What is VoIP?

VoIP (Voice over IP) technology gives an opportunity to transmit messages over IP networks. The term VoIP means internet telephony and IP telephony. During the call your speech is transformed to data bursts which are sent to end-user via Internet. The main advantages of IP telephony are cheapness, reliability, usability and high speed of data communications. VoIP technology gives an opportunity to use it for different types of communication.

There is a special port from one side it is connected with telephone channels. From other side it is connected with Internet. Remote server receives standard phone call, compresses it without quality loss, transforms it to data bursts and sends it using TCP/IP protocol. To transmit data from remote computer to phone the process are carried out in the reverse sequence.

This is the simplest method of IP telephony. To realize such kind of internet telephony the only things you have to have are computer with sound controller and microphone.

It is simple way to use VoIP technology without computer. There are special ports which allow making calls from both stationary and mobile phone.

It is clear that not only voice can be transmitted via IP telephony. Due to VoIP technology you have an opportunity to transmit pictures, music, video and any other data. As a result of such facts as reliability, cheapness and growing popularity of Internet and Internet technologies IP telephony becomes more and more widespread. Today with the growing number of mobile internet users and passing away of the old communication technology it becomes more and more evident that future prospects of VoIP are great.