Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a collection of technologies enabling voice communications over IP networks, has come a long way since its first commercial application over 20 years ago. It has successfully overcome its many obstacles, developing into a robust, reliable and extremely flexible communications solution. You would be hard-pressed to find any new business telephone system installed within the past couple of years based on technology other than VoIP.

In a previous article, we saw how reliable the technology has become. In this article, we look at the factors to consider when choosing VoIP services, especially services delivered within a UCaaS framework. This will help you choose the best provider for your particular business needs.

Topics: VoIP, Trends, Cloud, Protocols & codecs

The concept of the “edge” is important when it comes to networking and telecommunications. There are two concepts in particular that use this terminology: the network edge and edge computing. These are distinct and separate constructs, but they are not entirely unrelated.

In this article, we’ll look at both and see how they differ and how they are interrelated.

Topics: Trends, Mobile, Network Design, Cloud, SD-WAN, WAN Technology

Product Review

In response to the needs of today's modern office, Yealink introduced the RoomPanel, a specialized tablet that aids in managing collaboration-enabled rooms and in enhancing usage, efficiency, and the user experience of physical shared workspaces.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Videoconferencing, Android, Product Review, Cloud, Microsoft, Collaboration, Zoom

LoRa delivers some extremely attractive functionalities, especially for a specialized set of applications that are currently experiencing an explosion in growth. LoRa, which is short for “long-range,” is a low-power wide-area network modulation technique. In simpler terms, it is a method of transmitting data using wireless signals over long distances while consuming very low power. 

In this article, we look at LoRa as a technology and examine how it is becoming an important enabler for some of the most innovative applications of today and tomorrow.

Topics: Wireless, Trends, IoT, WAN Technology

Telecommunications is a fast-paced field that changes constantly. It is more than a full-time job just keeping up with all of the emerging innovations that affect this industry. One of the fascinating aspects of this evolution is the fact that telecom relies heavily on companion technologies, emerging practices, and new methodologies that enable novel applications with seemingly science-fictionesque capabilities and functionality.

In this article, we talk about some of the most important technologies and methodologies that are changing the telecom landscape and which are expected to continue to do so in the coming years.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Mobile, Network Design, Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT

Smart cities use multiple technologies to resolve some of the most complex challenges facing today’s cities. When implemented well, these technologies can truly make a difference in the lives of city dwellers.

In this article, we examine the various technologies involved – including VoIP – and how they can work together to bring about these desirable results.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT, Unified Communications, WAN Technology, Collaboration

It is no secret that the past 18 months or so have seen a huge increase in the use of collaboration systems. The purchase of collaboration platform subscriptions and videoconferencing equipment has skyrocketed as businesses respond to the newest workplace realities.

In this article, we review some of the trends that we see today, and we’ll also take a look at what is forthcoming to see the potential collaboration systems of the future.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Konftel, Collaboration, Zoom, Boom Collaboration

All cutting edge technologies have a specific lifecycle that includes their inception, general adoption, and gradual decline. This is a process that inevitably ends with a retirement of the technology with an end-of-life or end-of-service announcement from service providers. Cellular networks are no exception, and 2G and 3G retirement dates have already been set by most U.S. mobile service providers.

Topics: Wireless, Trends, Mobile, IoT

The way we work is changing faster than ever before, and communications tools are called upon to conform to this ever-changing approach to working. For this reason, Yealink is future-proofing its line of communications technology by forecasting future needs based on today’s trends. In doing so, it will be able to continue to deliver innovative and meaningful products and services for many years to come.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Headsets, Videoconferencing, Productivity, Zoom

A while back we took a look at IoT as an emerging trend and concept, and we saw how it related to VoIP technologies. That was almost four years ago, which is an eternity when it comes to the rate at which technological trends in telecommunications evolve. Many of the fundamentals are still valid, but given the explosive growth in IoT, .we thought it time for an update on some of the more recent developments in the field.

Topics: VoIP, Trends, Mobile, IoT