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 ...

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 ...

Despite many large corporations switching to IT telephony solutions, it seems they're taking the next step, to Unified Communications, more cautiously. Is that because they don't understand it? The ...

IP telephony is a next-generation technology that is changing the way companies communicate, and is reshaping the business landscape. Through the unification of voice and data networks, IP telephony ...

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 ...

Now is the time to begin implementing open source IP telephony. Here’s why. Now is the time to begin implementing open source IP telephony. Here’s why: • Open source business models are changing ...

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 ...

For enterprises leery of making the switch to voice over IP, IP telephony vendor CITEL Technologies has a proposition: Begin making the move to IP voice without replacing the legacy handsets ...

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 ...

There’s no doubt that Microsoft could enter the IP telephony market. But why would the software giant want to enter an area so foreign to its core business? Well, the answer is IP telephony is moving ...

Bridging presence awareness with IP telephony, multiple communication devices, and applications, Siemens Information and Communication Networks this week is rolling out Version 2.0 of its HiPath ...

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 ...