Whether KDDI has "Skype (Skype)" as a "forbidden application" on smartphones, NTT DoCoMo also examines

It took place on October 4KDDI's Sharp smartphone "IS03"At the presentation of the company, Takashi Tanaka, the next president of the company, will be appointed executive director and executive officerTo announce "Forbidden Application" with multiple models of smartphones at the Autumn / Winter Model Presentation on 18th OctoberWe foretold, but forbidden applications are free call software "Skype (Skype)It became clear that there is a possibility of becoming.

In addition to smartphone-to-smartphone calls, free calls from smartphones to PCs, as well as calls to landline phones and mobile phones are lower, so for mobile phone companies it is nothing but "forbidden" If it is true, it seems to be a very nice thing for the user.

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KDDI, partnership with Skype Chess on smartphone Speech call: Nihon Keizai Shimbun

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, KDDI is planning to partner with Skype Technologies which provides Internet phone software "Skype". And from November it will make it possible to use "Skype" on smartphone.

Skype is "SkypeOut"By using the service called cheap calls to landline phones and mobile phones, not only is the phone call with smartphones and personal computers free, but also the advantages that users can get, such as making every phone call less expensive It is considered to be big.

In addition, NTT DoCoMo is also considering "lifting a ban on Skype" in the news, so if two major companies are launching a Skype ban on smartphones, including smartphones that already can use Skype, It seems that the free talk of the phone will be a trend.