Yahoo and Dialpad, Ericsson and Napster

Yahoo's purchase of dialpad will set minds racing but I suspect at BT and SBC more than Skype and the like. Meanwhile Ericsson and Napster have done a deal but with reassuring sounds for mobile telcos. But like Yahoo situation, with SBC and BT, the partnership only works if you don't have a Skype like service bearing down on you and then you decide not to wait for the infrastructure provider but instead do a deal. In this case Napster and Ericsson have one in place.