This is definitely bad news!!  That’s right, Skype for iPhone is NOT coming to Canada. According to Chaim Haas, a public relations representative acting on behalf of Skype, it’s going to be released in every country except for Canada.  It’s still unclear as to why it’s not being released here and whether the CRTC is interfering.

This really needs to change! Canadians deserve to be able to use this application over WiFi in order to save costs - especially long distance charges. I really don’t see a reason why it’s not being permitted in Canada. Does it have anything to do with it not being able to connect to our 911 service? I am not sure but if it is the case - it’s just an application. Your main phone application on the iPhone is not being replaced and would still work and would allow you to make your emergency calls.  Furthermore, could they not detect anyone dialing 911 and pass it through to the iPhone application? This is certainly doable using the iPhone SDK and the docs are right here.

I don’t get it… if anyone has a good explanation or knows why this it’s not being permitted here please do let us know and leave us a comment here on the Plastic Mobile Agency iPhone Corner. I just hope that it’s just a delay!!