It’s been clear for some time that independent-VoIP providers like Vonage Holdings Corp. will never threaten the traditional telephone companies like they were supposed to. According to the conven…
DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) phones, though widely used in Europe, haven’t made much headway in the U.S. That’s a shame, because such phones have several advantages invo…
You probably know by now that VoIP calls can save you money on cell phone bills, landlines and Web conferencing. But is that really all your VoIP service can do for you? If you only knew. From giving …
An on-premise PBX system is a phone system whose equipment, including servers, cables and routers, must be physically installed on the premises of and maintained by the company purchasing the PBX syst…
ShoreTel Inc. has always touted the ease of use of its SMB- (small- to medium-sized business) focused IP PBXes, with some justification. The company’s newest PBX version, Release 8.0, makes even f…
For many people, the first name that comes to mind when they hear the word VoIP is Skype. More than 300 million individuals around the world use the pioneering Internet phone service to stay in touch …
Mobile VoIP can be an enormously attractive service on its own. It can cut the cost of overseas cellular calls from dollars to cents per minute. In many cases, mobile VoIP is part of a larger set of W…
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Yet another supposed Skype killer has arrived. This one is from Nimbuzz BV, a company that focuses on mobile VoIP solutions. The Rotterdam, Netherlands-based startup tries to be all things to all call…
Some mobile-VoIP providers use VoIP all the way to the mobile handset, transporting voice calls in IP packets over the cellular-data network. Calls can be cheap or even free, but the service can antag…