Mr Georges Penalver, Senior Executive VP FRANCE TELECOM ORANGE, strategic marketing and Orange Labs was interviewed by the Israeli paper Calcalist (in Hebrew - here).
Question: “How France Telecom will handle competitive services, such as Google Voice ?"
Mr. Penalver: “ Regarding VoIP calls outside home – this is a tough question, as it is more an economic question rather than a technological issue. VoIP services are actually free to the subscribers, but they load the cellular network with internet traffic. This brings a question – who will pay for this traffic and maintaining its quality? At the end of the day, VoIP services destroy value as they do not pay for the infrastructure they use – and this is the reason we do not believe in such services. This is like getting a luxury car for free, with no roads to use it with."
This is the core of the Network Neutrality debate !
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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