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 ...

When you compare the IP phones to the legacy analog or digital phones you see an even greater cost difference. The TCO for VoIP should include the electrical power bill. The cost to power the IP ...

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

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 ...

On the morning of September 11, after the terrorist attacks, many students at Columbia University tried to make phone calls to family members and friends, but Manhattan’s telephone networks were ...

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 ...

Who should get IP screen phones, you might ask? Employees who don’t already have a PC on their desk, such as those who work in retail, healthcare and manufacturing. Otherwise, spend the money on ...

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One candidate worth considering is the latest version of ShoreTel's IP-PBX platform. CRN Test Center engineers deployed ShoreTel 7 on a new ShoreGear-90 switch with the vendor's IP phones. ShoreTel 7 ...

Digium, the company that leverages Asterisk open source software, has introduced a new family of high-definition IP phones. The phones are engineered to leverage Asterisk software, and Switchvox, ...

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 ...

On the morning of September 11, the day of the terrorist attacks, many students at Columbia University tried to make phone calls to family members and friends, but Manhattan’s telephone networks were ...