We may expect some cool free services from the two giants Yahoo and Google in the near future.

Yahoo will soon introduce a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to gain an edge over its rivals, according to prominent Internet analyst Safa Rashtchy of Piper Jaffray, reports Red Herring. The service would be similar to Skype, a peer-to-peer program allowing users to make free calls over the internet. Rashtchy expects that Yahoo may support one VoIP service via advertising service while making another a paid premium service.

Meanwhile, speculation has swirled that Google might be considering offering free internet access to all, including via Wi-Fi – and has access to technology capable of sending targeted advertising to users’ locations – making Google the world’s largest internet service provider and most powerful seller of advertising, according to a Business 2.0 article by Om Malik.

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