Hot Issue: Verizon and Skype to Announce Partnership

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Hot Issue: Verizon and Skype to Announce Partnership

Posted by admin on Feb 15th, 2010 // No Comment

It’s the future of mobile phone calls based on VoIP? Quite possibly, if Skype has nothing to do about it. One of the major announcements are expected at the MWC 2010 is a joint venture of Verizon Wireless and Skype on 16 February.

Just for the fact that Skype is involved in the conference, you know you have something to do with enabling your VoIP service on Verizon phones. According to sources in BusinessWeek, Verizon will start allowing Skype calls to be made over its 3G data network.

Trends indicate that demand for cell phone minutes is slowing, while the focus is shifting to the data. Therefore, it makes sense for Verizon to want to be at the forefront in this regard, especially considering the amount of competition it has with rival AT & T.

AT & T already uses Skype on some of their phones, particularly iPhone, but only via WiFi. The two companies are working on a solution that works on their 3G network, so Verizon is in a crisis time for service work on their phones before AT & T does.

No matter what, the biggest winner of all this is Skype. Landing a deal with Verizon is absolutely huge. The company already has 520 million subscribers, but this adds at least another 90 million potential customers, in addition to new subscribers who want to connect to Verizon phones at no additional cost.

No details on whether the service is available in all 3G phones or terminals, we assume that only available in a smartphone partner (droid, perhaps?) To begin with, and expand after a trial period.

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