Skype and 3 Join Forces for New Release
Source: www.voip-news.com
Skype and 3, the mobile operator, have teamed up to introduce a new 3G handset with Skype built-in that lets users make free Skype to Skype calls, and send free Skype instant messages to other Skype users. For existing 3 customers, while using this new 3 Skypephone, they will be able to make Skype calls and send instant messages quickly and easily with the simple press of a button.
Michael van Swaaij, acting CEO at Skype, said in a recent press release, “Skype is now truly mobile. This new handset is incredibly easy to use and lets you make free mobile Skype calls when you are on the move to other Skype users all over the world no matter where they are. It couldn’t be simpler – put Skype in your pocket and make free Skype mobile calls and send free Skype instant messages at the touch of a single Skype button.”
He went on to say, “Skype began by offering free PC to PC calling and now we’re doing the same with mobile calls with 3. Thanks to 3, Skype has now taken a giant step forward in the mobile arena. It takes an innovative operator like 3 to challenge traditional thinking and offer the kind of product other operators are still shying away from.”
Kevin Russell, Chief Executive Officer, 3 UK, chimed in. “3 wants to make the mobile internet available to everyone. To do this, we believe that services need to be simple to access and affordable. Communication is the prime function of the mobile today. Skype is the leader in internet communications. To enable Skype to go mobile in this way brings free internet calls together with an affordable 3G handset. Mobile has the potential to massively increase access to internet calling.”
If you live in the UK, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Macau or Sweden, look for the 3 Skypephone later this year. UK residents can preorder the 3 Skypephone now.
