsewhere, and because it won't be spending a lot of money on traditional marketing methods. Instead, Zecco wants to go viral.»

news : http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3635496

Skype in stealth, free-, ebay- and/or business mode ?

Just the take of today. For fun. weaving the link together into a hyperlink-mash-up. Somebody reported that Skype’s 2.5's new stealth mode is "cracked". Well okay. What’s new under the sun… While Skype «The Global Internet Telephony Company » (skype is not a telephony company remember that) says to all Telecoms that it is not the enemy which is frankly kind of hard to believe with offers whereby all Skype users can make free calls in US, Canada. Will all North Americans  be lured with free SkypeOut now.  The bigges free calls promotion in US and Canada.

But if all is for for free how will Skype not go Broke? And what about the privacy issues and Neutrality ?

It is being said this move towards free skype out is linked to  more business-like offering from Skype. I think that is right. The money is in the systems and network you can attach to the Skype Cloud (ever growing), so the more difficult you make it for people to jump on it, the slower it will grow. Strange on the other the Ebay / Skype does not do advertising on TV with such a powerful global brand. Yahoo does ! Even here on Malaysian TV. Kind of important since India, China propel Asia- Pacific broadband revenue higher and higher.  Once business get’s going between Asia, Europe, USA for many SME the Live Translation Service of Skype could be useful. I for example could provide translation from French to Dutch to English. I understand German too.

And see here how Mobile unit Celcom arrests decline in postpaid subscriber base. Maybe «soon» when stuff like www.iskoot.com, www.eqo.com, crawls into more mobiles phones we can save even more money on the roaming phone-bill. But currently Telekom Malaysia still sees spike in first quarter profits. The box Skycube from www.qoollabs.com is something to keep an eye on. It links your SIM card to your SKYPE line. Read this too Mazingo ICED mobile phone: VoIP and maybe one day we shall have Skype embedded in cellphones like Nokia who unveils their upgraded 770 Internet Tablet with Google Talk ... Maybe. In mean time Skype offers free calls to regular phones in certain parts of the world. In China too : if you've got the money.

And (it keeps coming yes) do keep a look at Telnic to launch .tel domain for VoIP calling. I hope Skype does not forget to get their www.skype.tel.

In mean there is not yet a business version of Skype but Instant messaging has evolved into regular chatterbox and it is used in corporate environments too. It would be interesting to have something manageable with business-features. Keep an eye on www.skype.biz to see if, how and awhen VoIP Goes to Business Class. What is also missing today is VoIP interconnectivity. Except maybe experiments like TelEvolution that Bridges the Gap Between Skype and Other VoIP   and Uplink just to name sth.

And would USB-phones stay in business now that USB wireless is moving forward ? I would love to just plugin my cheap usb-phone in the couch. I would never give my expensive WIFI-phone to kids…

To finish with China check these 2 posts : Business Digest & Skype goes freebie crazy across the pond and in Malaysia they say to share the market with smaller players, big telcos told while Michael Dell set on 'changing the approach' to stay ahead with his factory and research facility in Malaysia.

Related : Fixed Mobile Internet Convergence: Technology Trends and Market Dynamics | Consolidation – Main St. vs. Wall St. |

 

Skype : no staff in Australia and above all no Skype office

Yep that could be a problem, but I am sure it will be fixed. What is actually the role of Ebay in this whole process and how come that something so powerfull like Skype is still not considered as Communications Company. I mean what do the local Telecom think about «foreign invaders».

All Hype But No Skype
SmartOffice - Sydney,Australia
... attempting to set up an Australian operation but the only problem is that they have no Australian web site, no staff in Australia and above all no Skype office ...

Which Skype boxes are selling ?

