VoIP phones offer the familiar look of a conventional desk phone with similar functionality, but aren’t as plug-and-go. Like so much networking kit, setting up a VoIP phone can be a very frustrating ...

The age of voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) is here, bringing together telephony and data communications to provide packetized voice and fax data streamed over low-cost Internet links. The ...

The convergence industry is starting to plan and build appliances that distribute intelligence and computing power over residential full-duplex broadband via DOCSIS cable modems and xDSL. For VoIP to ...

The main challenge: Even if an enterprise wants to interconnect different IPT islands, there is no real incentive for two different vendors to interoperate. VoIP/IPT systems have proliferated to the ...

When choosing a business phone system or upgrading your existing setup, many companies are opting for systems that support Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) numbers and technology. With the global ...

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) implementations are becoming more common. As a result, more networks and legacy systems are being connected to public networks, allowing organizations to reduce ...

There are too many sources of vulnerability for VoIP to ever be completely secure, says Patrick Park, author of VoIP Security. Here he describes the VoIP threat landscape and offers best practices for ...

How compatible are VoIP protocols like SIP, H.323, Skype, Vonage, etc.? Do they easily intercommunicate with each other, and if so, how? A simple comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of each ...