Although wireless standards like 3G, 4G, and 5G are mostly associated with mobile internet, they also include a phone (voice) component. Up till 4G this was done using traditional circuit-switched ...

An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a ...

The Army has launched a program to replace older phone equipment with digital voice-over-IP technology by 2024. Part of a Defense Department-mandated effort, the work of converting the service’s ...

Clarent last week announced two products that could help put bundled IP voice and data offerings on service providers’ menus. The voice-over-IP equipment firm will introduce a new softswitch and ...

When officials in Orange County, Fla., installed a voice-over-IP phone system in 2003, they quickly achieved the goal of cutting telecommunications costs by as much as 30 percent. But after a series ...

Once IP telephony is installed and employees reach a comfort level, IT and business managers typically find new and creative ways to use it. Patient scheduling, accounting: Several healthcare ...

What is it about voice over IP that creates such passionate dogmatism? Far too much of what passes for debate about the future of voice over IP is dominated by assertions of perfect foreknowledge.

NTL Telewest is developing a voice-over-IP residential telephone service and has appointed telecoms giant Ericsson to help roll it out. A five year agreement has been signed between the two parties.

It”s only reasonable that we begin a discussion of bringing VoIP into the broadcast studio by answering the obvious question: Why? The simple answer: VoIP has become the new standard for telephone ...

Once corporate users have tested voice over IP and proven that it works, they face one last hurdle: making sure it’s secure. But users who have taken the plunge into VoIP say they’re not worried about ...

Gone are the days when communication relied on bulky desk phones and copper wires. In fact, for many young people, traditional landlines have become relics of the past. After all, the ability to make ...

Maintaining a clear and dedicated pathway for both voice and data communications is essential to maintaining security operations, situational awareness, and emergency response; thus, inbound and ...