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VoIP is one of the hottest technologies out there today. VoIP phone card business has been rewarding for early movers such as Vonage and Skype. But like any other growing market Wholesale Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , the threat of new entrants is high in this market. As a rule in economics, companies will enter this market until there is a profit to be earned. Microsoft, Google, and AOL are just a few companies that are planning to compete in the VoIP market. But there is more to come, and the battle for the VoIP phone card market supremacy is going to heat up in the next couple of years.

The VoIP telephony business is intriguing since it allows the VoIP service providers to keep their costs low and pass on their savings to their customers. Vonage and Skype are the two most famous names in the VoIP phone card business. Vonage recently had its IPO Wholesale Jacksonville Jaguars Jerseys , and the investors are optimistic about the future of this company. Vonage is planning to spend heavily in the next quarters to bolster its position in the VoIP market. Skype, now an asset of eBay, has other plans in mind. Skype understands that the next couple of years are critical for all VoIP service providers. The market is expanding fast, and a small mistake can lead to a disaster for a VoIP market leader. Skype has decided to take matters in its own hands, and it has planned out a very aggressive strategy to take market share away from Vonage and other VoIP service providers.

Skype has decided to offer free calls to the U.S and Canada to its service users for a limited time. This strategy will allow Skype to solidify its position in the VoIP market. Moreover Wholesale Indianapolis Colts Jerseys , this move will strengthen the VoIP phone card business' barriers to entry. In other words, small companies which are thinking of entering this market are now unlikely to do so because of the difficult task of matching or bettering Skype's newest offer. In addition, this will be a huge blow for Vonage since it charges $25 a month for a similar service. Vonage is the leader in the "hard VoIP" market. It provides its customers with a piece of hardware that allows them to use its services. Vonage has been losing money for quite some time now due to its high marketing costs. With the introduction of SkypeOut, Vonage has to spend even more money to save its VoIP phone card business. Besides, Vonage will have to convince its investors that it is not helpless against the eBay's newest wave of attacks. So eBay has certainly taken the upper hand in the fight for the supremacy of the VoIP market.

AOL and Google are also planning to add VoIP technology to their messenger services. So Wholesale Houston Texans Jerseys , Vonage's position the VoIP market is expected to come even under more pressure in the upcoming quarters. Whether Vonage can come up with its own knocking out punch against its rivals is remain to be soon. But, the VoIP market wars are bound to get even more interesting in the upcoming months.
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Internet search giant Google Inc will own a 5.94 percent stake in Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group worth $750 million once Lenovo completes a deal to buy Motorola Mobility from Google.


Google will take 618.3 million Lenovo shares at $1.21 per share, according to a disclosure on the Hong Kong stock exchange late Thursday.


The announcement was part of a deal which Google and Lenovo announced on January 30. Lenovo agreed to buy Google's Motorola handset division for $2.91 billion in a cash and stock deal.


Shares of Lenovo rose 1.32 percent on Friday trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange.


"With a 5.94 percent stake in Lenovo, Google will become the second-largest shareholder of Lenovo, signaling a strengthened partnership between the Internet giant and the world's largest personal computer maker Wholesale Green Bay Packers Jerseys ," Li Yi, secretary-general of the China Mobile Internet Industry Alliance, told the Global Times on Friday.


"The two companies might have further cooperation in high-tech fields such as smart TVs and wearable computing devices," he said.


The deal is still waiting for approval from the US and Chinese authorities. Analysts believe Google's sale of its Motorola unit is a smart move, while it is challenging for Lenovo to acquire a loss-making business.


"The sale will now allow Google to step back from the handset sector and focus more on its Android software Wholesale Detroit Lions Jerseys , thus easing tensions with major smartphone makers including Samsung and Huawei," Zeng Tao, a Shanghai-based independent telecom analyst, told the Global Times on Friday.


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Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2012. Although Lenovo paid much less this time, many investors still believed Lenovo overpaid for the Motorola unit, which caused an 8.2 percent slump in Lenovo's stock prices on the day the deal was announced.


According to the deal, Lenovo will own Motorola's brand, personnel and more than 2 Wholesale Dallas Cowboys Jerseys ,000 patents, while Google will retain the rest of Motorola's more than 20,000 mobile patents.


"The patents are worth more," Zeng said, "but Lenovo only got a small proportion of Motorola's patents from Google."


It's not the first time Lenovo has expanded abroad through mergers and acquisitions. Lenovo bought IBM's ailing PC division for $1.25 billion in 2005 Wholesale Cleveland Browns Jerseys , and took seven years to grow into the world's largest PC maker.


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