June 16, 2005
Yahoo Messenger Adds VoIP Feature
Earlier this week, Yahoo acquired voice over IP provider Dialpad Communications. Dialpad Communications officials are saying that its software offerings will be used by Yahoo in their voice communications products as well as instant messaging application. Dialpad is also going to be adding their PSTN feature to Yahoo Messenger (which uses the SIP standard), allowing users to make direct calls to landline or mobile phones from their PCs. According to internetnews.com:
Vincent Paquet, Dialpad vice president of business development and marketing, would not comment on the price tag for the acquisition or when the company expects its product to be integrated into the Yahoo Messenger voice service. He did say the company's 40 employees would be relocating to Yahoo's facility in Sunnyvale, Calif.
"We're very excited that we'll be scaling our IP-based technology for the benefit of millions of Yahoo users," he said. "It will bring the ability to bring IP-to-PSTN connectivity for current and future Yahoo services."
Read more: Yahoo Buys Into VoIP
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