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 ...

VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of sending audio voice signals -- or, more specifically, telephone signals -- as data packets over the Internet. By taking advantage of the different ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Internet ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...

Synonymous with IP telephony. The terms Internet telephony, IP telephony and VoIP (voice over IP) are used synonymously. See VoIP and IP telephony. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

Appliance retailer Kleenmaid will this month take advantage of its move to a new Sunshine Coast head office by replacing its old telephony system with an Internet Protocol-based (IP) solution.

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 ...

Today, we’ll highlight two product announcements made at the recent VoiceCon event that focus on solving the top two key roadblocks for a successful IP telephony deployment – security and management.

While the IP telephony market heats up, thermometers are literally spiking in some wiring closets and computer rooms where VoIP and Power-over-Ethernet gear is being installed, users say. Equipment ...