[Mobile World Congress] In short, Nokia will integrate Skype directly into its phones. that announcement is *huge*, mainly for Skype, but additionally for Nokia users in general. Skype will be integrated directly in the phones’ contacts so that you can see whether your friends are connected through Skype or not. whether they are, you can signal them by WiFi or 3G. It is plus possible to signal landlines and other phones from SkypeOut, at a lower cost.

Right now, it looks like carriers won’t have much of a say in that matter, but the first notion that pops in mind is that they could eventually block the Skype Packets whether they feel like its damaging their margins – although other ISPs have run into trouble for doing stuff like that. To be fair, we’re only guessing that carriers are in tears.

In any case, it’s great news for users, Skype and Nokia customers.

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[Source] dhiram