According to a report on the German website heise.de, Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, is preparing a rollout of FaceTime on its German 3G network.
The website bases this information on internal sales documentation, providing an alleged screenshot of the material, which mentions a paid “VoIP/FaceTime” option.
During the introduction of the FaceTime feature in 2010, Steve Jobs indicated that the feature would be available on 3G networks, pending negotiations with carriers. It looks like these negotiations are starting to bear fruits, at least in Germany.
Source: heise.de
Man, I really hope this is the start. FaceTime is seriously hobbled having to be on 3G.
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LikeSame here, but at the same time I fear that the carrier I'm currently on won't introduce it for a while. Deutsche Telekom has the best 3G network in Germany and they invest heavily.
I'm on o2 and they have a long way to go in terms of data network reliability. Ever since they officially got the iPhone, their network has slowed down to a crawl. The ping is unbearable sometimes.
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