The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. However, the term ...

VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of sending audio voice signals -- or, more specifically, telephone signals -- as data packets over the Internet. By taking advantage of the different ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Internet ...

You’ve studied the promising return on investment for IP telephony and researched vendor solutions that appear to fit your company’s needs. If you’ve done your homework, you also know that merging ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...

Appliance retailer Kleenmaid will this month take advantage of its move to a new Sunshine Coast head office by replacing its old telephony system with an Internet Protocol-based (IP) solution.

Now in its 27th year, the INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Awards recognize the most innovative products and services ...

IP telephony began humbly as a novelty application that allowed online users to converse over the Internet. Today, it has finally matured enough in both feature sets and network availability that it ...

David Stever, manager of communication technology services at PPL, knows that IP telephony is the future. He also knows that his company (formerly known as Pennsylvania Power & Light) has a massive ...

Today, we’ll highlight two product announcements made at the recent VoiceCon event that focus on solving the top two key roadblocks for a successful IP telephony deployment – security and management.

The all-software system is not quite here, but we are getting close. It makes one wonder how much further IP telephony system dematerialization can continue into the future. I attended a local Siemens ...