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bayonet connector - Aude Lagorce, 04.06.04, Forbes.comNEW YORK - By threatening to make extravagant phone bills a distantmemory, voice-over-Internet Protocol technology, also known as VoIP,has become the most ominous cloud hanging over the future oftraditional phone companies. In recent months, giants like AT&T andVerizon Communications have responded to its threat by launching theirown discount VoIP services. Meanwhile, cell phone carriers thoughtthey were relatively safe.That assumption may yet turn out to be wrong: Skype, a company foundedby the developers of the file-sharing service Kazaa, announced thismorning that it is bringing the disruptive technology to handhelddevices."We knew it was just a matter of time before VoIP services came tomobile devices," says Jane Zweig, chief executive of the ShosteckGroup, a telecom research firm.http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/04/06/cx_al_0406skype.htmlEric Friedebach/Old enough to remember when MTV played music videos/
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