EU battles industry plans to restrict Skype on mobile phones

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    20 July 2009

    The European Commission is threatening to brandish the new roaming regulation or antitrust rules in order to block plans by major EU telecoms operators to restrict the use of Internet calling services like Skype via their mobile networks.

    Replying to a written question by a Socialist MEP, Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding made clear last week that the new roaming regulation, which entered into force at the beginning of July, is also aimed at avoiding any discrimination between technologies.