Like the iPod, free phone service Skype is creating a coattail economy as hungry developers rush to cash in on its popularity.
Voice over IP promises cost savings, simplified network management and the opportunity to build unified voice and data applications - but is it fit for corporate deployment?
Net phone companies like Net2Phone are pinning their hopes on an unlikely player: Microsoft. Telecommunications executives and analysts say recent moves by the software giant into Internet telephony may be the last chance for the technology to reach the mainstream.
Although the benefits and potential savings are well known, businesses have long been taking a wait-and-see approach to voice over IP. But will the aggressive movements of carriers and telcos force businesses to act?
Once the only way to make a call was to pick up a telephone, dial the other party's number and wait for the call to be answered. Then developers had the idea of using computers to make calls. Absurd? Or not? Find out.
It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.
In the United States, the shift to low-cost Internet calling has cost the old-line phone giants dearly. Someday, this could happen in Australia.
Are you ready to roll out Voice over IP? This article provides you with an overview of VoIP basics and some starting points for evaluating your company's needs. Additional reading: VoIP Resource Centre
David Dorman is determined not to repeat history by coming late to VoIP, as AT&T did with Internet access in the 1990s.
Although the benefits and potential savings are well known, businesses have long been taking a wait-and-see approach to voice over IP. But will the aggressive movements of carriers and telcos force businesses to act?
If you're thinking about voice over IP, we take a look at the steps involved in getting it set up and what's on offer from four major vendors.
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