While most press outlets rejoice at the "openness" Verizon wireless is finally showing, it turns out to be a limited, crippled version, which is designed to fit Verizon’s agenda, NOT customer wishes.
Mid Feb, 2010: At MWC in Barcelona, Verizon and Skype announce a special version of the Skype app that will run on Verizon. Now there is nothing holding Skype from doing VoIP over 3G on iPhone. Jan 27, 2010: Apple removes any 3G VoIP restrictions. Skype points fingers, mostly back at Apple. Jan 16, 2010: Skype releases a new iPhone version which DOESN’T take advantage of the new leeway AT&T (and ostensibly Apple) allow for VoIP over 3G. Skype users, naturally, expect an updated Skype version that will leverage 3G data. 2009: After considerable FCC and consumer pressure, AT&T relents, and allows VoIP over 3G (and was even publicly applauded by Skype’s CEO Josh Silverman). Skype, Google, the FCC, and consumers cried "foul" at AT&T and Apple. March 2009: Skype on iPhone is launched, but is unable to do VoIP over the 3G data channel because AT&T and Apple blocked that functionality. 
It was distributed around the carriers direct to customers of Skype, and was designed for those customers’ benefit. It allowed smartphone customers to use most features of Skype over WiFi OR a carrier’s cellular data network. Skype has had a highly functional VoIP client for Windows Mobile devices for a few years.Let me run you through a timeline, and see if you can’t spot the dirty pool:
There’s something anti-competitive afoot in the ‘VoIP over 3G’ space this year. Thu, Mar 11th 2010 03:09pm - Derek Kerton
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