I just received the following email announcement: At the VON Europe conference on 08 June 2004, Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom announced that “soon” Skype would enable calling to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) system around the wo

I just received the following email announcement:

bq. At the VON Europe conference on 08 June 2004, Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom announced that “soon” Skype would enable calling to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) system around the world. This new service will be called “SkypeOut” and is currently in beta testing to be released as soon as possible. When it is released, we’ll send you another note to let you know. Thanks for your ongoing interest in Skype.

I’ve commented on this before. The new announcement is vague, but I think it’s safe to say the service will be available by the end of summer.