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Verso to hopes to block Skype in China
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:56:14 -0500
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 acontract 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'sNetSpective 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." <snip> 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 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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