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 ...

UK wireless networking company LocustWorld has added support for an open-source PBX application to its meshboxes which are used to build mesh networks. The software, called Asterisk, provides all the ...

Businesses are failing to secure their IP telephony networks because of a lack of knowledge, according to one veteran VoIP engineer. Eric Vyncke, author of LAN switch security: What hackers know about ...

You’ve studied the promising return on investment for IP telephony and researched vendor solutions that appear to fit your company’s needs. If you’ve done your homework, you also know that merging ...

Hosted service lets enterprise users save on operational and capital expenditures, and reap the benefits of next-generation voice-over-IP services. Some companies that want to implement IP telephony ...

Can you hacker-proof your IP telephony network? The short answer — as demonstrated in the first-ever public test on this topic — is, yes, pretty much. But it strongly depends on whose IP PBX you use, ...

Over the past few weeks we’ve been discussing fixed-mobile convergence from a number of angles, all primarily focusing on future technologies and ultimate solutions that we might see in ...

The story of the transition from the telephone to the pervasive, broadband Internet as the primary means of electronic communication is one of conflict. Citizens eagerly explore the horizons that the ...

‘Securing Cisco IP Telephony Networks’ Excerpt This excerpt is from Chapter 1, “What Is IP Telephony Security and Why Do You Need It?” and is intended to provide you with an introduction to the world ...

Six months after wireline telephone operators and trade groups asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to begin shutting down their aging switched networks, the agency responded ...