Verizon will soon allow unlimited Skype calling over 3G

When Verizon announced that it would be holding a joint press conference with Skype at Mobile World Congress we essentially knew that Verizon would be more friendly toward the VoIP service.

Verizon and Skype have announced that Verizon will now allow those who possess certain smartphones to call anyone over Skype on the 3G network. That could have easily been inferred from the announcement of the press conference, though it couldn’t be seen that Verizon would allow for unlimited Skype calling over the 3G network. That means essentially minute-free calls if you’re calling anyone through Skype. The phones that will start next month are the Motorola Droid, Droid Eris, Motorola Devour and a number of BlackBerry phones. It will later work on other smartphones.

The only reason that this is much bigger than it seems is because Verizon has a reputation of not being the most open of carriers in the US. This could possibly give Verizon a point against AT&T to say that its phones can make calls a surf the web at the same time, as long as that call is over Skype. A call is still a call, though, and there are some people out there who would prefer the sound quality of Skype over any carrier’s network.

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