Thinking about a VoIP phone system? Learn the key benefits and disadvantages to see if switching to internet-based calls ...

After years of modest activity, online phone calling has taken off as a quarter of American adult internet users (24%) have placed phone calls online. That amounts to 19% of all American adults.

Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data centre in Cairo ...

Making telephone calls over the Internet is nothing new. Once the arena for hobbyists and techies, Internet telephony is now a proven technology. Internet phone calls are so reliable and popular ...

For instance, an Internet phone call generates many packets of information that can take different routes along the computer network before being reassembled at their destination.

Fans of Internet telephone service, known as Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP, have long raved about how much cheaper it is than regular telephone service, but the lack of true "enhanced 911 ...

In a major win for the burgeoning Internet phone industry, a federal agency ruled Tuesday that some state telecommunications regulations do not apply to Vonage Holdings and similar providers. The ...

Now, phone companies nationwide are heralding Internet telephony as the technology that could kick-start competition and pull the $400-billion telecommunications business out of its years-long slump.

Airlines can allow Internet phone calls if they can demonstrate there's no interference Flight attendants say any more noise on planes not only disturbs passengers but can be a safety concern ...