Skype is hot in China

Recently,some news are very interesting.One is Skype Forms Joint Venture With Chinese Company.That report says,Skype Technologies and Tom Online Inc. of China have agreed to start a joint company that would distribute jointly developed Internet telephony software to service providers.Under the latest agreement, Tom will hold a 51 percent share of the joint venture, with Skype holding the remaining share.Another news is China may ban unregulated VoIP services; Shenzhen blacklists Skype - report
.The report says,China's regulators may ban the use of unregulated voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) services that allow PC users to make long-distance calls to overseas fixed-line telephones. China Telecom's Shenzhen branch has already blacklisted users of SkypeOut.A call from China to New York using Skype is 0.3 yuan per minute while a call through China Telecom costs eight yuan per minute. Last one is eBay to Buy Skype.It says,Online auctioneer eBay has announced that it will acquire Skype Technologies, for approximately $2.6 billion in cash and eBay stock.

近来又几条新闻比较有趣，Skype与Tom合资进入中国(英文)，大意是：以卢森堡为基地的Skype与以香港为基地的TOM进行合作，推出中文版Skype网络电话服务。根据协议TOM投股51%，Skype占49%。另一条新闻是中国可能封锁Skype(英文)，大意是中国电信当局可能禁止其用户使用Skype，深圳电信已经把它列入了黑名单。由于Skype的网络电话非常便宜，从中国大陆打到美国纽约每分钟只要0.3元，而中国电信的价格是8元，所以利益冲突将不可避免。最近的新闻是Ebay出资买下Skype。Ebay开出了近260万美元的现金与其股票的价格收购Skype。