"If you are a lawyer, you will be able to ' sell ' your legal knowledge and earn income by voice." "February 26, Tom Meng Yuehui, deputy director of research and Development Center, Tom-skype project leader, said that Tom plans in early March on the Tom-skype platform on the line" Skype ultrasound broadcast service.
In fact, as early as September 8, 2005, Skype has a low-key global line on a business called "Skype Voice service" (Skype Voice services). Meng Yuehui said Skype's ultrasound program was very similar to the idea that Skype's voice service was sold, and the "Skype" service, the "Skype Voice Services", was sold in advance by the service providers, The Skype Ultrasound is a real-time communication process.
According to Meng Yuehui, tom-skype This use of IVR (voice interactive platform) services, by the users want to provide services to the "real name" mode (provide ID card electronic version, fixed telephone number) to Tom-skype to apply for a special Skype number, It also describes the voice services it wants to provide, what time of day it can provide services, and decides on the price per minute. After 3-5 days of Tom-skype, the number will be included in the Skype Ultrasound broadcasting platform to form a "c2c voice supermarket".
The provision of services can be all-inclusive-such as a computer helpline, a horoscope, a score to announce a sporting event, or just helping others learn the Filipino dialect. And, according to Meng Yuehui, "because of the fact that some teachers may teach, the technology platform can support real-time communication between 300 people", so Skype does not just provide one-to-one voice service.
The user who receives the service only needs to have a "Tom Pay" account and a balance on his account to select the service to make the call. At the same time, users will have 30 seconds of free service to prevent possible fraudulent behavior from the provider of voice services.
Prior to that, Tom has launched a unified payment platform--tom Pay, Tom's game, mailbox, community fee business through it, and Tom Pay and ebay PayPal also has an interface, PayPal account can also be used to pay Tom Pay consumption.
The fee paid by the user receiving the service will be divided by the Tom-skype and the service provider by 3:7.
"This internet-based real-time billing voice interactive platform, currently only tom-skype." "Tom-skype is also the first partner to launch this innovative project by Skype's many regional partners," Meng Yuehui said. ”
Currently, Tom-skype has 9.2 million registered users. But because the domestic VoIP policy is not yet clear, Tom-skype has not yet launched a lucrative skype-in and skype-out business. However, November 11, 2005, Tom-skype launched the Skype Mall, hoping to make a profit by selling hardware settings including USB call terminals, headphones, gateways, and communications peripherals.
"Skype's ultrasound program shows that Tom-skype is working to achieve more revenue in the short term." "One industry insider told reporters that PC voice services do not touch VoIP policy, but the risk of voice services is how to effectively control the service provider's voice service content, such as some yellow or sensitive topics.
"Tom-skype has provided relevant regulatory authorities with appropriate regulatory measures. "The regulatory challenges facing voice content, Meng Yuehui said. In addition, Meng also said that Tom-skype will be based on user complaints and their own spot checks, will be found in accordance with the severity of the situation set up "warning", "Handling" and "report" three measures, until the final shutdown of the voice provider's Skype number.