Daily News 2005/07/05

Hainan Power Supply Network put "95598" into operation today

The national power supply customer service hotline system "95598" was put into operation in Haikou today. This means Hainan's power supply network has made a great progress in promoting the service means. It is said that by the end of this year, Hainan Power Supply Network Company will put the "95598" system into operation that covers the whole province. At that time Hainan will be one of the a few provinces in China that can provide "95598" customer service at county level.

Fortune: VoIP operators will suffer much from the arbitrations made by US Supreme Court

According to a recent report by Fortune, on Monday the US Supreme Court arbitrated that wired cable operators that provide Internet access shall open the Internet access lines to their competitors. This result denied that made by the court of lower level, and recognized the classifications of wired TV broadband access service made by FCC.

No doubt it is a good news for large wired cable operators. But for VoIP operators such as Vonage, this is rather a nightmare because it will probably cause wired cable operators and telecom operators to take measures to restrict the traffic volume of these VoIP operators.

Internet telephone service developing rapidly in Sweden

Sweden telecom administration organization announced on this Wednesday that in 2004 the number of people who make phone calls through Internet doubled compared with that in 2003.

According to the report made by this organization on the telecom market in the last year, in 2004 the number of person who registered to use Internet phone has reached 80,800, while in 2003 this number is only 38,400.
"Not all the user's phones have been connected to the Internet, but with more and more operators providing Internet telephone service, the number of users will increase rapidly" an officer from this organization says.
By the end of 2004, there have been 25 operators providing Internet telephone, while in 2003, there were only 10-15 ones.