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11 Sep

No VoIP app on iPhone – Court bans it

Posted on 2008 under Native Apps | 2 Comments
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Remember, some weeks back Truphone launched their VoIP app that allowed making local and international calls from iPhone using wifi? This app got kicked out of AppStore with days. And I was searching for this app for few hrs the day I bought iPhone 3G :) . Anyways, I think we will not able to see any VoIP app on AppStore atleast. It might be available on Installer.app which works with JB iPhones. A court in Germany has banned use of VoIP on iPhone:

A ruling was just issued by the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Hamburg, Germany banning VoIP on the Apple iPhone. Specifically, the sipgate VoIP app has been banned – all part of T-Mobile’s ongoing fight to block VoIP on the iPhone. 

Apparently, the court felt that sipgate would “lure” iPhone users into “jailbreaking” their iPhones. WTF? Banning software because it might entice customers to do something bad? 

[For more on this, check out - TMCnet]

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  • At 2008.09.12 10:04, Dev said:

    Thanks for this info, Ed.. I was wondering why I wasnt able to see Truphone in my AppStore. I guess you are right. Since my location is India, this app isn’t visible here.

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    • At 2008.09.11 20:47, Ed said:

      The Truphone app is still in the app store in most of the world. Probably removed from your area to avoid distributing the app to locations where voip is unlawful.

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