A generation gap is forming in telecommunications. Legacy telecom equipment uses time division multiplexing (TDM) to carry voice traffic on the backplane, while new communications technology uses ...

Editor's note: To view a PDF version of this article, click here. While packet switching captures the hearts of the communications industry and the attention of the soothsayers, incumbent ...

Conventional wisdom has it that the telephone network will evolve away from old-fashioned circuit switching and be replaced by voice over IP. Investors have ponied up to the bar to fund VoIP companies ...

In the world of VOIP and IP Telephony/IPT, there is a turn in the tide. Do you see it, hear it, feel it? It is the turn of the industry from VOIP being a casual “look” to an essential component of the ...

Time-division multiplexing (TDM) over packet technology isn’t a novel concept. It’s already known by a number of different names, such as CESoIP, CESoP, CESoMPLS, TDMoIP, circuit emulation over packet ...

IP-based systems allow companies to route calls to home workers and satellite offices. Baxter Credit Union took a bold approach to upgrading its call center. In late 2002 it merged voice and data on a ...