In the digital age, businesses are constantly looking for new methods to boost communication efficiency and productivity. As technology advances, IP telephony systems have gained popularity for their ...

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 ...

VoIP has definitely come a long way from its roots in the late 1990s to its role today as a business-critical component within the unified communications (UC) market. Some technology pundits have ...

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 ...

In an effort to cut costs, my company has decided to migrate from private branch exchanges to IP telephony. By routing calls over our existing IP network and using voice-over-IP links, we can ...

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 no longer just for companies that do a lot of geographically disparate work. Our columnist gives you the long-distance view. Years ago I remember being very interested in an issue of ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Vertical Communications announced the release of MBX IP, a ...

An open source model for IP telephony might yield results at some time in the distant future, but it will have no such effect in the short term, for a number of reasons. In theory, an open source IP ...

Nortel Networks Inc. yesterday announced a new IP telephony initiative designed to sell customers on standard packages of hardware and software to help lower upfront costs by up to 30%. Called IPT 1-2 ...

Cisco's IP telephony offering has become so complex in such a short period of time that to learn about it now involves a two-part, eight-day training course. Delegates can either attend the two parts ...