This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. IT managers often think of ...

The main challenge: Even if an enterprise wants to interconnect different IPT islands, there is no real incentive for two different vendors to interoperate. VoIP/IPT systems have proliferated to the ...

Although many enterprises are eager to adopt SIP, they see their legacy PBX systems as a roadblock to the cost savings and enhanced applications that SIP would bring. This paper outlines how to ...

Back in the days of wireline telephony, when all phone calls went over the Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN), businesses would purchase “trunks” -dedicated lines or a bundle of circuits – from ...

So another piece of my Asterisk/TrixBox puzzle was completed today -- or rather, almost completed. I received the Linksys SPA-3102 FXO/FXS SIP ATA, which will be the bridge between Asterisk and one of ...

Two key players are deploying routing technology and a directory service that will allow SIP Trunk service providers to offer their customers inter-enterprise end-to-end RTP audio and video. When I ...

I've had a phone line free household since I first got a cell phone. Being free from the wires works fairly well, but it has some limitations. To me the cellular phone is like a personal accessory, so ...

Session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking allows any organization to upgrade its offline PBX to an internet-powered business phone system. Business leaders are using this technology to harness VoIP’s ...

The WebRTC protocol promises to make it easier for enterprise developers to roll out applications that bridge call centers as well as voice notification and public switched telephone network (PSTN) ...