Verizon will add Skype to handsets - The Boston Globe

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Verizon Wireless, the largest US mobile-phone carrier, will include Skype Technologies SA’s calling service on handsets such as the BlackBerry to fend off competition from AT&T Inc.

The service will work on Verizon’s third-generation network, on phones including Motorola Inc.’s Droid and Research in Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Storm, Verizon and Skype said yesterday. Customers need a data plan to use the service.

Verizon will add Skype to handsets - The Boston Globe