But improvements in the technology have taken hold recently, supporting innovative new services and efficiencies in the way phone calls are zipped around the world. In the surest sign of the ...

In today’s fast-moving digital world, internet connectivity has transformed almost every aspect of daily life. From online shopping and banking to entertainment and communication, smartphones have ...

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Internet calling, makes it possible to make local or long-distance telephone voice calls over the Internet without going through a traditional landline ...

A few years ago, a buzz began spreading about Internet telephony, a technology allowing telephone conversations to be made across the Internet rather than exclusively over regular phone lines. Such ...

Sometimes web-based services and sites get sold for eye-catching amounts of money. But Microsoft's proposal to buy Skype for $8.5 billion - yes, that's a "b" - caught even the most jaded techies ...

Vonage announced an Internet phone-calling application that can be downloaded for free to iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones allowing international calls through Wi-Fi or cellular networks. Vonage ...