The Chinese authorities want to limit the use of Internet telephony. According to People Day, can only provide this service certified public operators in the country. This would exclude, for example, the possibility that Skype could offer calls over the Internet. Some sources, however, require that the ban would amount to calls from a PC to a phone but no telephone connections made between two computers.According to a government statement is "start a campaign against the illegal services, Internet telephony." Dominant operators in the country are Telecom and China Unicom and both the State is the majority shareholder. The interruption of a service such as Skype would be a higher cost of international calls from China.
Calls to Japan or South Korea via Skype cost almost six times less than those made through traditional service. The decision, made as a commercial regulation, has serious consequences for Chinese Internet users as it will limit their ability to connect. China already has, according to latest figures, with 450 million Internet users.
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