[IP] Verso to hopes to block Skype in China

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>
Date: November 9, 2005 7:05:00 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Verso to hopes to block Skype in China
Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>


For IP:

"Verso Technologies Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, hopes to soon win a
contract to block Chinese Internet users from using eBay Inc.'s Skype  
VoIP
(voice over Internet Protocol) software, the company said Monday.

A Chinese telecommunications operator has begun a paid trial of Verso's
NetSpective M-Class filter, a product that is designed to block VoIP  
calls
made using Skype, as well as other peer-to-peer applications, Verso said
in a statement. If the paid trial now underway in one Chinese city goes
well, the operator will purchase the NetSpective M-Class application
filter before the end of the year, it said. Financial terms of the deal
were not disclosed.

"The trial is representative of the significant opportunities for  
Verso's
products in the Chinese market, where VoIP is highly regulated and  
the use
of Skype software has been deemed illegal," said Yves Desmet, Verso's
senior vice president of worldwide sales, in a statement."


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Full story at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20051108/tc_macworld/skype20051108

How nice that a US company would be willing to step in and help here...
jeez.

Ole



Ole J. Jacobsen
Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
Academic Research and Technology Initiatives, Cisco Systems
Tel: +1 408-527-8972   GSM: +1 415-370-4628
E-mail: ole@cisco.com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj


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