Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.move to make their instant messaging programs work together comes just as the popular communications tool is beginning to expand into such fields as video chatting and Internet telephone functions.
But for now at least, the two companies said their partnership announced Wednesday will focus on traditional instant messaging, allowing people with either system to send lightning-fast messages to each other. That is expected to be in place by June 2006.
Eventually, the companies said, they hope to be able to let users make computer-to-computer phone calls as well, but they couldn’t say when that would happen.
The partnership could give the companies more power to compete against market leader America Online and perhaps dark horse Google Inc., which launched its own service,Google Talk, in September. In the long run, it may also provide a way to battle companies like Skype Technologies SA, the Internet phone provider being acquired by eBay Inc.
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