Skype in China is threatening the same fate as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter? The authorities have declared unlicensed Internet phone providers in the fight. These plans outrage million users. A blockade would be technically simple. Beijing - China's authorities want phone service providers such as Skype to the collar.
The announcement to allow on-line telephone calls, only two state-owned telecommunications companies and strict action against other provider shall, in China for confusion and indignation. The country has about 450 million users, the world's largest Internet community. Many now fear that phone calls could be declared illegal on Skype and get their bills therefore.
Even Chinese experts were critical. It remains to be seen how serious the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the self-declared battle against illegal online phone calls said at all. For there is neither details nor a timetable - after all, but a hotline where violations are to be reported.
Skype is used for its encryption also like to use by dissidents in order to evade the surveillance by the Stasi. Observers speculate on the economic and political motives. In China's state media said that the supervisory authorities appeared to want to protect the monopoly of state-owned China Telecom and China Unicom.
Only those telecommunications companies have a license for on-line telephony. Both seem to have overslept, but the development and are still experimenting with such services to be expanded in the future. So far, there is a special version of Skype for China in the discussion about banning bursting of the announcement by Skype, allow a new program to continue even video calls on the iPhone.
It is unclear, as is a campaign against online telephony in China affect such mobile facilities. In China, Skype has several million users and operates in a joint venture with a large Hong Kong company TOM Online, which is cooperating in mainland China with China Unicom. The mobile operator is the only provider for the iPhone.
Who, together with TOM Online in China since 2007, offered special Chinese Skype Software because of safety concerns repeatedly come to talk. Foreign experts asked to work the extent to which Skype and TOM Online here with the Chinese regulatory authorities. Skype had publicly declared this to stick in China to local laws and therefore the strict censorship rules.
Those users who are aware of the monitoring can, but otherwise the world standard Skype software from foreign servers to download. The recent adoption could perhaps be understood only as a warning to Skype, according to experts, to grow with its Internet telephony in China is not even stronger.
Already been moved to Skype with its telephone facilities in a gray area because telephony in China really only government-approved telecom companies is allowed. Fears, but now that Skype might be in trouble, were still fueled by the party organ "Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), the reported expectations that" services are not available in the country such as Skype are available.
The technical implementation is unclear how a ban enforced but could be made technically, is from an expert in open, because Internet users can bypass any blockages. Anyway, it rained criticism that has been played open despite censorship in government-controlled media. "It's ridiculous," commented Professor Kan Kaili from the University of Posts and Telecommunications in the "Renmin Ribao" the recent adoption.
"Voice-over-IP (VoIP) is a popular technology worldwide." For the expert Fang Xingdong's approach to the interests of Internet users and the progress is contrary to "the Ministry must facilitate communication technologies to hamper rather than its development." There is also criticism of Lu Benfu from the Internet Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He said: "This new policy will encourage the public telecom operator to manipulate the VoIP sector These giant corporations are dissatisfied with the private VoIP service providers that are generally cheaper and offer better services.."
The announcement to allow on-line telephone calls, only two state-owned telecommunications companies and strict action against other provider shall, in China for confusion and indignation. The country has about 450 million users, the world's largest Internet community. Many now fear that phone calls could be declared illegal on Skype and get their bills therefore.
Even Chinese experts were critical. It remains to be seen how serious the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the self-declared battle against illegal online phone calls said at all. For there is neither details nor a timetable - after all, but a hotline where violations are to be reported.
Skype is used for its encryption also like to use by dissidents in order to evade the surveillance by the Stasi. Observers speculate on the economic and political motives. In China's state media said that the supervisory authorities appeared to want to protect the monopoly of state-owned China Telecom and China Unicom.
Only those telecommunications companies have a license for on-line telephony. Both seem to have overslept, but the development and are still experimenting with such services to be expanded in the future. So far, there is a special version of Skype for China in the discussion about banning bursting of the announcement by Skype, allow a new program to continue even video calls on the iPhone.
It is unclear, as is a campaign against online telephony in China affect such mobile facilities. In China, Skype has several million users and operates in a joint venture with a large Hong Kong company TOM Online, which is cooperating in mainland China with China Unicom. The mobile operator is the only provider for the iPhone.
Who, together with TOM Online in China since 2007, offered special Chinese Skype Software because of safety concerns repeatedly come to talk. Foreign experts asked to work the extent to which Skype and TOM Online here with the Chinese regulatory authorities. Skype had publicly declared this to stick in China to local laws and therefore the strict censorship rules.
Those users who are aware of the monitoring can, but otherwise the world standard Skype software from foreign servers to download. The recent adoption could perhaps be understood only as a warning to Skype, according to experts, to grow with its Internet telephony in China is not even stronger.
Already been moved to Skype with its telephone facilities in a gray area because telephony in China really only government-approved telecom companies is allowed. Fears, but now that Skype might be in trouble, were still fueled by the party organ "Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), the reported expectations that" services are not available in the country such as Skype are available.
The technical implementation is unclear how a ban enforced but could be made technically, is from an expert in open, because Internet users can bypass any blockages. Anyway, it rained criticism that has been played open despite censorship in government-controlled media. "It's ridiculous," commented Professor Kan Kaili from the University of Posts and Telecommunications in the "Renmin Ribao" the recent adoption.
"Voice-over-IP (VoIP) is a popular technology worldwide." For the expert Fang Xingdong's approach to the interests of Internet users and the progress is contrary to "the Ministry must facilitate communication technologies to hamper rather than its development." There is also criticism of Lu Benfu from the Internet Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He said: "This new policy will encourage the public telecom operator to manipulate the VoIP sector These giant corporations are dissatisfied with the private VoIP service providers that are generally cheaper and offer better services.."
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