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 ...

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 ...

3Com has announced a new IP telephony platform for SMEs, as well as an appliance designed to implement open-source-based VoIP. The VCX Connect platform offers session initiation protocol (SIP)-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lack of protective security measures covering IP telephony products and implementations may be cause for alarm among enterprises, according to a META Group finding. The idea has raised concerns ...

We know SIP can change telephony but are you willing to change with it? For several years we've heard that SIP as a powerful tool can change what we can do with business telephony. We know SIP can ...

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 ...