Finally Skype Will Be Available For BlackBerry Phones!

Finally some good news for all you Skype fans out there! Skype has long been a firm favourite with PC users and although there have been a few skype applications for the BlackBerry Phones, IM For Skype, They have been fairly hard to set up and at $29.99, or around £21 in good old British currency a little bit pricey. The official version of Skype will be free and available sometime in May.

BlackBerry users will be able to get in on the Skype action as reported by Reuters who spoke with Skype’s Chief Operating Officer Scott Durchslag who also verified it would become available for iPhone and iTouch users as well.

One thing that was brought up was resistance from carriers to support the services as it may be revenue impacting for them to which CCS Insight Analyst Ben Wood declared carriers need not worry as the usage of Skype on mobile devices actually increases revenue for the carriers due to other services customers may utilize such as data. The only other concern may come from roaming agreements, but thus far have been unfounded and he used carrier 3 UK as an example where Skype has been used on their network with no detrimental effects.

Source [Blaz1e CB]

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