![]() Skype service also will be offered on Nokia's N97 handsets later this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() carrier has been selling Skypephones for a set price and betting that subscribers will sign up for the economical Skype service and later pay for more costly services and data applications. Regarding the iPhone, Russell said: "It's a great product, but our focus is on the mass market." While he didn't reveal any precise specs of the phone, there has been speculation that it would have a full QWERTY keyboard, which would facilitate the IM features available with Skype calls.Īccording to media reports, Russell reiterated 3's intention of focusing on mass-market subscriber services and eschewing high-end services and handsets. Russell also said 3 will offer a new Skypephone in the fourth quarter of 2009. The carrier doesn't have service in the United States. The carrier began offering its first Skypephones in October 2007 in nine countries where it operates, including Austria, Denmark, Italy, Ireland, and Sweden in Europe. When users activate their handsets with the new SIM card, they'll be sent text messages with instructions on how to install 3's Internet settings and download Skype software. Subscribers with GSM phones - the standard in Europe - can purchase a Skype-oriented SIM card for less than $3 and make free calls to other Skype users free of charge. In a service announced in London this week, 3's CEO, Kevin Russell, and Skype president Josh Silverman outlined the service that will debut May 1. mobile phone operator 3 works to push the VoIP service on its mobile phones, including a new low-cost service that will enable consumers to make Skype calls virtually free of charge. Skype's future continues to be prophesied in Europe as U.K.
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