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BT offers Ribbit cloud phone service
03 November 2009
BT is taking names for a beta trial of Ribbit, a web-based system to manage calls and messages
Comment: BT will undoubtedly be wanting to test the Ribbit system out rigorously before launching it on the public and — presumably — charging money. It is only too well aware of the recent case of SpinVox, whose promises that its voice-to-text offering are almost entirely automatic have failed to convince manyBT is launching a beta trial of the first consumer service to come out of its $105 million purchase in 2008 of Silicon Valley cloud computing venture, Ribbit. Mobile users in the UK are being asked to sign up for a service that allows mobile users — not just BT customers — to manage calls, messages...
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