ALSO NOTED: GIPS and Skype extend pact; Efonica makes China deal; and much more...

> GIPS and Skype have extended their deal. GIPS provides software that's a key part of Skype's phones. Article

> Fusion Telecom, parent company of Efonica, will be offering its VoIP service to Jinti, a Chinese community service Web site. Article

> The Austrailian communications policy agency as signed a local integrator to build out an Alcatel-based VoIP system for its own operations. Article

And Finally... Was the fugitive former CEO of Comverse really caught because he made a one-minute call on Skype? Is is possible to track Skype calls? Article