Alex Kinch

After the recent launch of their application on the iPhone and BlackBerry application stores, Vopium are bringing VoIP to Android users with the launch of Vopium on the Android Market.

Sparked by the recent news that T-Mobile Germany will block the installation of Skype on their customers iPhones, Reuters reports that an industry group has called on the EU to adopt policies to allow open access to mobile networks.
The Voice on the Net (VON) coalition Europe, whose members include Skype, Google, Microsoft and Intel argues [...]

When is a Skype VOIP client not a VOIP client? When it’s running on the BlackBerry.
Amongst all the fuss about the new Skype software for the BlackBerry (and of course the iPhone), BlackBerry guru Hayden at PinStack has discovered that the software is merely a front for call-through service. When you place a call to [...]

Skype’s General Counsel Robert Miller has responded to T-Mobile’s statement that they’ll actively seek to block installation of the new Skype iPhone app on German customers handsets.
Writing on the Skype blog yesterday, Miller gives some interesting stats.
“At the time of writing, 24 hours after launch, more than 600,000 downloads of the software had taken place [...]

Just in case you hadn’t got the message by now, Skype have launched their long-awaited app for the Apple iPhone. So far, so good. But if you’re in Canada, it’s not so good – Skype won’t be launching it there.
According to Skype PR Chaim Haas, there’s “patent-licence restrictions” in play that’s stopping them offering the [...]

It’s Tuesday, and already the Twitterverse is jam-packed full of references to the new Skype iPhone application – mostly from people exclaiming excitedly that they’ve managed to install it without their handset turning into the technological equivalent of a Norwegian Blue parrot.
However, once you filter out the noise there’s an interesting rumour abound. Apparently once [...]

I’ve caught a few bits of press coverage recently about an interesting organisation called Zer01 Mobile. So far all the stories seem to be along the same lines – unlimited calling and data anywhere within the US for just $69.95 a month. It’s sort of like an MVNO, but with a twist – as the [...]

Although not officially unveiled until later today, we’ve got all the details of the new Skype mobile – launched in conjunction with mobile operator 3. Ewan will be at the press launch later, so expect pictures soon!
The 3 Skypephone is a fully-featured 3G Internet phone with Skype built-in. In addition to Skype [...]

Truphone, the UK-based mobile Internet network operator, is broadening international public Wi-Fi access for its customers and automating the Wi-Fi login process at these global locations through a new agreement with Quiconnect.  This will build on and augment existing public Wi-Fi access already established by Truphone while making it far simpler [...]

VoIP-on-your-mobile company Truphone has just dropped it’s call charges until December 31st 2007.
According to the company, not only are mobile calls free to landlines in 40 countries and to mobiles in the USA, Canada and elsewhere, but mobile rates across the EU are 15p/min or less and mobiles elsewhere in the world have been cut [...]