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Chapter 1165

When Eiger called, Song Yang, Jenny and others had already returned to the villa in Houston from the hospital with little Alan Bell.

The old Bruno couple, as well as Miriam, Amber, and little Andre, all surrounded little Alan Bell's rocking chair.

"Little Alan Bell, Aunt Milia!"

Miria lay on the side, looking at Alan Bell who had just finished breastfeeding. The little guy was not afraid to see Miria and the others, and even giggled.

Just as Miria was about to hug little Alanbell, Dana, who had been on guard for a long time, slapped Miriah's hand, and Miriah screamed in pain.

Daana stared at Miria, knowing her daughter Moruomu, Daana knew Miria's personality clearly. When Amber was a child, and now little Andre, she was often tossed by Miria.

"Milia, your make-up teacher is coming. This semester, if your grades can't reach an A, don't even think about hanging out with those guys!"

Hearing what Dana said, Miria's small face collapsed visibly to the naked eye. It is not difficult for Miriah to enter an Ivy League university. It is not that she can pass the exam by herself, but that the Bruno family Enough sponsorship fees and letters of recommendation from big figures can allow Milia to enter a prestigious school.

The Bruno family has no academic requirements for Milia, and requires her to make any achievements, but they can't really be ignorant, be fooled by others, and say that the earth is flat, even if it is It must be packaged as a celebrity in America.

Song Yang put a piece of longevity lock sent by Zhou Bailin from his aunt Song Huiqiong, and put it in little Alanbell's cradle. Zhou Bailin from Lijia made a set of accessories such as longevity locks and sent them to little Alan Bell.

As soon as he gently stroked little Alanbell's cheeks that had started to become collagen, Song Yang's cell phone started to ring, and he had to hand little Alanbell to Dana. Song Yang got up and went outside to pick up the call from Eiger. Telephone.

"So, the Association of Telecom Operators didn't actually reach any agreement this time, did it?!"

After Song Yang heard Eiger finish talking about the meeting, he just laughed and didn't seem to care too much.

Iger reminded Song Yang, "Telephone and Telegraph Group, Sprint, Verizon, and Southwestern Bell are likely to join forces with overseas telecom giants to jointly block Skype!"

In America, Skype has the support of American Telecom. Even if other telecom operators do not support the Skype platform to use their networks and telephone lines, there is also American Telecom support, which will not really drive Skype away in America.

But outside of America, American Telecom does not have that much influence in overseas markets such as Mexico, Canada, and Spain. Although American Telecom has also deployed overseas markets in recent years, most of the emerging telecom markets in Asia and Eastern Europe can be occupied. Most of the telecommunications markets in other regions are still dominated by established telecommunications groups.

Even Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom, etc., which have the closest relationship with American Telecom, are ambiguous about whether to support Skype, because Skype has really affected their revenue!
Cutting people’s money is like killing their parents. In the face of the possible impact of Skype, telecom giants around the world are expected to unite unprecedentedly to oppose Skype, and even require computer manufacturers, mobile phone manufacturers and other electronic manufacturers, and even companies, to Prohibiting and using the Skype platform, refusing to provide services such as telephones and Internet services for various electronic products and companies that carry Skype, these means, those telecom giants will definitely do it.

"Even if Skype backs down, do you think they will let Skype go?!"

Song Yang asked with a chuckle, and Eiger was at a loss for words. If America Telecom was Skype's opponent, then Eiger felt that even if Skype was willing to make concessions, America Telecom would not be merciful. Follow-up companies who play Internet telephony know what will happen to this!
But listening to the voice from the other end of the phone, Iger felt that Song Yang was not too worried about the situation of the Skype platform, or he didn't seem to care very much. He didn't know if it was his own illusion.

William Hannigan, president of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, was right in guessing that it was impossible for Song Yang to make trouble with the telecom giants all over the world for a Skype platform.

One person singled out the world, that's what a mad king would do. Song Yang didn't think about it, he went crazy for a VoIP platform, and fought against telecom giants from all over the world. Anyway, Song Yang probably will suffer a lot.

The so-called seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence, when the Skype platform attracts users with low-cost calls or even free calls, it represents its future and it is difficult to obtain benefits.

Still the same sentence, when users start to use a certain product because it is free, it is impossible to charge for this product. If it dares to charge, the user will run away without looking back.

The Skype platform is also doomed to be like this. It seems that the major telecom giants are now in a hurry, but it is impossible to make a profit.

