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by Anand M.
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The guy who gave you free email is now planning to give you free teleconference facility. Sabeer Bhatia, the brain behind Hotmail, has a new offering called Sabse Bolo (Hindi for Talk to Everyone), which gives you a free teleconference bridge.
You register and get a Conf id and Pin similar to what any of the commercial teleconference providers will give you. The free service allows you to conference with up to 10 people (from what I can gather). How will this help you?? Well think about a conf with multiple friends or family members. This is as yet a untouched area as far as India is concerned. I know of quite a few friends who use services like Skype to do this, but then this can be a good alternative for getting people who do not have a computer/internet or who do not know how to use one.
Will this change your life like Hotmail did?? Well I doubt it. Though a new area that has a lot of potential, I do not see this as something that will have such a big impact.
A few clinks as of now that I noticed. They have only a Banglaore based not (+22), which means there is quite a bit of STD charges involved, if you live anywhere else. I assume going forward, they will create local numbers, but could not find too much of information on that. Also, they do not seem to have any number for people outside India, so if you wish to conf with friends who may be abroad, then you are out of luck too.
From some bits of info on the web, looks like they also will have a paid service aimed at corporate users. That space is quite crowded as of now with the like of Reliance etc offering international conferencing facilities. They may be able to make a impact there only if they are a lot cheaper or they offer something exceptional that they have not announced as yet.
Yet to heard any positive reviews on it. Even there is not much diggs. Definitely interesting but as its a new concept so there is always a chance of bugs. Wait for some time before marching ahead. Currently I am on AIM and http://www.rhubcom.com appliance side by side for calling and conferencing purposes.
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