"Since July, the 27th Skype Global Rate will also cover Poland, China, Greece, Taiwan, Hong-Kong and Switzerland. Other prices are also being lowered, although not to the SkypeOut Global Rate, in the Czech Republic (mobiles), Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia and Finland."

"27th July is the first anniversary of SkypeOut. This is a reason to lower the price to 0.017 Euro per minute."

This is my rough translation of news from Dziennik Internautów, Internauts Daily, reported to Skype Journal by Tomasz Tybulewicz, Gdansk, Poland: "Since tomorrow evening SkypeOut users will be able to make cheaper calls to Poland. Poland will be covered by SkypeOut global rate at last. Prices to Polish mobiles also will be a little lowered."

From China Tech News:

China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) reiterated that it still has not formulated guidelines concerning VoIP businesses and that many current VoIP businesses could potentially be illegal.

Companies like Netease (NTES), Tom Online (TOMO), Skype, and Tencent have all started VoIP services in China. And the 263 Group and HL95 have also recently entered the sector.

The VoIP sector offers great financial rewards for companies because voice communications on the network can be as much as ten times cheaper than traditional fixed-line phones.

MII says that it is still testing VoIP and forbids illegal "phone cafes" from opening in China. It also offered no clear date on when it will issue guidelines for businesses to operate legally.