AT&T Opens Network To VoIP iPhone Apps -- iPhone -- InformationWeek

AT&T Opens Network To VoIP iPhone Apps -- iPhone -- InformationWeek

AT&T (NYSE: T) on Tuesday opened its 3G network to VoIP calls on the iPhone, reversing its previous position, as federal regulators consider applying proposed net neutrality rules to mobile phones.

AT&T's decision applies only to Apple's smartphone. The wireless carrier does not allow the use of voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, over its 3G network on other mobile phones. Before the reversal, VoIP applications from Skype and other companies could make calls on the iPhone only over a Wi-Fi connection.