CHICAGO — While U.S. cable operators are expected to leapfrog their telephone counterparts in offering voice-over-Internet Protocol service, cable industry participants and observers acknowledged this ...

Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (EMTAs) combine a high-speed data cable modem with voice-over-Internet Protocol technology to create a platform that connects legacy telephones and terminal ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Incorporating Broadcom's voice over IP (VoIP) on Enhanced RISC processor architecture, the BCM3368 chip can simplify and accelerate the development of VoIP solutions. According to Broadcom, the chip's ...

Cisco Monday launched a major push to equip cable operators for new services such as voice and video, announcing a flurry of products designed to help them deploy the new offerings easily and at low ...

We mentioned recently that Cox Cable says it already has 750,000 customers making and receiving millions of calls per day using its telephone service. Many among us quickly dismiss this significant ...

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Cisco Systems has patched high-impact vulnerabilities in several of its cable modem and residential gateway devices that are distributed by some ISPs to their customers. The embedded Web server in the ...

Which cable modem-router combo is best? When you subscribe to an Internet service from a cable TV provider, you’ll receive a modem. This is the hardware that interprets the signal and allows uploading ...

(1) (Voice Over IP modem) A device that converts Internet-based voice service from the cable or telephone company to the user's telephones. Officially called an analog telephone adapter. (2) (Voice ...

A device that connects multiple computers to a cable or DSL line for Internet access. Also called a "residential gateway," "modem/router," "modem gateway," "home gateway" and "Internet gateway." The ...