Phone calls made over VoIP to 911 numbers will have the same access and protections as other 911 technologies under a new law.[...]

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it has been selected by GTD Group, one of the main service providers in Chile, to deploy the country’s first network based on fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology. Installation and deployment of the GPON network will start in the third quarter of 2008, [...]

VoIP could change how we look at telephones forever, much like cell phones changed how we think about staying plugged in. Imagine. Just 10 years ago, having a cell phone was still a thing that some people had embraced and others eschewed. Now, it's almost unthinkable to leave home without [...]

China VoIP phone manufacturers are planning to raise prices. Fifty-nine percent of manufacturers there said that export prices will increase and they expect sales to continue to grow too, according to Global Sources' China Sourcing Report: VoIP Phones. "Fierce competition has driven half of Greater China's VoIP [...][...]

Internet VoIP telephony company Vonage has signed a deal with private equity company Silver Point Finance to provide the troubled company with at least US$125 million and agreed terms and conditions for up to US$215 million, provided Vonage can raise US$60 million from other sources. The cash will be used [...]

As cable giant Comcast prepares to do battle with the Federal Communications Commission over charges it blocked file-sharing on its network, a look back at the events of the last year:-- Comcast is caught by the Associated Press blocking peer-to-peer traffic on its network, allegedly violating the F.C.C.'s 2005 "Internet [...]