Microsoft, Softbank in Japanese VoIP deal
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft, Softbank BB and Japan Telecom announced a partnership Wednesday to develop communication services that combine Internet telephony, e-mail, Internet access, instant messaging and other services.
The companies said they plan to begin trials of the integrated services in the spring of 2006 and eventually offer them to business customers.
Some of these services are Microsoft's Solution for Enhanced VoIP Services, Softbank BB's broadband VoIP services, and Japan Telecom's network infrastructure and management offerings, the companies said. Japan Telecom is a subsidiary of Softbank BB.