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 ...

Cisco's IP telephony offering has become so complex in such a short period of time that to learn about it now involves a two-part, eight-day training course. Delegates can either attend the two parts ...

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. IBM and ...

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 ...

Phone configuration: Siemens embraces phone-side configuration of IP-telephony parameters. For example, setting the jitter-buffer size, a key parameter affecting VoIP voice quality, can be modified ...

Cisco Systems Inc. last week bolstered an already dominant position in the IP telephony market with a slew of products and upgrades, including a $165 IP-based telephone. The IP push was welcomed by ...

IP telephony is a next-generation technology that is changing the way companies communicate, and is reshaping the business landscape. Through the unification of voice and data networks, IP telephony ...

Cisco Systems has won a contract with Merrill Lynch to supply and install an IP telephony system to support 14,000 financial advisors across 600 offices worldwide. Cisco has been supplying the bank ...

SMC Networks has announced the launch of its new line of IP telephony solutions for the office and road. The new SIP-based IP-PBX (SMCPBX10), desktop phones (SMCDSP-200/205) and ultra-portable 802.11g ...

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...