MySpace functionality embedded VoIP Skype

The MySpace community network will integrate voice over IP, via an agreement with Skype, a subsidiary of eBay. Its members can then call their contacts via chat house or via the Skype software. The system will operate indiscriminately to other members or MySpace users of Skype. It will be available in twenty countries where the community site offers a localized version, including France. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

In a statement, the two companies emphasize the importance of the community gathered, "with more than 110 million active members each month, and more than 220 million users of Skype, the partnership allows the meeting of two platforms for the most popular communication on the Internet, to create the largest community connected through [VoIP services]. "

What MySpace does not say is that only a quarter of its members use its interface MySpace IM chat, and that it must face the rising star of the web community Facebook. It must respond to avoid being supplanted by the ecosystem that this network is being established, pushing the creation of new applications. Meanwhile, Skype has had difficulty convincing its parent company eBay to its true value, and therefore seeks to expand its user base.