While mobile telephone viruses have been the subject of headlines recently, IP-based telephones could represent a more immediate security threat for many businesses. "Attacks on IP phones are actually ...

Avaya is expanding the VPN support it puts in its IP phones, making it possible to connect from a remote site to a corporate network and have access to all the features of a PBX extension. Previously, ...

Avaya Inc. this week announced inline power capabilities for its Cajun stackable switch, allowing it to power IP phones through their network cables. The new technology, based on the 802.3af standard ...

“Many companies are replacing old phones with fancy, screen-based IP phones and IP/PBXs with related hardware, however most users continue to use the new phones like their old phones, only with a few ...

It's been the big trend in enterprise telecoms for the past five years - run your data and voice traffic on the same IP network. Yet many of the companies that have adopted voice-over-IP have decided ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to allow telecom carriers to run trials with Internet Protocol networks replacing traditional, copper-based telephone systems. The FCC’s unanimous ...

The voice-over-IP development machine was running full bore last week at ComNet 2001, with a slew of companies cranking out services and products for enterprise and carrier networks. Big carriers such ...

Can the Army transition to an IP-based voice architecture? Lessons learned when Fort Leonard Wood went to an all-IP phone system will help. In a complex world, sometimes old questions require new ...

Office phones have come a long way in a relatively short period of time. And with the introduction of Internet Protocol phones, new features make those devices more akin to computers than simple phone ...