Skype, which now is a part
of Microsoft after being acquired for $8.5 billion, has contended that
Skype regularly is "subject to prohibition and/or overcharging by several
operators, even though (Skype) is not a band-hungry application, nor one
that is difficult for a network to handle." Skype said a typical Skype
call consumes an average 6-20 Kbps, or about the same amount as a normal
webpage.
"You would expect us
to be more impatient than Ofcom," Jean-Jacques Sahel, head of European
regulatory affairs at Skype, said. "In Europe, there's still a huge amount
of restrictions."
Ofcom (Regulatory authority for the UK communications industries), which oversees the British telecom system,
said that mobile service providers that restrict VoIP calls are, in fact, also
blocking innovation. It said if operators don't relent, it might take action
Skype calls aren't managed
by major U.S. mobile phone operators.
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