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May 05, 2006 | Comments: (0)
AOL adds free phone service to AIM
AOL this month will begin offering its instant messaging users a phone number that lets them receive free incoming calls from regular phones while they are online. The AOL Phoneline service will compete with popular Internet telephone provider Skype.
AOL will also offer an upgrade to the Phoneline service that allows users to make an unlimited number of outgoing calls for $14.90 per month, or an introductory price of $9.95 a month.
In another sign that AOL is going on the offensive, the company also plans to introduce a blogging service, AIM Pages, in an attempt to compete with News Corp.'s popular MySpace.com social networking service. According to a New York Times report, a preview version of the service will be available to AIM users by the end of next week.
The moves are clearly aimed at revitalizing AOL, which still holds the lead in the messaging market. As Jupiter Research VP David Card says in today's New York Times article, "There's life in the old dog yet."
Posted by Caroline Craig on May 5, 2006 05:38 AM
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