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The Woebegone Skype

Skype may be one of the most promising technologies actively on the rise but when it comes to connectivity, it seems a few more concerns still make the road a wee bit rocky for Skype and those who enjoy a fondness for cordless Skype phones.
VoIP leader Skype has registered a statement of complaint with the US FCC regarding the locked mobile cordless phones that the mobile service providers in the country are offering consumers, left and right.

Skype has declared in their complaint: “Carriers are using their considerable influence over handset design and usage to maintain control over and limit subscribers’ right to run software communications applications of their choosing.” They add that: “In an effort to prefer their own affiliated services and exclude rivals, carriers have disabled or crippled consumer-friendly features of mobile devices.”

In addition to the objections already stated, Skype is also saying that these actions are directly break a number of FCC rules—in particular, those that allow consumers to make use of any and all devices to hook up with a phone network in the country.

Skype is pushing for the lock to be lifted so mobile cordless phone users will be able to shift from whichever communication platform that suits them without any glitches.

Considering the remarkable features of cordless telephones that support Skype functions like the SkypeIn, SkypeOut and Skype-to-Skype call transactions, one hopes that these complaints will be granted the attention they deserve. After all, these features do offer a lot in the way of communication convenience and at a much lower cost than telecom call charges of traditional telephony services.

The only question that remains now is whether this action will lead to the eventual unlocking of mobile digital telephones in the country or not. Indeed, one does hope.