Skype going mobile

Skype technologies co founder, Niklas Zennstrom announced in a recent Voice on the Net conference (VON) that a mobile version of the widely adopted VoIP software will be available later in the year. That said, it seems unlikely that many major telecommunications companies will rush to adopt the new application, as Skype benefits the user by allowing free telephony to other Skype users. However, now that SkypeOut (Skype's lowcost service that allows connections to land and mobile lines) has hit the 1 million subscribers mark, its corporate muscle must be growing and we could someday see a mobile version allowing free calls between users through Wireless IP connections. Recent mobile phone models, such as the Neonode, have started to become equipped to connect to a Wi-Fi network, though I just can't see phone companies clamouring to let Skype reduce the scale of their airtime revenues, but here's hoping...

Skype via MobileMag