AT&T Opens the Door for Google Voice and Skype on 3G

AT&T announced it will now allow voice over IP technologies on their 3G network. This opens the door for applications like Google Voice and Skype to be used on the iPhone on 3G as well as Wifi. This announcement is long overdue and comes a few weeks after AT&T opened the door to MMS on the iPhone. AT&T must be feeling more confident in their network these days even though cities like Chicago still have large pockets of missing 3G coverage as well as saturated networks. There's certainly been pressure and frustration from Apple for AT&T's handicapping of the device for all these months. AT&T has not been the partner Apple was hoping they would be. Yesterday's news of the end of the Rogers exclusivity arrangement in Canada shows that AT&T's iPhone dominance could end within a year.

AT&T Responds (Poorly) to iPhone Data Issues

What do you do when you're AT&T and you're experiencing one of the worst backlashes in corporate history related to your network's performance? Apparently, you bring the creepiest guy you can find who's neither a credible geek or corporate "friendly" and you make a YouTube video. That's exactly what AT&T did last week to explain why they've totally screwed up on providing the appropriate level of data capacity on their network. AT&T just recently issued a press release committing to network improvements in a few cities throughout the country within a specific timeline. AT&T continues to botch up how they communicate with customers. You would think that the partnership with Apple would teach them a few things about marketing, PR and communication. The network improvements can't come soon enough to Chicago.