Skype Software along with Nokia

Internet calling company Skype has secured a deal with Nokia under
which the world's biggest phone maker will preload Skype software into
some of its new smartphones starting from the third quarter of this
year.

Skype, whose technology has allowed legions of consumers to make
practically free long-distance calls over the Internet on fixed lines,
has been moving into the mobile arena with deals with operators such
as Hutchison Whampoa's 3.

"We believe that mobile is incredibly important to our future," Skype
Chief Executive Josh Silverman told Reuters in an interview at the
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the industry's biggest gathering.

Skype software is also available to download onto mobile phones after
they have been bought, but is then less integrated into features like
address books, making it less convenient.

Most mobile operators are wary of Skype, fearing they will lose
revenue through consumers paying little or nothing for calls, but
Silverman said 3 had actually seen its average revenue rise by 20
percent for consumers using Skype phones.