Assessing Carrier VoIP Outsourcing- by General Telecom

While Internet Protocol (IP) technology has been utilized in
long-haul carrier backbone networks for a number of years,
retail Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) services are just starting to take hold now. As a result, established and start-up carriers increasingly need to interconnect networks for smooth transmission of IP-based traffic, and must regularly interface VoIP networks with traditional Time Division Multiplex (TDM) networks. The related requirement to support multiple network technologies within and between carrier environments is a daunting reality.

Comparing alternatives for enterprise VoIP and VoIP access - by Quintum

The selection of an enterprise VoIP solution is a major decision. Voice service is critical to the operation of the business, so no one wants to implement a technology that will compromise call quality or reliability in any way. On the other hand, the cost savings and value-added functionality available with VoIP makes it a compelling investment.

People Don’t Speak in Tones - by Empirix

There is no question that transmitting voice over IP based data networks will be an enormously popular application - the cost-savings are too compelling and compression technology is getting too good. But there remain significant questions about the viability of having voice carried over data networks which must contend with data and even video traffic.

Premise Keepers - by Quintum

The future of convergence beckons consumers and providers of technology alike. Lower telecommunications costs, streamlined resource management, more efficient use of available bandwidth, and the potential development of new high-value voice/data applications are being dangled in front of the marketplace like the proverbial carrot-on-a-stick. And everyone is drooling.

Quality of Service Testing in the VoIP Environment - by Empirix

In recent years, the business world has reaped tremendous benefits from the many exciting products and applications made possible by the marriage of data and voice technologies. Now the efficiencies and enhanced services resulting from that revolution are about to be eclipsed by the magnitude of change possible as data networks become the transport for voice. IP Telephony, or Voice over IP (VoIP), is the exploding new technology enabling voice to be carried over IP-based, packet-switched local and wide area networks.

Assuring QoE on Next Generation Networks - by Empirix

As recently as three years ago, VoIP was a dream. So were Napster downloads, streaming media, and intelligent content servers. Gateways were hard-pressed to handle ten simultaneous calls, and there was no such thing as a Softswitch. (Actually, there was something called a "gatekeeper," but few people understood exactly what that was.) H.323 looked like the de facto winner, and SIP and H.248 were unheard of. Virtually no one had a cable modem, and OC-3 seemed fast for the network core.

Proven Mediation Solutions for VoIP Environments - by ACE*COMM

Telephone networks have been merging with IP-based data networks for some time now. In many cases, legacy-technology voice calls are partially carried on data networks as they traverse the lines from the originating to the destination points. This is transparent to the user, and with the exception of some billing issues, it is almost transparent to the service providers.

Avaya Korea Provides IP Office to Olympus Korea Contact Center - by Avaya

Avaya Korea Ltd., the Korean subsidiary of Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, today announced that it won the IP contact center project for Olympus Korea, the leading global digital camera provider, and will provide Avaya IP Office for this project.

Avaya Leads the Enterprise Communications Market in Greater China - by Avaya

Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, today announced that it is leading the Greater China market in both enterprise telephony and call center application areas. It has beaten the competitors in Private Branch Exchange (PBX), IP-PBX and call center markets in 2003, with shares of 11.9 percent, 35.7 percent and 23.5 percent respectively, according to reports of market research agency Frost & Sullivan.

Designing a Long-Distance VoIP Network - by Cisco Systems

The long-distance Voice over IP (VoIP) network solution is a set of network design and configuration strategies that provide trunk-level transport of global switched telephone traffic distributed over VoIP.  Calls originate in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), are routed through inter exchange carriers (IXCs), and are handed off to a wholesale VoIP carrier for transport. To the subscriber, the long-distance service seems like any other inexpensive long-distance service. To the originating long-distance carrier, the wholesale carrier is only one of a number of termination options.