Verizon, Skype form partnership

With the partnership, scheduled to begin in March, "Skype mobile ... (is) effectively giving customers with smartphones and data plans the option to extend their unlimited calling community to hundreds of millions of Skype users around the globe," Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer John Sratton said in a statement.

The plan applies to owners of the Blackberry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 and Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Eris and Devour phones, eWeek reported Wednesday.

"Verizon Wireless will give U.S. consumers the best Skype experience on mobile phones and will truly change the way people call their friends and family internationally," said Skype CEO Josh Silverman.

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