Apple Lifts Restrictions on 3G VoIP Calls for iPhone, iPod Touch

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 28, 2010 - 1:08pm.

Los Angeles - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has lifted restrictions that will now allow developers to create VoIP applications for its iPhone and iPod touch that will enable the devices to Internet-based calls over a 3G network.

The company is now including the necessary tools in its iPhone software development kit.

The move follows AT&T's announcement in October that it would allow third-party VoIP software to be used on its 3G network to make Internet-based phone calls.

Among the first to offer a VoIP application for the iPhone 3G are iCall and Fring.

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