VoIP technology uses a broadband internet connection to transmit phone calls. Learn VoIP's features and everything you need to know to implement VoIP.

Ten percent of UK households are now using various forms of Internet telephony, thanks to the runaway success of broadband. According to a report into the communications market published by regulator ...

As the popularity of voice over Internet Protocol surges, and lawmakers put more pressure on Net phone providers to fully support 911 services, many consumers are asking what exactly they need to know ...

Following our recent newsletter on the need for session border controllers (SBC) capability with VoIP and unified communications applications, we heard back from Matt Edic, director, Enterprise Sales ...

If you spend more than $60 a month on local and long-distance phone service, you may be able to save money by calling over the Internet. But while Voice over Internet Protocol (or VoIP) calling is ...

In this test we compared the telework offerings of five leading IP telephony vendors – Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Mitel Networks and Nortel – under real-world IP WAN conditions. IP telephony is extending ...

Making phone calls over the Internet isn't just for the tech savvy anymore. Using VoIP (or Voice over Internet Protocol) is easier than ever before, with several services out there that can help ...

The first option for getting a VoIP connection in my home was through the cable company. It sounds logical, being that they already support my Internet and television connections. Friends of mine got ...

There are a lot of reasons you might want to use a virtual private network (VPN) to carry Voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic, but doing it the right way depends heavily on the details involved. While the ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is a bit of a departure from the usual “deep tech” topical treatments that are the norm for these pages. VoIP technology, while not exactly new, is just now ...