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Voice technologies for Internet protocol, digital subscriber line, cable modems and wireless communications are the more advanced substitutes to PSTN voice services. However, the shift away from PSTN can not easily be achieved by telephone service providers since old devices such as traditional circuit-switched central office and toll switches, remote access concentrators and add/drop multiplexers need to be reinvented to allow voice calls between the old and new voice networks. In addition, this transition is accompanied by regulatory uncertainty., New multiservice products give ILECs, CLECs and ISPs many ways to provision voice and data services. But what does this mean for enterprise voice customers? A lot of work still [...]

VoiceLAN networking involves the integration of voice and data communications in a single network and applications environment. Linking voice and data communications can enable a company to provide more services, enhance the efficiency of current applications and simplify the general network infrastructure. For a successful implementation of voiceLAN technology, there should be both physical and management integration as well as support from management., Introduction Welcome to the Decisys 1996 Introduction to voiceLAN Networking, a discussion of LAN-based voice networking technologies. An outgrowth of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), the voiceLAN networking market has experienced [...]

Is asynchronous transfer mode finding its voice or, perhaps more accurately, is voice transmission finding its place in ATM networks? The quick answer to that question is that voice-over-ATM has […]

When telephone and computer technologies merge, the resulting applications are no less than dynamic, and there is no limit to the information a person can access. Twenty years ago, paying […]

Warning: This column is for serious gadget freaks only. In it, we cover products that can separate your CTI solution from the herd and help you sell to new markets. […]

The question posed quietly at the start of last year grew to a bellow by the end of the year: What is "The Next Big Thing?" I realized recently that […]

NMS Communications (Nasdaq: NMSS), Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and Sun (Nasdaq: SUNW) are developing wireless voice-enabled applications for the recently introduced NMS HearSay platform. NMS has integrated the Oracle9i Application Server […]

'OPEN the pod bay doors, HAL.' The HAL9000 computer responsible for the Discovery spacecraft's mission to Jupiter in the classic 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick and […]

Ask several people to name the ultimate mobile device, a dream product, and you'll get an entirely different answer each time. That's because the professional on the go wants it […]

Several factors are responsible for the revival of voice and data convergence as a design issue and a more economic alternative. Telecommunications companies have begun to standardize synchronous optical networks and SDH and incorporated the WDM to increase capacity. Majority of the carriers and PTTs have also used asynchronous transfer mode for their switching requirements. Similarly, the use of the Internet for commercial purposes has resulted in the introduction of public service companies, such as Internet telephony service providers and Internet service providers., Can new technologies, standards and applications are breathe life into an old idea? It makes economic sense to integrate voice and data on the same network. But while this idea [...]

Human beings like asking questions. They like talking to each other. They also like quick answers. That's why I believe electronic commerce will never really take off on the Internet […]

It may seem a little awkward at first, but once the shyness wears off, conversing with your computer will probably feel as natural as talking on the telephone. As speech […]

Welcome to the information age. Although many technologies come and go, voice response is here to stay. Utility companies across the country are beginning to take advantage of this approach [...]

Electronic Typewriters Push the Technology Envelope After a decline in the office electronic typewriter (ET) industry over the past few years, sales have begun to level off. The cause of […]

Architects will greatly benefit from the development of voiceware internet technology designed to allows users to directly ask questions of a browser which then locates the necessary information without the need to search through reams of internet files. Software firm Nuance has developed the Voyager browser to act on requests from voice users, produce fast and efficient results, ideal for the world of architectural design.

Like many Internet technologies, Internet telephony -- the use of the Internet to carry voice and fax data to cut down on long-distance phone charges -- started out as a [...]

Have you ever experienced a poor quality voice-on-the-Net call and just attributed it to the vagaries of the Internet? Think again: there's more to Internet calling than the hobbyist $39.95 […]

I DON'T GET VERY EXCITED about technology unless it improves my life, and one thing I like about the Philips SP6000 speech recognition system is that it does just that. […]

The two great strengths of Japanese electronics have been miniaturization and consumer electronics. Now Texas Instruments Japan Ltd.'s advanced laboratory here in Japan's 'Science City' is working to pack speaker-independent […]

Joan Rivers' 'can we talk?' query takes on a new meaning with Vocollect Inc.'s new Talkman system. This portable voice-interactive device bridges the gap between human observations and computer data [...]