Skype teams up to create VoIP for mobile
Skype Technologies and the Hutchison 3 Group (Hutchison 3G) has announced a partnership to provide what could become the world’s first commercial VoIP service for mobile phones.
Hutchison 3G, which operates IP-based mobile broadband networks in several European markets, will become one of the first mobile phone operators in the world to embrace VoIP, a technology many in the industry view as a major threat to their cash-cow voice business.
In a first step, the two companies will test the technology on the Hutchison 3G network in Sweden before rolling out trials across its other markets, which include Austria, Italy and the UK.