Internet telephony is on the rise and moving away from its geeky roots. Even Tesco is selling an Internet phone that costs around £10 and plugs into your computer's USB slot. It uses Tesco's ...

VoIP service provider, Freshtel Holdings, has launched a new version of its Firefly VoIP software for PCs, with "significantly enhanced capabilities" and a simpler user interface. Freshtel says its ...

VoIP is shorthand for a telecommunication technology called Voice over Internet Protocol, and it's a modern alternative to traditional phones. For a century or so, landline telephone systems have ...

The bandwidth needed for VoIP transmission will depend on a few factors: the compression technology, packet overhead, network protocol used and whether silence suppression is used. This tip ...