Comments on: How OTTs are Challenging VoLTE’s Prime Asset on Smartphones

By: Jon Davies

Jon Davies — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:19:26 +0000

In reply to Jim Courtney. Thanks for the link, I enjoyed reading this post.

By: Tsahi Levent-Levi

Tsahi Levent-Levi — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:06:43 +0000

While true Jon, this is how we live today – with multiple apps that don’t talk to each other. It may change in the future, but I can’t see how that happens any time soon.

By: Tsahi Levent-Levi

Tsahi Levent-Levi — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:05:59 +0000

In reply to Jim Courtney.

Thanks Jim.

The main difference today is that this is done within the Messenger app, which is a different type of engagement than Facebook, and for some, this is where communication happens.

If you look at Whatsapp or Apple and Google’s positions, they are also very strong in the smartphone real estate domain…

By: Jon Davies

Jon Davies — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:53:31 +0000

This is a big ‘can of worms’. On one hand, the user doesn’t necessarily care how their ‘call’ works, but on the other hand these new techniques add extra complexity to the communication options available. I would be concerned that this is only going to confuse people as they are presented with yet more options.

By: Jim Courtney

Jim Courtney — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:10:43 +0000

About three years ago Facebook installed a Skype backend to make voice and video calls using Facebook. And it was available until a couple of months ago when Facebook updated with its own voice and video backend. Bottom line is that I never received any calls over it; even now I may occasionally have text message exchanges with Facebook friends. In the end it boils down to the Directory Dilemna issue about which Dan York recently posted. “Whom do you want to talk to?” http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160515_directory_dilemma_why_facebook_google_skype_may_win_mobile_app_war/