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Zuckerberg Dines with European Telco Execs

posted by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the nickle-and-dime dept.

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: 3, Informative) by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @01:09PM

    by Dopefish (12) on Friday February 28 2014, @01:09PM (#8610)

    Sorry about that. My intent wasn't to belittle Zuckerberg as I didn't catch this error previously. Thank you for your comment.

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  • (Score: 2) by ticho on Friday February 28 2014, @09:23PM

    by ticho (89) on Friday February 28 2014, @09:23PM (#8921) Homepage

    No hard feelings. Got to keep you guys on your toes, right? :)

    • (Score: 2) by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @09:28PM

      by Dopefish (12) on Friday February 28 2014, @09:28PM (#8923)

      No hard feelings, good sir. Thanks for the support!