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Saving with Skype in the mobile enterprise

Smartphone apps, SIP service and CPE gateway offer low-cost calling options
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Saving with Skype in the mobile enterprise

Joanie Wexler By Joanie Wexler
Skype, with its initial proprietary protocols and peer-to-peer behavior, has historically not been particularly popular with enterprise IT departments. However, a few recent moves, including some wireless ones, might be starting to change all that. Read full story

Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology writer/editor in Silicon Valley.

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