Verizon to allow unlimited Skype calls

Looks like the Verizon Wireless -- like AT&T -- is trying to show the Federal Communications Commission that it can play nice with bandwidth-heavy applications without any regulation.

Verizon announced Tuesday that it will allow Skype to operate on its wireless network, expanding the popular Internet phone services reach on cellphones. Consumers can use Skype on Verizon's phones, including BlackBerrys and Android smartphones. Verizon and AT&T have angered consumers in the past by not letting popular applications run on their networks because they eat up too much bandwidth and, in Skype's case, compete with the carriers' own services.