What does ott mean?

OTT is the abbreviation of "Over The Top", which is a very popular word in the communication industry. The word comes from sports like basketball, which means that basketball players pass back and forth overhead to reach their destinations.

In other words, Internet companies surpass operators and develop various video and data services based on the open Internet, emphasizing the independence of services from physical networks.

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The originator of OTT business comes from Skype. That year, Skype invented VoIP, which allowed people to talk to other users with high-definition voice for free, and also to make domestic and international calls.

Later, Internet companies such as Google followed suit and developed their own free voice calling services by using the broadband network of operators. At home, Skype has long been stopped by the Ministry of Information Industry.

Tencent's WeChat later emerged in the form of social services, but it is still a typical OTT service, because WeChat can realize free voice calls. Nowadays, many people in China use WeChat as soon as they can surf the Internet for free, precisely because they can avoid international roaming calls.

OTT From a global perspective, there are three development models of global OTT TV. The first is HBBTV mode in Europe, the second is open OTT mode based on Internet architecture in the United States, and the third is manageable and controllable mode in China, which emphasizes content supervision.

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