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  Chapter 1164 Tit for Tat

  William Hannigan said at this time that today's meeting will not start until Eiger arrives.

   After thinking about it carefully, I know that to solve the problem of the Skype platform, it is necessary to have the cooperation of America Telecom.

  If Skype backs down without the cooperation of American Telecom, there are only two ways to deal with Skype.

  The other way is to spend a lot of dollars on public relations, so that the Federal Communications Commission or Capitol Hill can directly shut down the Skype platform, but this road is also not easy to go.

  Before the Wall Street Journal interviewed Mike Bowen, the boss of the Federal Communications Commission, and asked follow-up questions about Skype’s impact on the telecommunications industry, Mike Bowen held back for a long time and said, "There is nothing you can do!"

  Because Skype has not violated any federal law, nor has it violated any rules formulated by the Federal Communications Commission. As for users using Skype, it is the traffic used, and the traffic fee has already been paid by the user. Why can’t you use data to make calls? !

  Of course, apart from this reason on the surface, there is another reason. Skype is a platform launched by the big donor of the elephant party. Can Mike Bowen take action against the big donor?

   I'm really not afraid that he just kicked out Mike Bowen and replaced him with a new leader of the Federal Communications Commission!

This kind of thing, the little cowboy side, can definitely do it. It not only borrows the hands of Mike Bowen to deal with the Skype platform, pleases the telecommunications giants in America, but also gives Song Yang an explanation , can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Expecting Mike Bowen to take the blame for telecom giants such as Telephone and Telegraph Group for no reason is purely overthinking, so when faced with questions from the Wall Street Journal, Mike Bowen could only show his powerlessness. The telecommunication giants can only let them eat dogs and decide the winner. In a word, the Federal Communications Commission can't control this matter...

Although he also knew that there was little hope, William Hannigan still hoped that American Telecom could stand on the side of the Telecom Operators Association. He was betting not on American Telecom, but on Song Yang. The telecommunications industry is the enemy!

   After thinking about it for a while, Ashley guessed what William Hannigan was thinking, and couldn't help but take another look at the other party, feeling that the head of the Telephone and Telegraph Group really seemed to have a few tricks.

   "I'm really sorry, the streets in New York today are too congested!"

  After waiting for about ten minutes, the door of the hotel meeting room was pushed open again, and one of the most powerful figures in the telecommunications industry in America, Iger, the president of American Telecom, pushed the door open.

   Hearing Eiger's excuse, William Hannigan and others could only pinch their noses and recognize it. Even the headquarters of American Telecom is in New York...

  Eiger actually hesitated about whether to participate in today's Telecommunications Association meeting, and finally arrived here after talking with Song Yang.

  Seeing Iger, the CEOs of the giants in the telecommunications industry all had different expressions. Speaking of which, Iger was the latest to enter the industry among them, but now he is the one with the most power.

  The people who are sitting here today, they didn’t say they were rivals in the past, but they are basically inseparable from each other. In secret, no one has tripped up the other party, but they are sitting here together today.

  "America's telecommunications industry has encountered an unprecedented "crisis". Skype has undoubtedly crossed the line. It is destroying the foundation of the American telecommunications industry!

Telephone and Telegraph Group, Verizon, Sprint, and Southwestern Bell, including American Telecom, all telecommunications industry companies, spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build telephone lines, submarine cables, signal towers, and even satellites, but now they are Skype stole it almost for free, and then packaged it as its own thing to please users. We paid everything, but in the end we became villains! "

When he said this, William Hannigan’s gaze was always on Eiger. His words directly expressed his attitude. The American telecommunications giant and Skype are at odds. Skype can provide users with cheap Internet calls. Even free calls, the telephone lines, signal towers, submarine cables, satellites, etc. behind them are all laid by telecommunications companies. Skype is a thief, stealing the achievements of telecommunications giants for so many years.

   This statement actually makes sense. Telephone lines, signal towers, satellites, etc. were all built by telecom giants at the risk of borrowing money. Skype is indeed prostitution of these telecom facilities now.

However, upon hearing this, Eiger didn’t react at all. It’s still the same sentence, the **** determines the head. If he is a traditional telecom operator, then he must be unable to sit still at this time, but now... sitting in the conference room It's none of his business whether these telecommunications companies die or not, it would be even better if they all died, America Telecom would win without a fight.

   "America Telecom is also a victim, and I understand everyone's thoughts!"

Eiger's attitude that everyone is his own made William Hannigan and the crowd feel better, but the next words made all the telecommunications giants in the conference room look constipated. look.

   "Any matter has a time limit, just like the patent of the American Medical Group, it also has a time limit, it is impossible to hold on to the patent forever!

   The infrastructure of the telecommunications industry will also have a day of paying back. VoIP will appear sooner or later. Even if it is not Skype, it will be done by other companies! "

  Eiger’s words are short of pointing at a group of telecom giant CEOs and scolding them. The times have changed, and they are still living in the past, trying to block traffic with their arms. They are simply a group of overconfident clowns.

  The faces of the people who were mentioned by Eiger were blue and red. This is the first time they have been described as villains.

  “The era of VoIP, I don’t know when it will come back, but I’m sure it won’t be brought by Skype!”

   Seeing William Hannigan, he didn't hold down Eiger. Edward Whittaker, president of Southwestern Bell Telecom, said to Eiger with a bad expression, and his words were full of threats.

At this time, Bill Ashley, the president of Sprint, who had been closing his eyes and resting his mind, also suddenly said, "President Eiger, I hope you can tell Bruno Song that he is playing a very dangerous game. If he misses, He can't control this flame!

   Before Skype reaches an agreement with the Telecom Operators Association, Skype should suspend its promotion, or temporarily remove the VoIP function, otherwise, not only in America, but even in the global market, it will encounter class action lawsuits from the telecom industry! "

  Hannigan, Whittaker and the others couldn't help but see what Bill Ashley said. They felt that Jiang was still old and spicy. Of course they could understand the meaning of what Ashley said.

  The people who are afraid of the Skype platform right now are not only the telecommunications companies in America, but also the major overseas telecommunications giants.

At this time, as long as the American Federation of Telecommunications Operators raises its arms, the global telecommunications giants will stand on their side and initiate class action lawsuits, siege, and blockade against Skype all over the world, making Skype have no foothold at all. place!

Hearing Esri's words, Iger couldn't help hesitating for a moment. If the global telecommunications giants really join forces to target Skype, and even telecommunication equipment manufacturers and mobile phone equipment manufacturers, then Skype, what is it? It's hard to say what the odds are.

   "Tell Bruno Song that Skype must remove the free VoIP feature!"

   At this time, the representative of Lucent Company who came, suddenly, with an unquestionable tone and a commanding gesture, said to Eiger.

Eiger's face turned cold when he heard the sound, and he looked towards Lucent. He naturally knew what Lucent meant by fighting at this time. Since America Telecom acquired the telecommunications equipment business from Alcatel France, Lucent and Cisco have become America Telecom's direct opponent is naturally trying to find ways to block America Telecom.

   "Director Bruno, you don't need anyone to agree to the decision you want to make!"

After coldly responding to Lucent's words, Eiger also got up and left directly, but after leaving the hotel and getting into the car, he couldn't help showing a worried look on his face, so he picked up the phone and called Song Yang .

  (end of this chapter)