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Published: 29 September 2006 16:35 GMT
Skype has announced it has no timetable for the roll out of Mobile Skype, due to unforeseen technical difficulties and a lack of suitable handsets.
The internet telephony company is developing the service for the Symbian operating system, used by Nokia amongst others, Niklas Zennström, Skype CEO and co-founder told Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.
However, Zennström added that he hadn't realised the number of technical obstacles which stand in the way, with mobile Skype becoming a more challenging venture than he envisaged.
The service was originally slated for release last year, using handsets made by Nokia and other vendors.
A version of Skype is available for some mobile devices using Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system but uptake of the service has been slow.
eBay acquired Skype last year for $2.6bn and in April said it had more than 100 million registered users.
At the time of writing, Skype had not responded to calls for comment.
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