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Forgive the corny headline, but this kind of news really has been a long time coming. Was it really eight years ago that we were pasting a poorly translated piece of dialogue from Zero Wing all over everywhere?

About that time, we also began thinking about how to originate low cost calls from a mobile. Of course, in those days we’d only just got hold of our new Sony Ericsson colour screen T38s (wow – colour screens) and the wireless Internet was 2.5G GPRS but we knew, even then, that one day we’d be able to make VoIP calls direct from our mobiles. It wasn’t long before we could, but, you know how it is, just because can do something, doesn’t mean that anybody’s going to let you…

Which is why it’s great news that every European Mobile Network Operator’s favourite Regulator, Viviane Reding, has finally put her smartly heeled foot down and demanded that the EU prevent the Telcos from standing in the way of innovation.

There’s probably a long way to go yet, only one Operator has openly admited that their anti-competitive behaviour has been ‘skating on thin ice.’ Although we’re still not enjoying the level field that the team at MO-Call have been fighting for, it’s nice to know we’re not the only people putting the customer first. Unlike an Internet meme, Mobile VoIP is here to stay.