Internet Telephony: Integrating Different Communication Technologies

Internet Telephony: Integrating Different Communication Technologies Internet has evolved to become one of the fastest modes of communication in the recent years. It has impacted the growth of communication is so many ways that there has been a tremendous... More

Internet Telephony: Integrating Different Communication Technologies
Internet has evolved to become one of the fastest modes of communication in the recent years.
It has impacted
the growth of communication is so many ways that there has been a tremendous scope on integrating Internet
technology and computer network even in the field of telephone communication.
IP Telephony is one such field
tat specifically looks into the science and art of integrating computer technology and telephone network.
So in
other words, Internet telephony transmits voice signals by converting them into data signals and then converts
them back.
Another name for IP telephony that is commonly used by people from the industry and laymen is
Voice Over IP (VoIP), that is a popular form of this service.

Now how is IP telephony different from plain and old traditional telephone line systems? Well, the traditional
Plain Old Telephone Services, often called as POTS use copper wires and circuit switches to make co Less