Last year Microsoft announced that the existing VOIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. Currently this service allows Windows Live Messenger users to call friends and family using regular landlines and mobile phones, but this functionality is set to expire over the next few months.
According to a Microsoft spokesperson, this service will terminate on the following dates:
- EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) - July 15th 2008,
- USA - August 31st 2008.
They confirmed that so far, no replacement service has been identified.
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