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Internet Telephony: August 23, 2010 eNewsLetter
August 23, 2010

Verizon Offers Skype Mobile Small Business VoIP Application On Select 3G Multimedia Phones

By Carolyn J Dawson, TMCnet Contributor

Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless, nation’s largest wireless voice and 3G data network, is deploying an innovative, cost-effective way to stay connected with friends and family by offering Skype (News - Alert) mobile on select 3G multimedia phone.





Students can now stay connected using their affordable Skype mobile while starting at a new school or returning as upperclassmen. For parents, Skype mobile is a simple, convenient and cost-effective way to keep in touch with their kids who are overseas anytime thus eliminating the need to Skype on the computer. 3G Smartphones such LG enV TOUCH, LG Chocolate Touch and Samsung (News - Alert) Reality will also feature the Skype mobile app.

Students abroad can use Skype mobile to conference with professor regarding balancing studies and travel. With support for languages such as Spanish, Korean and simple Chinese, students can stay connected with their international counterparts. Skype mobile ensures smooth transition for student by letting them get acquainted with their future roommates and befriend them. Students can also use it to get in touch with family for personal advice or recommendation. While being abroad, Students can also still maintain their relationship using unlimited instant messaging and chatting service from Skype without the need of the PC to Skype. Also siblings can now share survival tips and personal advice using unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls via Skype mobile.

Skype mobile provides unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and chats from a Verizon Wireless phone with a data plan to millions of Skype users worldwide. As the largest and most reliable wireless voice network, Verizon provides outstanding call quality and allows the app to work with traditional voice products, including Bluetooth headsets. Minutes from customers' voice plans are used for Skype mobile calls made to domestic landline and wireless numbers whereas the Skype mobile calls to international numbers are paid for by Skype Credit charged at Skype's low international rates.

Android (News - Alert) users can download the app from the Verizon Channel in Android Market while the BlackBerry users can download the app from www.skype.com/vzw using the smartphones browser. 3G Multimedia phone customers can download the app from Media Center/Get It Now or the online media store at www.verizonwireless.com/mp3.


Carolyn John is a Contributor to TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please columnist page.

Edited by Erin Monda

(source: http://small-business-voip.tmcnet.com/topics/smb-voip/articles/96116-verizon-offers-skype-mobile-small-business-voip-application.htm)








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