VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a system for transmitting voice calls over the internet, rather than a phone line.

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. AT&T has ...

RYE BROOK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadview Networks, a leading provider of hosted voice, data and cloud computing solutions, has joined with RCA, one of the most recognized names in the electronics ...

On the morning of September 11, after the terrorist attacks, many students at Columbia University tried to make phone calls to family members and friends, but Manhattan’s telephone networks were ...

While the debate over the future of VoIP heats up, Vonage Holdings CEO Jeffrey Citron weighs in on the debate. Department Editor Evan Hansen runs the Media section at CNET News.com. Before joining ...

A handful of voice over Internet providers will announce on Thursday that they are banding together to promote the use of Internet telephony. The group, called the Internet Voice Campaign, is a part ...

Wouldn't it be great if there was a Web-based centralized directory of inbound VoIP phone numbers from all carriers? A third-party website where customers of Vonage, Skype's SkypeIn service, Packet8, ...

If you have an old phone system, or if you’re thinking of getting a new one, then you might be wondering if your current phone system still has any benefits. It can be hard to tell if your home phone ...

Today's hope is to update that phrase with "IP telephone." And thanks to Voice over IP (VoIP), an Internet telephone finally is beginning to work like a telephone, only faster, cheaper and, in some ...

Despite Cisco Systems Inc.’s rollout last June of so-called fast roaming capabilities for wireless LANs, some IT managers said they have switched to WLAN equipment from other vendors because of ...

TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Softbank Corp. <9984.T> will expand its Internet Protocol (IP) phone service on Aug. 1, aiming to win 2 million new users by luring them away from rival Nippon Telegraph and ...

On the morning of September 11, the day of the terrorist attacks, many students at Columbia University tried to make phone calls to family members and friends, but Manhattan’s telephone networks were ...