The Public Switched Telephone Network has formed the backbone of the UK Telecoms industry for over a century, but this legacy technology will finally be switched off at the end of 2025 When you ...

As thirty-year telecom veterans, we’ve seen our share of changes in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) that includes the replacement of electromechanical switches with digital switching, the ...

Something of a tempest in a teapot has sprung up over Hurricane Sandy’s impact on one New Jersey community. Last week, a New York Times article cited complaints from some residents (one, actually) of ...

Critical systems such as payment processing, CCTV, security devices and internet of things (IoT) solutions, as well as voice services, are at risk of disruption due to UK businesses being “alarmingly” ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. IT managers often think of ...

Spark has unveiled a five-year plan to scrap its aging circuit-switched public telephone network and replace it with IP technology. The new network will underpin fixed and mobile voice services, video ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Within three years, all switched networks will have disappeared and most of them will be replaced by exchanges based on the IP protocol, with or without wires. This ...

Hao Shi, solutions consultant at Arkessa, part of Wireless Logic Group, discusses what the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch off means for IoT It has been a long time coming, but now the ...

The BridgeD130 is a PSTN-to-GPRS converter that connects wired modems to wireless networks. The plug-and-play gateway can be fitted to security systems, industrial machines for recording and/or ...

The BT Group has made a couple of important announcements with regards to its much vaunted 21st century network plan. The two main press releases can be read here and here. It would appear that the ...