Market Matador » voip http://www.marketmatador.com The Financially Savvy Source Mon, 10 May 2010 04:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Google Voice coming to iPhone and AT&T?! http://www.marketmatador.com/2009/10/06/google-voice-coming-iphone-and-att/ http://www.marketmatador.com/2009/10/06/google-voice-coming-iphone-and-att/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:37:40 +0000 admin http://www.marketmatador.com/2009/10/06/google-voice-coming-iphone-and-att/ News from the Washington Post and MacRumors.com is suggesting that AT&T has been deliberating for weeks over whether or not to accept the Google Voice application. Alongside the Google Voice application, are thoughts of accepting Skype, the VOIP app, onto the main data network (3G).

One source close to the thinking of AT&T executives said the company has been deliberating the decision for weeks and that top executives have said they were close to accepting voice over Internet services on all AT&T phones, including the iPhone. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because a decision hadn't been officially announced. Skype currently operates on the iPhone through WiFi access, but not on AT&T's 3G mobile network. (SOURCE)

Stay tuned for more details. News like this isn't surprising as the recently inked deal between Google and Verizon may be pressuring Apple and AT&T to think about the ramifications of open source applications.

Update: Looks like AT&T just approved VOIP apps to be on the 3G network. Now the question is how long it takes for apps to update. Hopefully google voice will also be included in the new rules.

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