I have seen I guess about 10 boxes. I have tested some of them. Here is the first report I see of Netgear. Only one thing to say : the big fish will eat the small fish, they allways do. The only place for consultants and knowledge workers will be one based on trust and respect. A glass house with thick glass and steel bars. You will be able to look through this glass house, but the glass is like concrete. Nobody likes Ivory towers. Everybody can contact everybody for anything these days. Setting up regional sole distributorship is kind of «old business» and probably won’t work. You can always find something on the internet at the same price and cheap and you don’t need to talk to anybody. Just click and buy. Interesing world for the box-movers and the importers/exporters to figure.

Here is netgear. It’s selling well it seems. NETGEAR Reports First Quarter 2006 Results
Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert,AZ,USA
... We also intend to ship our exciting Skype Wi-Fi phone in the ... Asia Pacific distribution channel inventory ended the first quarter of 2006 at approximately 4.1 ...

World 1st Skype Business Directory

http://biz.konush.net/ 

see more on http://www.skype-watch.com

Not Zennström but Tehrani got the nobel prize for Telecommunications.

VoIP Advocate Rich Tehrani Awarded Nobel Prize for Telecommunications. (At the Stockholm Concert Hall yesterday, TMC President Richard Tehrani was awarded the inaugural Nobel Prize in Telecommunications for his contributions to Voice-over Internet Protocol telephony.) |

I still think it should have been somebody at Skype that got the nomination. But probably the latest popup of the Racketeering news got in the way…

Other news worth mentioning I thought : VoIP Apps for Linux | Microsoft realizes all roads lead to Web | Online language teaching is booming in China | Employers block use ofInternet services | Tools Of The Trade: The Gradwell VoIP service |
Bubbles can go up as well as down | Internet growth now at the core of News Corp | Alcatel and Lucent agree to merge

Corporate crackdown on Skype and others ?

«Companies are clamping down on employees' workplace use of the expanding range of free Internet services, such as instant messaging and video downloading, to protect themselves from viruses, communications traffic jams and regulatory missteps.

General Electric Co. has barred outside instant-messaging and file-sharing programs, as well as access to personal online e-mail accounts such as those offered by Yahoo! Inc. Telecom company Global Crossing Ltd. also blocks outside instant messaging and online e-mail accounts. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of many banks that blocks Internet services it can't track or monitor, including outside instant-messaging, phone and e-mail programs.

Another big bank, ABN Amro Holdings NV of the Netherlands, also bans many consumer-communications technologies, including Skype, the Internet phone service owned by eBay Inc.

The corporate crackdown underscores an emerging challenge for the Web. As the spread of broadband technology makes it possible for millions of Americans to watch TV on the Web or make cheap phone calls, companies, government agencies and universities are concerned about the possible side effects — including the threat of a worm or other bit of malicious code sneaking into their computer systems.

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April 01, 2006 in Business / Economy, IT-management, Networking / Security, VoIP / Skype | Permalink | Comments (0)

Malaysia moves forward.

9th Malaysia Plan: Yearly economic growth of 6 pc (Ninth Malaysia Plan, the country’s economic blueprint) | Malaysia reveals a five year development plan  | Full text of the PM's 9MP speech to Parliament

GREEN Packet Bhd, a maker of software for mobile phone companies, plans to buy controlling stakes in three firms that provide Voice over Internet protocol telephony. Read more : Green Packet eyes controlling stakes in Nextel companies | Green Packet to acquire 75% of Nextel Group

April 01, 2006 in Business / Economy, Current Affairs | Permalink | Comments (0)

Will the Ebay sellers call me ?

I still like this joke and I had to think of an imaginary (so far) Ebay Seller trying to sell something with voice-support. I guess it would look something like this (click, it’s funny).

Context «A dangerous program - ominously called the Matrix - is being proposed by a handful of states in conjunction with the federal government. Unfortunately it's no Hollywood invention -- this Matrix would compile your personal information into a giant database that law enforcement agents and government contractors can use to search through information about your private life and investigate your activities.» source. 

