{"id":340423,"date":"2010-02-19T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=100488"},"modified":"2010-02-19T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:30:39","slug":"skype-verizon-deal-more-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/340423","title":{"rendered":"Skype-Verizon Deal: More Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\" Skype and Verizon announced a partnership earlier this week that would embed the Internet calling service on Verizon\u2019s smartphones. The partnership, at least to me, was driven by Verizon\u2019s fear of the iPhone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wondered if the two companies had signed an exclusive deal. But\u00a0during the press conference, when I asked Verizon chief marketing officer John Stratton<\/a> and Skype CEO Josh Silverman about the deal, they both dodged the question. Then later during a conversation with Silverman, when I asked if his company would work with another carrier in the U.S. building a solution similar to the one being offered to Verizon\u2019s customers, he declined to answer the question.\u00a0 \u201cI cannot comment and speculate on this,\u201d is what he said.<\/p>\n