Apple new FaceTime and the unfinished Data Center will provide an amazin experience to iPhone and iPad users, it’s known that the team from Lala (the streaming audio company bought by Apple) is not working on that (audio stream) instead the team is hard working into a better video streaming technology that will be the heart to a rumored Apple TV, but I don’t believe that the Data Center will be just only to streaming video to the Apple TV, it could not only do that, but liberate the FaceTime to all iOS users, the same way Skype provides its video and calling technology to its clients, a non attached-carrier service..

The main reason for Apple to make FaceTime Wi-fi only or a carrier independable technology is that it won’t hurt users in the long run, but it can be power by Apple’s own Data Center.

Apple will extend FaceTime to every device it makes, from iPods to iMacs and this is where Skype is in danger, FaceTime is an Open Standard, so everybody is free to implemented into their services and devices, but Skype can implement it too, the real problem for Skype is that it has 560 million registered users, with 124 million registered users are active on monthly basis and only a 8.1 million of them are paying $96 dollars a year on average. Now imagine if more peopler can have FaceTime, a better video calling technology free of any charge and any carrier, it will mean more troubles for Skype on a monthly basis.

I don’t believe that Apple is launching FaceTime to take away any marketshare from the VOiP or video calling from Skype, Apple is just trying to expand its market including more attractive features and services to its own devices.

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