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Verizon Connects To Four Corners Of The World With Skype, New Video

The Robot Droid — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:58:51 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeEgU4g7yo

Verizon Connect To Four Corners Of The World With Skype Video Make it clear what the two can do.
Skype is software for your PC that enables free calls over the Internet to people on Skype. Skype mobile for Verizon Wireless is the mobile version of that software developed to work on the Verizon Wireless network. With Skype mobile you can:

* Make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls or Instant Messages to contacts on Skype
* Know when your friends are available to chat and connect in real time while you’re on the go
* Place low cost International calls using Skype Credit, plus these calls never count toward your Verizon Wireless calling plan

Initially Skype mobile will be available on select devices, including BlackBerry and Android 3G Smartphones; more devices will offer this application in the future.

Verizon Announced And Skype Partnership on March 20, 2010.

Verizon Wireless and Skype To Have News Conference At CTIA

The Robot Droid — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:18:10 +0000

Verizon and Skype will make the new partnership official in Las Vegas this week. According to a press release 3/19/2010 the two will hold a news conference during CTIA WIRELESS 2010® to unveil Skype mobile™. We first wrote about this partnership in Verizon Wireless And Skype Join Forces For New Service back in February 2010.
John Harrobin, senior vice president of digital media and marketing, for Verizon Wireless and Russ Shaw, general manager of Mobile, Skype will be the speakers.

CTIA is celebrating its 25TH year as the premier exposition for the wireless industry. The show is used as a launch platform for many new devices each year. wireless and converged communications, wireless broadband, mobile web computing and data industries all come together at the show.
Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Every day, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone.

Verizon Wireless And Skype Join Forces For New Service

The Robot Droid — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:04:46 +0000

At the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced a strategic relationship that will bring Skype to Verizon Wireless smartphones in March 2010. The new Skype mobile™ product enhances Verizon Wireless’ smartphones for users who have data plans by offering a new way to call around the globe, while also giving hundreds of millions of Skype users around the world the opportunity to communicate with friends, family and business colleagues in the United States using Verizon Wireless.

The two companies have created an exclusive, easy-to-use Skype mobile offering for 3G smartphones. Verizon Wireless 3G smartphone users with data plans can use Skype mobile to:

- make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user around the globe on America’s most reliable wireless network;
- call international phone numbers at competitive Skype Out calling rates;
- send and receive instant messages to other Skype users; and
- remain always connected with the ability to see friends’ online presence.

Initially, Skype mobile will be available on millions of best-selling Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones with data plans, including the BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530, Storm2™ 9550, Curve™ 8330, Curve™ 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour™ 9630 smartphones, as well as DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS™ by HTC and Motorola DEVOUR™.

John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless, said, “Skype mobile on Verizon Wireless changes the game. For Verizon Wireless’ more than 90 million customers, Skype mobile adds great value because we’re effectively giving customers with smartphones and data plans the option to extend their unlimited calling community to hundreds of millions of Skype users around the globe. And you’re not limited to using a single type of phone; we’ll have nine smartphones ready right at launch in March.”

Josh Silverman, chief executive officer of Skype, noted, “People want to take their Skype conversations with them wherever they go, whether it’s on a PC, TV or increasingly mobile phones. Verizon Wireless will give U.S. consumers the best Skype experience on mobile phones and will truly change the way people call their friends and family internationally.”