McKinsey Consulting warns the telecom operators that if the regulators encourage the further adoption of broadband, a vast market awaits VoIP providers because the cost of making calls is so much ...

Much has been written over the past few months about the revolutionary potential of Internet telephony, or voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service. VoIP would let consumers make phone calls ...

$18bn market motivating regulatory changes... The booming voice over IP market is shaking up both the business and retail telecom arenas. The market for VoIP business services is set to reach $18bn by ...

The emergence of usable voice over IP services, which let individuals and companies make phone calls over the Internet--in many cases for free--is not a threat to BT but an opportunity, the British ...

Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is the future for telecom companies – Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the three new fixed-network providers, and Type II telecom operators are all clamoring to establish ...

Until recently, few small businesses could afford the feature-rich telecommunications systems used by their larger competitors. But much has changed in the past few years — most important, the ...

Telephone calling apps, such as Skype, Viber and Google Hangouts, are subject to European telecom regulation, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Such services may now be required to comply with ...

When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released the 2005 California Performance Review report, which recommended a state agency study the feasibility of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone ...

Telecommunications providers are subject to a panoply of federal regulations and reporting requirements under the Communications Act, including regulation and reporting regarding privacy and security, ...

When he started getting complaints from relatives back home in Puerto Rico about the lack of reliable phone or Internet service in the mountainous center of the island, Jose Soto took things into his ...