Skype surges ahead with mobile initatives

Skype anointed mobile VoIP solution company, iSkoot, has announced a successful round of venture raising taking on a briefcase full of cash from a handful of venture capital funds. The money to be used to fund iSkoot's drive to become leader in mobile Skype solutions, but the company has also announced it is developing similar solutions for other Instant Messaging and social network communities.
The US$7 million second funding round was secured after announcing that peer-to-peer broadband telephony company Skype would be made available onHutchison Whampoa 3 mobile phones as part of its push to pre-load Skype onto Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets.

iSkoot's software allows Skype calls to be received on mobile handsets.