The idea of voice and data convergence is still lost on many small companies, nearly half of whom have little or no idea what it is. In companies of 20 to 100 employees the knowledge gulf is the ...

It's been the big trend in enterprise telecoms for the past five years - run your data and voice traffic on the same IP network. Yet many of the companies that have adopted voice-over-IP have decided ...

VoIP convergence used to mean a bunch of softswitches, media gateways, replacing Class 5 switches and – not accidentally – spending telecom dollars that used to be spent on traditional TDM on VoIP ...

That holy grail of wireless/IP convergence, i.e., the seamless handoff of a dual-mode phone call from a Wi-Fi network to a cellular network, is still a rare phenomenon in most places but small steps ...

Expectations for new capabilities tend to peak soon after a need is identified then fall significantly as soon as the challenges are identified. Integration of new and legacy communications ...

Vendors such as Microsoft, Radvision, Alcatel and Verizon used the VoIP-focused conference to tout the cost savings and productivity benefits of bringing voice, video and data together on a single ...

Convergence, a Maynard-based developer of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) security software, will supply iTalk Broadband Corp. with its Eclipse security product, the first time residential ...

With businesses, consumers and even carriers showing a greater interest in voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), interactive video over IP can’t be far behind. In fact, some vendors were showing their ...

A broad range of enterprise IP telephony gear, software and management tools for VoIP networks hit trade show floors at two IP telephony conferences this week. The Internet Telephony Expo, running ...

Defense Department organizations such as the Defense Information Systems Agency are instituting policies, strategic plans and guidance to migrate business and mission-critical networks to IP-based ...

Despite the financial struggles facing the telecommunications market, vendors such as Alcatel continue to invest in their IP telephony products, said Chris Brassington, business consultant at Compel, ...