‘Microsoft kicked the rumor mill into high gear in August when it acquired San Francisco-based startup Teleo, a provider of PC-to-PC phone calling. Was Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates plotting a foray into the booming market for voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)? Would the software giant be going toe-to-toe with such VoIP providers as Vonage and Verizon Communications?

More like Google and Yahoo! . Far from aiming to displace your mother’s phone company, Microsoft wants to harness Teleo’s PC-to-phone calling capabilities in a bid to kick-start growth at its MSN Web business.’

Read more at Voice over Microsoft Protocol?

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