A war of blogs has erupted between Fring and Skype, two Silicon Valley firms that offers apps for voice or chat.
Fringe, has accused Skype of ordering an end to the pair’s four-year interconnection relationship in retaliation for it blocking Skype users from its new iPhone service.
Fring, a mobile app that lets users of Skype, Yahoo and other services connect via chat or voice, said Skype had blocked it after Fring reduced connectivity to Skype users on its new iPhone 4 service.
Skype rejected Fring’s claims that it was forced to reduce connectivity to Skype users after its new service caused unprecedented demand for data traffic.
Robert Miller, Skype’s VP of legal, said Fring’s claims were “untrue.”
“Fring made the decision to remove Skype functionality on its own,” he said on the company blog.
Miller said Skype Fring was using the software in a way which breaches the company's terms of use, and said the firm would “rigorously protect its brand and reputation.