When you compare the IP phones to the legacy analog or digital phones you see an even greater cost difference. The TCO for VoIP should include the electrical power bill. The cost to power the IP ...

Telecom carriers must get permission from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to replace their copper networks with Internet Protocol-based systems if the change will result in discontinued or ...

The AEQ Systel IP broadcast telephone and multiconference solution operates on VoIP phone lines. The system is based on a digital matrix designed to manage IP lines. The company says the interface ...

Office phones have come a long way in a relatively short time. With the introduction of Internet Protocol phones, new features make those devices more akin to computers than simple phone systems.

Rarely does bad news come wrapped around good news, but if your company needs to upgrade your telephone system, consider yourself lucky. OK, not lucky, because replacing phone systems takes far more ...

An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a digital voice-over-IP (VoIP) network. In addition to this, you can even create ...

Hosted IP providers, such as Vantage Communications or Star2Star, routinely offer a more robust complement of features, functions, and applications in their standard package. The "standard" package ...

John Breeden II is an award-winning reviewer with more than 20 years of experience covering technology. Follow him on Twitter @TheLabGuys. Office phones have come a long way in a relatively short time ...