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Skype, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebay, plans to release a mobile Internet cell phone together with Three (3) operator in the UK. The move can potentially open the door to a worldwide Internet-based cell phone network for Skype.

An official for Three confirmed in an interview with Reuters news-agency that the company was working with Skype to produce a handset that would allow users in Britain to make free calls on the Internet. The phone is expected to work in the normal way but to include a Skype function to contact other Skype customers. Unfortunately, it is unclear when the device is set to be available.

The device, with an appropriate 3G/GPRS/Wi-Fi roaming, would allow to call worldwide for the cost of data transfer, which will eventually become much more affordable compared to voice calls. Given that currently there are only satellite phone services that cover the whole planet, Skype may offer something similar for areas featuring wireless local area and wide area network connection (WLAN, WWAN).

A Skype official did not give any further details, but said the phone would be out later this year.

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Discussion started: 10/13/07 04:19:02 AM
Latest comment: 10/18/07 12:29:26 AM

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The hometown and global headsquater of Three (3) operator, Three Hong Kong, has launched this Skype java plug-in (which can be work with most Java-supporting 3G headset) at least one year ago.

Usually the European and North America are lacking behind Asia in consumer electronics. In this case it is very obviously that the Hong Kong based Three (3) operator release the product ahead from their remote markets.
[Posted by: This skype plug-in is available in Three HK 1 yr ago!  | Date: 10/13/07 04:19:02 AM]

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It is due for test release in November
[Posted by: neates  | Date: 10/18/07 12:29:26 AM]

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