Live Messenger : Vista May Poses Danger To Security Product Vendors

April 01, 2006 in Business / Economy, Marketing / Selling, VoIP / Skype | Permalink | Comments (0)

VoIP Top 10 Tips for IT Directors

VoIP Top 10 Tips for IT Directors eBCVG - USA ... experts - With the explosion of end-user VoIP services such as Skype, MSN and ... the risks associated with deploying VoIP have been assessed by your security forum….

MySpace purge draws sharp reactions
CNNMoney.com - USA
... On Monday, the US-China Economic Security Review Commission said that it was ... Richards of Cambridge, England -based Hotxt, calls his company "the Skype of text ...

Skype Faces $4.1 Billion Racketeering Lawsuit … Skype, owned by eBay, of San Jose, Calif., has been accused of creating a secret shell firm.

March 31, 2006 in Business / Economy, VoIP / Skype | Permalink | Comments (0)

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9th Malaysia Plan: Yearly economic growth of 6 pc (Ninth Malaysia Plan, the country’s economic blueprint) | Malaysia reveals a five year development plan  | Full text of the PM's 9MP speech to Parliament

GREEN Packet Bhd, a maker of software for mobile phone companies, plans to buy controlling stakes in three firms that provide Voice over Internet protocol telephony. Read more : Green Packet eyes controlling stakes in Nextel companies | Green Packet to acquire 75% of Nextel Group

I still like this joke and I had to think of an imaginary (so far) Ebay Seller trying to sell something with voice-support. I guess it would look something like this (click, it’s funny).

Context «A dangerous program - ominously called the Matrix - is being proposed by a handful of states in conjunction with the federal government. Unfortunately it's no Hollywood invention -- this Matrix would compile your personal information into a giant database that law enforcement agents and government contractors can use to search through information about your private life and investigate your activities.» source. 

Live Messenger : Vista May Poses Danger To Security Product Vendors

VoIP Top 10 Tips for IT Directors eBCVG - USA ... experts - With the explosion of end-user VoIP services such as Skype, MSN and ... the risks associated with deploying VoIP have been assessed by your security forum….

MySpace purge draws sharp reactions
CNNMoney.com - USA
... On Monday, the US-China Economic Security Review Commission said that it was ... Richards of Cambridge, England -based Hotxt, calls his company "the Skype of text ...

Skype Faces $4.1 Billion Racketeering Lawsuit … Skype, owned by eBay, of San Jose, Calif., has been accused of creating a secret shell firm.

Malaysia moves forward.

9th Malaysia Plan: Yearly economic growth of 6 pc (Ninth Malaysia Plan, the country’s economic blueprint) | Malaysia reveals a five year development plan  | Full text of the PM's 9MP speech to Parliament

GREEN Packet Bhd, a maker of software for mobile phone companies, plans to buy controlling stakes in three firms that provide Voice over Internet protocol telephony. Read more : Green Packet eyes controlling stakes in Nextel companies | Green Packet to acquire 75% of Nextel Group

Will the Ebay sellers call me ?

I still like this joke and I had to think of an imaginary (so far) Ebay Seller trying to sell something with voice-support. I guess it would look something like this (click, it’s funny).

Context «A dangerous program - ominously called the Matrix - is being proposed by a handful of states in conjunction with the federal government. Unfortunately it's no Hollywood invention -- this Matrix would compile your personal information into a giant database that law enforcement agents and government contractors can use to search through information about your private life and investigate your activities.» source. 

Live Messenger : Vista May Poses Danger To Security Product Vendors

VoIP Top 10 Tips for IT Directors

VoIP Top 10 Tips for IT Directors eBCVG - USA ... experts - With the explosion of end-user VoIP services such as Skype, MSN and ... the risks associated with deploying VoIP have been assessed by your security forum….

MySpace purge draws sharp reactions
CNNMoney.com - USA
... On Monday, the US-China Economic Security Review Commission said that it was ... Richards of Cambridge, England -based Hotxt, calls his company "the Skype of text ...

Skype Faces $4.1 Billion Racketeering Lawsuit … Skype, owned by eBay, of San Jose, Calif., has been accused of creating a secret shell firm.