Yahoo To Launch VoIP Service?

Rumours are circulating that Yahoo will finally launch a direct competitor to VoIP providers Vonage and Skype.

Currently Yahoo Instant Messenger is capable of making VoIP calls between two computers, but cannot make a call to a traditional landline telephone. The rumoured VoIP service from Yahoo would allow users to make calls to landline and cell phones, as well as VoIP enabled computers. Calls through the proposed Yahoo VoIP service would also be significantly cheaper than using fixed landline or cell phones. Voicemail would come with Yahoo’s VoIP service gratis, but users would need to buy a phone number priced at $30 (cheaper than Skype) in order to receive incoming calls.

Recently Yahoo and MSN inked a deal that would allow their respective instant messenging application to talk to eachother.