Not Quite IP Telephony We can be certain that they didn't have the IP protocol in mind when they set up this telephone switchboard in 1882. It was used to switch phone calls between all the ...

He told ZDNet Asia that the company's VoIP call prices are "already very competitive". The Singapore-owned company offers a range of Internet telephony products and services including IP phones.

Telecommunications costs can easily escalate if not monitored and managed. One way to better manage this--and get other benefits such as higher worker productivity—is to deploy IP telephony.

But installing IP telephony can help companies save money by having fewer people and devices to manage, said Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise voice and data at Campbell ...

Therefore, IP telephony–ready structured cabling systems will need a plan to power active devices during a power outage. Power over UTP will be a critical technology used to achieve this goal.

Fair, who spoke to an audience of 12 during the IT360 conference in Toronto, was acting president of Avaya Canada Inc. before starting his company this year. When Avaya would install IP telephony ...

Learn More. IP telephony veterans on Monday will launch what is perhaps the first serious initiative to create a large open-source community around Voice over IP.

The primary IP telephony signaling protocols are H.323, SIP and MGCP/MEGACO. There are also proprietary protocols; for example, Cisco's Skinny is widely used. See IP telephony.