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UK Provider Unveils Skype Mobile Phone

Free calls over the Internet for users in five countries at launch

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2007 5:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – British mobile phone provider "3" is unveiling a handset which lets users make free calls over the Net using Skype. The phone won't let you use Skype to make cheap calls to any phone number, like you could over the Internet, but still represents... Read full story »

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