Broadband phones are becoming more mainstream. There are articles whether broadband phone service reached a tipping point or not. What is clear, though, is that phone service delivered over the public internet is the future of telecommunications.

The world of communications has changed immensely in recent years. In particular, the internet has allowed people to contact one another much more efficiently, and without paying for the pleasure.

Israel-based mobile VoIP startup Fring joins the layoff parade by letting 10 people, or around 20% of total staff, go. Company CEO Avi Shechter says the company is doing well, though, and the layoffs were to ensure that the company had enough capital to get them past 2009. Schechter also says Fring has recently raised a third round of financing, but declines to specify the amount or ...

VoIP calls have become very popular. There are several benefits associated with availing of VoIP calls. Users find an incredible means to terminate calls to others, no matter, wherever they are located in the world. People hugely depend on this technology to meet their communication needs.

New Century InfoComm Tech (Sparq), a fixed-line telecom carrier in Taiwan, on November 26 announced the launch of its E.164-format VoIP service, becoming the first provider of such services in Taiwan.

Voice over IP is exactly what its name suggests. It is voice communication that is transmitted over an Internet Protocol (IP) service. VoIP is seen as a disruptive technology. For a century, people have been happy to use the plain old telephone system (POTS) to make calls.

Brad Cooper - CCIE #13747 Voice, a Canadian citizen and 8-year Cisco employee working as a VoIP Architect at Cisco's Research Triangle Park, N.C. campus under an H-1B Visa, has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of his wife - Nancy Cooper, also a Canadian citizen. If convicted of first-degree murder, Cooper faces either the death penalty or a life in prison sentence without the possibility of parole. As CCIE #13747 Voice, Cooper earned more than $100,000 last year and has been on paid leave. Cooper is being held in jail without bond (view the order for Cooper's arrest). He remains a Cisco employee. Read more

The v2.2 firmware for the iPod touch should enable the use of VoIP accessories on first-generation players, claims Macity. While the update primarily enables the use of voice headsets by Apple for recording, it is also possible to use third-party recording gear attached to the dock connector; this, in turn, is said to allow the VoIP functionality. Where hooking up accessories meant for Nanos ...

This week Cisco released the November 2008 net new worldwide CCIE count. According to Dual CCIE #18532 Security/Routing and Switching - George Morton, Ph. D:

For your firm to succeed nowadays, it must make use of advanced business phone systems. No more settling for old-fashioned dialing technology or obsolete answering machines. Today, clients prefer to deal with companies that utilize the most modern technological innovations.