The term Voice over IP (VoIP) does not refer to a single service but encompasses an entire collection of services that can fill the phone service needs of many different residential and business ...

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a system for transmitting voice calls over the internet. IP phones use an internet connection rather than phone lines for transmission, but otherwise work the ...

Internet calling is older than you may think. It began in the early 1970s, but did not start to breakthrough until the mid 1990s—and it was not until the introduction of Skype in the early 2000s when ...

We recently received a reader's question asking why VoIP quality was different when going over the Internet vs. going over a corporate IP connection. So today, we'd like to review a few basics about ...

VoIP, the process of sending telephone calls over data networks such as the Internet instead of POTS (plain old telephone lines), is catching on with business owners of all sizes. Its primary ...

A cheap, Internet-based alternative to traditional telephone service is facing a sudden regulatory backlash that could slow adoption of the fast-growing technology, raise prices and put financially ...

On our sister site TechRepublic's 10 things blog, technology consultant and author Debra Littlejohn Shinder lists, 10 things (no surprise there) you should know about VoIP over wireless. So why should ...

The most reliable internet protocol (IP) desk phone is Polycom VVX because its hardware is crafted to an extremely high standard, and its user base appears to be consistently satisfied with its ...

KPMG has released a new whitepaper warning businesses to consider the risks involved in implementing voice over IP (VoIP). The new whitepaper entitled "Voice-over-IP -- decipher and decide" warns that ...

The voice-over-IP development machine was running full bore last week at ComNet 2001, with a slew of companies cranking out services and products for enterprise and carrier networks. Big carriers such ...

The surprise was the timing, the decision was inevitable. AT&T made weblines yesterday with their unexpected news that they would open up their data 3G network to voice applications. The surprise was ...