• NYTimes Bits Blog, Monday, October 5, 2009 3 PM

Internet telephony company Vonage is releasing a mobile app for BlackBerrys, iPhones and iPod Touches. The free app lets users place low-cost international calls over Wi-Fi and cellular voice networks.

As the Times' Bits blog notes, the launch could further sour the relations between Google and Apple, which has yet to approve a Google Voice app for its iPhone. Federal regulators recently began looking into Apple's decision to keep the Google Voice app from appearing in its App Store. Apple, for its part, has told regulators that it had concerns about Google's app, including the way it duplicates some functions of the iPhone, and the way it handles information about users' contacts.

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