Microsoft, MCI team on web telephony
PC World | at | by Mike
Microsoft and telecommunications provider MCI have announced a multi-year partnership to offer software and services that will allow users to call from a PC to almost any phone in the world.
The move pits the two companies against rival Skype Technologies's SkypeOut service.
The Microsoft-MCI Voice over Internet Protocol service, MCI Web Calling for Windows Live Call, will be available as part of the upcoming successor to Microsoft Messenger that will be called Windows Live Messenger, the companies said in a statement Tuesday.