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Verizon to add Skype to smart phones

BARCELONA, LUXEMBOURG and BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Verizon Wireless and Skype have created a Skype mobile offering for 3G smart phones that will be made available to Verizon Wireless customers beginning in March.The new Skype mobile product enhances Verizon Wireless' smart phones for users who have data plans by offering a new way to call around the globe, while also giving hundreds of millions of Skype users around the world the opportunity to communicate with Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S."Skype mobile on Verizon Wireless changes the game”, said Verizon’s EVP and CMO John Stratton, in the announcement made at the...