Cisco begs EU: make Microsoft open up Skype's users to Cisco hardware
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Cisco has appealed to the European Union's General Court, asking for the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's takeover of Skype to be made conditional. The network infrastructure company wants the EC to ensure "standards-based interoperability in the video calling space."
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Regulatory bodies gave Microsoft's takeover of Skype the go-ahead last year, with the deal finalized in October. Cisco says that it does not want to block the merger entirely, just restrict it and require Microsoft to make Skype play nicely with other voice and video calling systems.
Skype's video and voice chat protocol is entirely proprietary and undocumented. Skype also uses a range of different codecs (including the proprietary, Google-owned VP8 and the open H.264). This makes Skype's network of users almost completely isolated, and unable to communicate directly with any other VoIP or video system. Full Story |
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