Skype to be rolled out on Verizon US

It looks like Skype is set to become the dominent VoIP service in the US with the announcement by Verizon that it has agreed to offer the service to their customers. The deal was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by the two parties with the roll out said to commence in March this year.

Without full details what seems likely is that the Skype-to-Skype free calls will be available as will calling international numbers at Skype-out rates and the use of Skype Instant messaging which serves another purpose  that allows users to see who is online in their contact list. The list of phones include BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 smartphones, as well as the Droid by Motorola, Droid Eris by HTC and Motorola Devour. We await further details.