Skype and 3G to offer Free Mobile Telephone calls in the UK
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The attack on the mobile phone market from some of the internet’s biggest names is escalating, with Skype planning to offer free mobile calls to Britons.
The world’s biggest internet calls service is expected shortly to announce a deal with 3, the 3G mobile phone operator, to enable users of a new Skype/3 branded phone unlimited free calls to each other. 3 hopes that the service, which works by sending the calls as data over the internet, will help to lure customers. As the “challenger” mobile operator, it is seeking to stand out in Britain’s fiercely competitive mobile market.
For Skype, extending its brand into the booming mobile market could help to revive its faltering growth.
Google, the internet search giant, is also poised for an attack on the sector with the development of an entire operating system for mobile handsets. The group aims to replicate its runaway success online in the mobile phone industry, seizing a share of the potential multibillion-dollar mobile advertising market.
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Skype in deal with 3 to offer free mobile telephone calls in the UK - Times Online
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Re: Skype and 3G to offer Free Mobile Telephone calls in the UK
Sounds ok, I wouldn't switch from o2, free calls to other skype/3 phones sounds good though, just depends on how many of your friends want one lol :P
