Mobile operators O2 and Orange may refuse to offer Nokia’s N97 handset unless the phone manufacturer removes the preinstalled Skype software.
According to Mobile Today, an unnamed source at one of the operators said: “This is another example of them trying to build an ecosystem that is all about Nokia and reduces the operator to a dumb pipe”.
Nokia announced last month that it will install the VoIP software onto handsets and integrate it into the phone’s address book, giving users the option to contact friends and colleagues either on their regular phone number or by using their Skype username.
