T-Mobile Germany

When Skype for iPhone was announced back in January, we knew it would be one of the most highly anticipated apps in the App Store. We were right, with the app reaching over one million downloads just two days after it was released earlier this week. Now, however, the app has sparked a great deal of controversy, resulting in a war between carriers and consumers.

We knew that phone carriers aren't generally big fans of VoIP services in general, but T-Mobile Germany is taking it to the next level. Apparently they've decided that sipgate's flagship VoIP software is encouraging their users to jailbreak their iPhones and use VoIP software to place calls, both which they say is against T-Mobile's user contracts. The solution? T-Mobile has asked them to cease and desist offering their software entirely.

Apple is boosting their iPhone retail efforts in both Germany and Italy to ensure sufficient availability of the iPhone 3G when it launches in July. Because Apple has few retail locations in these countries, they have chosen to make deals with other companies to sell the iPhone to make up for their own lack of retail presence in the countries.