Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The terms Internet telephony, broadband telephony, and broadband phone service specifically refer to the provisioning of communications services over the public Internet, rather than via the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
Sir Terence Hedley Matthews is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire.
A Session Border Controller (SBC) is a network element deployed to protect SIP based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks.
The next-generation network (NGN) is a body of key architectural changes in telecommunication core and access networks. The general idea behind the NGN is that one network transports all information and services by encapsulating these into IP packets, similar to those used on the Internet. NGNs are commonly built around the Internet Protocol, and therefore the term all IP is also sometimes used to describe the transformation of formerly telephone-centric networks toward NGN.
A VoIP phone or IP phone uses voice over IP technologies for placing and transmitting telephone calls over an IP network, such as the Internet, instead of the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN).
A service delivery platform (SDP) is a set of components that provides a service(s) delivery architecture for a type of service delivered to consumer, whether it be a customer or other system. Although it is commonly used in the context of telecommunications, it can apply to any system that provides a service. Although the TM Forum (TMF) is working on defining specifications in this area, there is no standard definition of SDP in industry and different players define its components, breadth, and depth in slightly different ways.
Snom Technology GmbH is a German company which manufactures Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephones, based on the IETF standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Snom's products are targeted at the small- to medium-sized business sector, home offices, Internet service providers, carriers, and original equipment manufacturers. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany
UNIStim is a deprecated Telecommunications protocol developed by Nortel for IP Phone and IP PBX communications.
CT Connect is a software product that allows computer applications to monitor and control telephone calls. This monitoring and control is called computer-telephone integration, or CTI. CT Connect implements CTI by providing server software that supports the CTI link protocols used by a range of telephone systems, and client software that provides an application programming interface (API) for telephony functions.
IP-DECT is a technology used for on-site wireless communications. It uses the DECT air interface for reliable wireless voice and data communication between handsets and base stations and the well established VoIP technology for the corded voice communication between base stations and server functions.
ALOE Systems is an international vendor of software solutions for the telecommunications industry. The company's main focus is on softswitch solutions, session border controllers, and IP-based service platforms for VoIP service providers.
ALOE Systems' head office is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
eyeBeam is a VoIP softphone for Windows that uses Session Initiation Protocol to facilitate voice, video conferencing and instant messaging. X-Lite 3.0 is based on the eyeBeam codebase, but with a more limited set of capabilities.
Nefsis Corporation is a communications technology company. It was an early developer of real-time communications software and the first to use cloud computing in the videoconferencing industry.
GENBAND US LLC was a privately held company that makes IP-based real time communications software products for fixed wireline, mobile, and cable service providers as well as large enterprises. The company was formed in 1999 as General Bandwidth, and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. In the following 15 years it acquired several other companies doing related work.
MegaPath is a business telecommunications company. Founded in 1996, it provides a Voice, Unified Communications, Internet Access, Managed Security Services, and Cloud Computing services to carrier and service-provider businesses in the United States. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. In 2010, MegaPath acquired the voice communications specialists Speakeasy and the network provider Covad, which they merged with their existing portfolio of MPLS and managed services to form a single company. In 2015, the company sold its wholesale division, along with a portion of its managed services business, and announced plans to focus resources and investments more heavily on the high-growth cloud and unified communications markets.
CounterPath Corporation is a Canadian company that designs, develops and sells software and services that enable enterprises and telecommunication service providers to deliver unified communications services over Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks. Its SIP-based softphones, server applications and Fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) products are designed to allow users to make Voice over IP (VoIP) audio and video calls, send instant messages, and manage presence and screen share across multiple devices including desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
Ribbon Communications US LLC is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ:RBBN) that makes IP-based real time communications security and software solutions and products for fixed wireline, mobile, and cable service providers as well as large enterprises. The company was formed in 2017, following the merger of GENBAND and Sonus Networks and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.
