Not Only Voice
You can transmit more than voice on VoIP - all multimedia data types including video can also be transmitted. You can also send and receive fax using VoIP. Learn more about Fax Over IP, Video Over IP and other multimedia features of VoIP.
Near-real-time voice messaging, also known as voicing, is a type of application where users speak a message which is recorded and sent to a correspondent. It is a modified version of voice instant messaging, with the difference that it does not impose a conversation on the recipient at a time.
VoIP is leading us towards a convergence of communications. By having a common underlying mechanism and infrastructure, many communications technologies, like Internet access, voice, video and data communication, can be combined and be provided through a single device and over the same network – the convergence of communications.
IPTV allows a television service to be integrated with a broadband Internet services and share the same home Internet connections.
Internet TV, or IPTV, is arguably one of the hottest new technologies in communications. A handful of operators already offer service with largely home-grown systems.
Skype 2 software gives popular Internet telephony service video call capability.
A definition of fax over ip - a technology that allows you to send and receive facsimile messages over voip architecture.
With the wide implementation of VoIP capable network routers and switches, a new horizon opens up for companies to leverage network fax; Fax over IP (FoIP). Almost every mid- to high-end network router has VoIP capabilities built in. As a result, you will likely find that most routers also offer full support of the ITU T.38 Standard for FoIP.
Optimize existing VoIP network investments by adding Fax for IP. Substantially reduce total cost of ownership. Eliminate the need for fax machines, fax boards and complex hardware configurations.
Telecom operators have long toyed with the idea of running video over their present infrastructures, but now there's a couple of reasons why it might start happening on a large scale.
