"Messages", an internet-based audio, text, and video conferencing application that is included with Macs, has high-quality video and frame rate capabilities and is ideal for people who use sign language to communicate.
In 2008, the company launched YY, a voice-based gaming communications service, which enabled gamers to voice chat over the Internet and text chat in real-time while slaying monsters or coordinating gaming missions.
Carrier text services are under attack by free texting services offered by Apple, Blackberry, and various Internet-based providers (free because the bandwidth needed to enable texting is minimal).