Skype To Launch SkypePhone In UK!
Skype, the premier Internet Messaging service founded in 2003, is about to launch its much awaited 3 Skypephone in the UK on the 2nd of November, 2007 in association with Britain’s mobile carrier ‘3 mobile’. The mobile phone will be launched soon in the UK, Austrailia, Italy, Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the Republic of Ireland.
Skype’s tagline for the Skypephone is:
“Skype is now mobile. Calling your world is free.”
This means that Skype has enabled all its users to call other Skype users for free through the skypephone without the need for the user to login to a computer and make a call. The free calls will be made through the voice-over-internet-protocol. Currently, the ‘3 Skypephone’ is priced at £49.99 Sterling in the UK on a ‘pay-as-you-go’ tariff or free on a ‘contract basis’. Moreover, users of the mobile phone can even send ‘Instant Messages’ to other Skype users online.
This move specifically will enable Skype to encourage internet users to sign up for a Skype account as the brand popularity of Skype will increase drastically. Meanwhile, the mobile carrier ‘3 mobile’ will capitalize on the opportunity so as to capture the non-Skype calls segment. Moreover, it has been heard that Google is about to launch its mobile phone soon.
It is to be seen whether other messenger services will come up with such associations with mobile carriers and that too within India. As the mobile subscriber base of India is more than 200 Million, it is to be seen whether “Telecom Regulation Authority of India” will allow such pacts that will enable IM users to make free calls between them using a mobile phone just like 3 Skypephone.
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Wow, thatz seems to be an awesome initiative