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 ...

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 ...

Businesses are failing to secure their IP telephony networks because of a lack of knowledge, according to one veteran VoIP engineer. Eric Vyncke, author of LAN switch security: What hackers know about ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past few weeks we’ve been discussing fixed-mobile convergence from a number of angles, all primarily focusing on future technologies and ultimate solutions that we might see in ...

While the IP telephony market heats up, thermometers are literally spiking in some wiring closets and computer rooms where VoIP and Power-over-Ethernet gear is being installed, users say. Equipment ...

During the past four years, IP telephony has progressed from a gee-whiz concept of free phone calls over the Internet to a means of communication in use among established service bureaus. But it is ...

The codes and commands used to establish and terminate a phone call over an IP network. The protocol supports such features as conference calling, call waiting and call transfer. The primary IP ...

San Francisco-based-CallTower, a recent spin-off from Networld Communications, is a solution provider that's selling IP telephony as a service. The start-up hopes to hit the sweet spot of SMBs and ...

Pune, India - (NewMediaWire) - March 8, 2023 - The IP Telephony Market 2023 Report provides statistical data on historical and current status, manufacturing cost, volume, share, size and growth. A ...