For the first 100 years of the telephone business, all telephone circuits were analog. They were designed around the characteristics and problems of analog current and were maximized for that use.

David Stever, manager of communication technology services at PPL, knows that IP telephony is the future. He also knows that his company (formerly known as Pennsylvania Power & Light) has a massive ...

VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of sending audio voice signals -- or, more specifically, telephone signals -- as data packets over the Internet. By taking advantage of the different ...

Mitel is a well-known business communications company. Check out our review to understand the features, pros and cons. We may receive a commission from our partners if you click on a link to review or ...

RFG believes the recent interest in IP-PBX voice telephony systems and the increased use of voice over IP (VoIP) technology in converged enterprise environments has sparked a renewed interest in voice ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A private branch exchange (PBX) is a telephone system that ...

Routing voice over WANs has been touted for nearly 10 years but mainstream businesses have only recently begun to reap the benefits The potential savings from using wide area networks (WANs) for ...

You are likely to encounter three main types of digital telephone systems in the world of business today. A fixed digital telephone system is connected to the main telephone network via cables.

Virtually all currently marketed IP telephony systems share a common design platform of server-based call control and distributed media gateways, but there still remain noticeable differences that ...

Radio listeners like to interact on-air with their favorite stations, and the telephone is still the easiest way for them to do it. Since the first on-air phone systems were introduced, the technology ...

Telephone technology applications in the restaurant world can cover all different types of establishments. From small mom-and-pop diners to multi-location franchises, the type of phone system your ...