The company said that its T-Mobile customers in Germany who want to use VoIP services such as Skype, an Internet phone service owned by eBay Inc, have to pay a surcharge starting at EUR9.95 a month.
Deutsche Telekom has to make 'significant investment' in its networks and the number of available Internet protocol (IP) addressees to offer its customers the option to use VoIP within its mobile network in Germany, the company said.
At the moment, using Skype or other VoIP applications on smartphones such as Apple's iPhone, the G1 Google phone or with handsets with Microsoft's Windows Mobile software is a breach of contract for T-Mobile users in Germany.
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