Jinan Yinquan partners with China Tie Tong to promote Jinan's VoIP products.(INTERNET)

Voice over Internet Protocol offers a wide array of benefits, and small business leaders are beginning to get the message.

As major telecommunications carriers begin to roll out Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service offerings to give themselves a competitive edge, residential VoIP has clearly come into its own in the U.S., fueled in part by consumers looking to add value to their telephony service, according to market researchers at ......

Las Vegas — While Vonage and 8x8 battle for primary line replacement service, several manufacturers announced VoIP products at International CES designed to co-exist with an existing landline. DalCom announced the DalFon retail package which bundles a USB handset and works over DalCom's SIP-based VoIP network on either a dial-up ......

Just as consumers were learning to navigate the new wireless world, a new technology has emerged that is again transforming the way individuals and businesses exchange information. Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP as it is commonly called, transmits telephone calls over a broadband Internet connection instead of a regular ......

Washington— It's almost an iron law of modern telepolitics: Innovation attracts regulation. For a while, firms that helped people complete calls over the Internet could function like traditional phone companies, but with none of the regulatory migraines. That deregulatory bliss is coming to an end. Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael ......

Empirix Inc., a provider of integrated test and management solutions for VoIP, contact center and Web environments, announced in early February a comprehensive solution for ensuring successful deployment of enterprise VoIP infrastructure and applications. The Hammer VoIP Test Solution for Enterprises is aimed at allowing enterprises to reduce risk and ......

Organizations needing to find voiceover-IP services in their area can now find an extensive, and searchable, database of those providers online. Broadband phone service comparison site VoipReview.org has launched a new Web site to help companies find the best business VoIP service in their local areas. Businesses can visit www.VoipReview.org/Business ......

I'm sure you probably get as much mail as I do trying to get you to convert your small business phone service to VoIP. This is an action you don't want to take lightly. Make sure you consider the options and the risks before you move your lifeline to your ......

I´ve been contemplating podcasting for some time and my interest grew to the point where I recently began an investigation of hardware, software, and ancillary tools required to create and distribute MP3 files. There are two formats of podcasting I´m interested in — phone interviews and studio recording. As incredible ......

10 Ways to Reduce Small Business Long Distance Costs from David Wood "Choosing the best calling plan for your small business is an important task. Every penny saved on long distance can be applied elsewhere to your business operation. Do you dread the thought of switching your small business ......

Marketing consultants shouldn't make predictions of what's to come. If we're wrong it blows our credibility. Then again, when we're right, it tends to show that we do know what we're talking about. Hummm. Let´s tie my observations in parts one and two of this series into some projections, shall ......