Alex Kinch

The Skype for iPhone controversy rolls on – following the news that due to a patent issue Canadians won’t be getting the app, news is coming in from Germany that T-Mobile will be using everything within their power to block users from running Skype – even if it doesn’t touch their network.

Speaking to German website ‘The Local’, T-Mobile’s Alexander von Schmettow said that not only does it go against the terms of its contract with consumers, but that the “high level of traffic would hinder our network performance,” and “if the Skype program didn’t work properly, customers would make us responsible for it.” – and presumably the other 31,487 apps too?

The Financial Times Deutschland also reported on this story, claiming T-Mobile felt Skype posed a threat to their traditional voice revenue – a notion von Schmettow denied, countering with the claim that they’d been blocking VoIP for the past two years anyway so what was new? Well ok not exactly said in that sarcastic tone of voice, but you get my drift.

Meanwhile, back in Blighty, exclusive iPhone UK carrier O2 has said they won’t try and stop customers from installing Skype on their handsets. Which is nice.

via mocoNews – German Carrier T-Mobile Blocking Skype – washingtonpost.com.

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