Office phones have come a long way in a relatively short time. With the introduction of Internet Protocol phones, new features make those devices more akin to computers than simple phone systems.

French retailer Auchan has signed a multimillion euro deal with Mitel for the supply of IP phone handsets and infrastructure. Its agreement to buy 40,000 terminals - including 10,000 DECT models for ...

Appliances from Allworx, Critical Links, Fonality, Microsoft, and Sutus all combine sophisticated features and low cost; they differ in breadth and complexity, with Fonality’s Asterisk-based PBXtra ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded ESI, a leading manufacturer of digital and IP-based business telephone systems, a patent for Quality of Service (QoS) in a Voice-over-Internet Protocol ...

Many businesses with branch offices that have IP-enabled phones must decide what type of circuit medium to use for their communication to the corporate headquarters site. Two of the most selected ...

SBC Communications will design, implement and manage an IP (Internet Protocol) telephony system for more than 50,000 employees at Ford Motor’s world headquarters and other facilities, the carrier said ...

Ang Cui has spent 10 years hacking into internet-connected office phones and other “embedded devices”—that is, devices that don't look like computers or servers but have all the trappings: a processor ...

The poor telecommunications infrastructure at Accent Blinds got to such a stage that the company was sending out flowers to some customers as a way to compensate them for the terrible service they ...

John Breeden II is an award-winning reviewer with more than 20 years of experience covering technology. Follow him on Twitter @TheLabGuys. Office phones have come a long way in a relatively short time ...