T-Mobile UK Blocking Mobile VoIP Start-Up

wjamesau writes "The war between telecoms and VOIP heats up: according to Om Malik, T-Mobile UK is refusing to interconnect with mobile VoIP provider Truphone, a UK start-up with a mobile VoIP client that enables calls cheaper than mobile. 'T-Mobile told Truphone, that as a result of a policy decision, they don't connect to VoIP-based low cost calling services. T-Mobile UK's decision to block Truphone might have come as a response to the new and radically better Truphone 3.0 client that allows you to send Free SMS messages and allows VoIP calls over 3G. According to M:Metrics, nearly 86% of UK mobile users are heavy SMS users, and that means it is a cash cow that carriers like T-Mobile can't afford to be slaughtered by IP-based SMS services.' Can mobile companies successfully crush VOIP competitors like this?"

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[Colin Smith]

Personally, I hope they come down on them like a ton of bricks as they really are ripping of their customers. Right. Because building and running an international mobile network is a doddle.

It's quite absurd what they have been getting away with so far. If you think so, why are you still with them? You are the one letting them get away with it.

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