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strattitarius writes "Mark Zuckerberg met with top mobile and telco executives to address concerns that Internet providers are becoming "simple pipes" as apps like WhatsApp eat into high-margin over-the-top services such as text messaging and even voice communications. Orange SA CEO Stephane Richard stated "The risk for us is being excluded from the world of services".
It would seem that the telcos are realizing that they have been behind the curve as Richard stated "A service like WhatsApp, to be honest, that's something we could've and should've come up with before". Ironically in doing so, they basically make the case that they had every chance and advantage to create these apps and monetize them just as WhatsApp and Skype have done."
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(Score: 4, Funny) by ticho on Friday February 28 2014, @09:29AM
Please, editors, abstain from childish name mangling, it just looks petty. I get it, you don't like Zuckerberg and his Facebook. I don't like it either. But this is unprofessional, and doesn't even bring anything positive.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 28 2014, @09:38AM
How do you know that it is not a genuine error? Given how often I've seen "iceburg" instead of "iceberg", it is definitely not unlikely.
(Score: 1) by mindriot on Friday February 28 2014, @09:53AM
soylent_uid=$(echo $slash_uid|cut -c1,3,5)
(Score: 5, Informative) by mattie_p on Friday February 28 2014, @09:59AM
Fixed now. But don't worry, we'll keep posting errors. The first person who finds a hundred wins the internet. Thanks for reading ~mattie_p
(Score: 1) by stormwyrm on Friday February 28 2014, @10:23AM
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(Score: 2) by cwix on Friday February 28 2014, @11:26AM
Why did you jump to the conclusion it was purposeful?
(Score: 2) by ticho on Friday February 28 2014, @01:09PM
I like to jump. I also consider this site's staff competent enough to notice if a well-known name is spelled one way in the title, and another way in the text, and to correct it before letting an article out.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @01:09PM
Sorry about that. My intent wasn't to belittle Zuckerberg as I didn't catch this error previously. Thank you for your comment.
(Score: 2) by ticho on Friday February 28 2014, @09:23PM
No hard feelings. Got to keep you guys on your toes, right? :)
(Score: 2) by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @09:28PM
No hard feelings, good sir. Thanks for the support!