Mr Mopay believes mobile phone networks worried over Skype on smartphones!

Hello again everyone,

A very interesting battle is brewing within the mobile phone industry. That threatens to open up a real can of worms when chossing your mobile network provider. The manufacturers and networks in the UK have always had a very good relationship with networks heavily subsidising new handsets to the public to try and lure them to their network. This has meant that consumers within the UK have had a great time with mobile connections meaning unlike in Europe a new up to date Smartphones usually comes free with the new contract.

However with manufacturers such a Sony Ericsson now offering Skype on new models a storm is brewing. What this means is that using IP people could make phone calls extremely cheaply from their mobiles over mobile internet rather than using the traditional method. Now the networks cannot stop selling popular handsets because of this, as they may affect their own sales if they cannot offer the best range of handset options.

So what they have done? Well the answer is simple, they have started to phase out unlimited downloads on their tariffs. This means that the cost for using Skype will increase and thus they can rest a little easy.

So please be careful if you do not change your usual mobile internet usage as you may find you are hit with higher bills in the future.

So until next time people keep recycling.