Vodafone showcasing Skype enabled mobile phone service Starfish

UK based mobile service provider Vodafone has shown Skype enabled VoIP calling service from mobile devices. The company said that they might launch such a service in the near future.

This service has been named Starfish and the company showcased it at its booth at the CeBIT trade show. However, they have not confirmed plans to launch it considering such a service would eat into its traditional mobile voice telephone business.

Jan Holzberg, the manager for the product at Vodafone Group said in a statement: “We have not yet decided if we will launch it, or the commercial terms and prices.”

The service enables a mobile user to see a list of buddies from various services including MSN, Yahoo, AOL and Skype. They can send messages and also make VoIP powered internet calls.