Skype, the internet telephony company owned by eBay, is in talks with Chinese state-owned operators that it is optimistic will clear the way for the launch of its computer-to-telephone call service in the world’s most populous telecoms market.
Niklas Zennström, Skype chief executive, waved aside suggestions that Verso Technologies, a US company, was close to selling an anti-Skype filtering system to a leading Chinese operator.