VoIP backlash in Germany?
Ben Charny writes in C|Net News:
The German unit of cell phone giant Vodafone plans to disable calls from the likes of Skype and other Net phone operators beginning July 2007.
Vodafone Germany spokesman Heiko Witzke said Wednesday that in the interim the company may reverse its policy, which came to light earlier in the week when it filed a tariff with German telephone regulators.
He wouldn't comment about why the company was taking the step, but said in an interview that "2007 is a long ways to go, anything may happen until then."
Vodafone's other 15 divisions serving nations in Europe and Asia have not enacted such a policy, according to a spokesman at Vodafone's U.K. headquarters.
The development is a sign that some cell phone operators are beginning to feel threatened by Internet telephony, just as soaring Net phone subscriber numbers start to significantly impact revenues of traditional landline operators.
posted by Fergie @ 7/13/2005 12:50:00 PM
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