AT&T and Microsoft announced a five-year alliance yesterday to deploy and deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications services. The companies said they would focus on messaging, collaboration, media and business applications and expect the collaboration to drive development of new service bundles. One of the first goals of the five-year road map will be an effort by Microsoft to Web services-enable AT&T’s Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service so it can be delivered through the Microsoft Connected Services Framework to enterprise customers along with other communications services.
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Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire June 8, 2005 09:20 AMAT&T and Microsoft announced a five-year alliance yesterday to deploy and deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications services. The companies said they would focus on messaging, collaboration, media and business applications and expect the collaboration to drive development of new service bundles. One of the first goals of the five-year road map will be an effort by Microsoft to Web services-enable AT&T’s Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service so it can be delivered through the Microsoft Connected Services Framework to enterprise customers along with other communications services.