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Skype goes SIM with 3 [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,adit,c4... ] By Doug Mohney [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,1uo3,d5... ] Comment [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,1uo3,d5... ] |  [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,3a5m,ef... ] Forward [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,3a5m,ef... ] U.K. mobile operator 3 is going to offer up a Skype oriented SIM card for less than $3 to enable free calls to other Skype users free of charge. As the kids would text: OMG! The service will launch May 1. Subscribers with a compatible handset will be able to get unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and messages, so long as they buy the SIM card.  A user will plug in the new SIM card and get text messages with instructions on how to set up 3's Internet settings and download Skype client software. New users can proceed directly to Go and buy a 3 Skypephone; the carrier has been selling a Skype-compatible handset since 2007. In the first part of the Skype SIM roll out, 3 customers who use Skype on 3's U.K. network and its phones will be exempt from charges. A second part of the rollout will expand the offer to anyone with a compatible unlocked 3G handset in the U.K. U.K.-_base_d 3 is betting that subscribers who get hooked on Skype will later pay for more costly services and data applications. Working with Skype also gives it publicity in a highly competitive U.K. cellular market. Skype isn't the first company to blend its service with a SIM card. Truphone melded its SIM card division with its mobile VoIP bypass service, making a big splash at Mobile World Congress in February. For more: - InformatonWeek catches the SIM for Skype card. Article [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,gnl3,23... ]. - PC World also has data. Article [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,ivye,9a... ] Related articles Fear the Skype - FierceVoIP [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,114m,w3... ] CES 2009: TV, cell phones, business = Ubiquitous Skype - FierceVoIP [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,dprl,9m... ] 2008 Year in Review: Just Skype, Baby - FierceVoIP [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,etf1,a4... ] Truphone's mobile VoIP and SIM card combination catches attention ... [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,dj25,67... ] Read more about: Skypephone [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,78jn,ka... ], skype mobile [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,dzme,ar... ], Skype handset [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,b5yj,8s... ], Skype [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,f5xn,24... ] 2. Nortel CS1500 softswitch numbers - the company responds [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,ib4q,10... ] By Doug Mohney [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,1xx3,2g... ] Comment [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,1xx3,2g... ] |  [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,aqh8,e0... ] Forward [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,aqh8,e0... ] Fierce's article on Nortel's CS1500 softswitch numbers and how they compare to _meta_Switch's North American sales has stirred up a number of comments, including a response from Ryan Saxby Hill, a spokesperson for Nortel- I noticed your article on our CS1500 news and thought perhaps I can step in with some context. There seems to be some confusion about how Nortel and _meta_switch compare in the softswitch market. _base_d on our understanding of the numbers quoted in your article, the _meta_Switch softswitch sales overall (so sales made into the small and tier 1&2 service provider markets) are being compared to Nortel's CS1500 which is a product that targets regional/small service provider market. When we look at the softswitch market overall, Nortel is clearly the leader. According to Dell'Oro Nortel has been consistently ranked as number one in this market since 2002, with 21% market share for Q4 08. _meta_switch is listed with 2.5%. Dell'Oro also recently put out a press release on their Q4 numbers for IP Telephony overall, where _meta_switch doesn't even warrant mention: http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,g2qr,6a... [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,g2qr,6a... ]. Nortel social media manager Bo Gowan also tweeted a response to a couple of lines teaser I threw out on the @FierceVoIP [ http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=69l,16au5,lcs,66ql,4r... ] twitter feed yesterday