Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Internet calling, makes it possible to make local or long-distance telephone voice calls over the Internet without going through a traditional landline ...

When the call is free as with Skype, or cheap with Vonage, callers may accept slightly less call quality. But call center callers and agents need better quality. Calls using public VoIP services have ...

A few years ago, a buzz began spreading about Internet telephony, a technology allowing telephone conversations to be made across the Internet rather than exclusively over regular phone lines. Such ...

But improvements in the technology have taken hold recently, supporting innovative new services and efficiencies in the way phone calls are zipped around the world. In the surest sign of the ...

With three years spent researching, comparing, and testing software products, Tyler Webb is an expert on all things telecommunications. With work featured on GetVoIP.com, he's written over 150 ...

* Internet phone service allows people to make telephone calls over a high-speed Internet connection instead of a regular phone line. Such services come in many different flavors. * Some, such as ...

Yahoo has launched a service which allows users to cheaply make phone calls to traditional numbers, using its instant messenger service. Prior to this, only computer-to-computer calls were possible, ...

Traditional telephone companies are likely to fight back as eBay Inc. acquires Skype Technologies SA and expands the reach of Internet phone service, experts said yesterday. Many competitors will ...