And in the future, functions such as voice calls and video calls will appear in any social product, and even telecom giants will let go of the Internet phone function themselves, and in turn will make Skype an army. At that time, the future situation of Skype will be different It has hundreds of millions of users, but it has been unable to make a profit for a long time. It is no exaggeration to describe it as tasteless, and it is a pity to discard it if it is tasteless!

But Song Yang still has to show the attitude he should have. To let the whole world see the potential of the Skype platform, even if he wants to reach a peace agreement with the Federal Telecommunications Operators Association, he must fight and win. Only if you win, you are eligible to sit down and talk about peace. If you lose, you just wait to be swallowed into bone dregs. How can you expect someone to take over Skype? !
In a short period of time, Song Yang did not allow Skype to fail, and even wanted to make it look like it might overthrow the pattern of the traditional telecom industry. To avoid ICQ's "suspicion of monopoly", we had to "beg for completeness" and "reluctantly give up" to sell Skype, and find a big money owner to take over it!

"Skype, the world's largest Internet telephony platform, has encountered lawsuits in America and many places in Europe!"

"Telecom operator IDT sues Skype for infringing its seven VoIP patents!"

"The Federal Association of Telecommunications Carriers of America filed a class action lawsuit against the Skype platform in federal court, accusing Skype of being involved in unfair competition and being a bloodsucker lying on the telecommunications operators!
Its functions such as VoIP and SMS have infringed on the rights and interests of telecom operators such as Telephone and Telegraph, Verizon, Southwest Bell, etc. It is expected to initiate huge compensation to Skype. In addition, the Telecom Operators Association may propose to Capitol Hill , the use of the Skype platform is prohibited in the United States! "

"Over $[-] million is lost every day!

Some analysts claim that if the Skype platform prevails, it will cause global telecom operators to lose more than US$[-] million per day! "

"Telófónica officially announces that it will temporarily suspend Telefonica's network services for Skype users in Spain!"

When Skype is in full swing and sweeping users all over the world, all kinds of true and false news related to Skype, together with various sensational headlines, begin to appear frequently in front of everyone.

At this time, Silicon Valley and Wall Street also began to set their sights on Skype, and countless people who eat melons also smelled the smell of gunpowder.

I originally thought that Skype was just an ordinary social platform for people who eat melons. Seeing the reports on Skype in the media, when the telecom industry treated Skype like a big devil, countless people became curious about Skype.

The lawsuit against the Skype platform is more like a test to see how ICQ responds, and Telefónica fired the first shot, no longer providing Internet services to users using the Skype platform, basically trying to block it in Spain Skype!

In the face of the sudden and overwhelming lawsuits and public opinion, neither the Skype platform nor the parent company ICQ made any comments, but only released a piece of data. , the total call time of users has exceeded the total call time of Telephone and Telegraph Group in the first two months of this year!

As soon as the news came out, it once again shocked the entire telecom industry. Even if everyone knew that Skype had a huge impact on telecom operators, it was unexpected that it could reach this point. It seemed to surpass the old telecom giants when it first debuted.

With Twitter, World of Warcraft and now Skype, it can be said that this year, the most beautiful boy in the American technology industry is ICQ.

Skype has fallen into public opinion. There are different opinions on Skype from the outside world. Some people think that it is a "black technology" product that benefits all users, while others criticize it. Skype is a vampire lying on the telecom operators and will eventually destroy the entire telecom industry. , When the entire telecom operator is not making money, it will stop investing in telecom infrastructure, which will eventually lead to the era of major stagnation in the telecom industry, so that the rumored 4G communication era will never come!
All kinds of disputes continue, but the stock price of ICQ continues to soar, while the stock prices of telecom operators in America continue to fall.

"Yes, I have seen some prejudice and dissent against the Skype platform, including in some places, the provision of Internet services to the Skype platform is prohibited.

But I believe that these difficulties are only temporary for Skype. If necessary, I will let the Apollo Space Exploration Company launch 1.2 or even more than [-] communication satellites to form a star chain and send them to the world. Skype users provide satellite network services, technology is innocent, and no one can stop the advent of a new technological era...”

When Song Yang went to the Houston Space Center and was asked by the media, what did Song Yang think when Skype was blocked by telecom giants in some areas, Song Yang's face suddenly changed, and he looked at the camera with a serious face and suddenly "uttered wild words "The words are to bypass those regional telecommunications giants that block Skype, and directly launch communication satellites to provide Internet services to Skype users!

(End of this chapter)