Cable Converges With VoIP

摘要

This week, a host of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) equipment manufacturers plan to introduce products at the NCTA National Show to help cable operators expand their VoIP-services business. Cedar-Point, Net2Phone, Camiant and Longboard, among others, will offer technologies that tie cellular phones to VoIP. Michael Khalilian, chairman and president of the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC), is confident that 2005 is the year the triple play of telco, video and data services coalesce into a mature product offering. One major reason: VoIP technologies can now guarantee a quality of service that was previously unattainable.