The early use of Internet protocols and Ethernet for inexpensive, international phone calls exposed the problems of relaying voice over a network designed for data. Voice quality was poor because the ...

VoIP telephony providers will have to enable customers to make calls to the emergency services, following a ruling by Ofcom on Wednesday. All VoIP providers who connect to the UK's public switched ...

Like most countries boasting modern telecommunications systems, Australia has been implementing Voice over IP (VoIP) services. After a slow start, what began as a mild flirtation is now becoming an ...

The top VoIP vulnerabilities, drawn from the new book “Securing VoIP Networks,” by authors Peter Thermos and Ari Takanen, takes a tough look at the weak side of VoIP. How are VoIP networks weak and ...

Financial-services companies are eager to embrace emerging technologies such as IP telephony for the business benefits they offer, but their networks are often not up to the task, according to a new ...

Businesses are abuzz about voice over Internet Protocol technology, announcing new deployments almost daily, but the reality is that the actual work is only just beginning. Marguerite Reardon started ...

Over the past few years, a significant penetration of Voice over IP (VoIP) systems has occurred in both enterprise and residential markets. VoIP enables the convergence of data and voice networks into ...

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 ...

A network that uses the IP protocol, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. IP has become the global standard for networking, which includes the entire Internet, many of the data and voice ...

Human communication has evolved dramatically over the centuries, from word of mouth to letters and telegrams to phone lines that stretch from one end of the world to the other. While you can still ...