IP telephony can deliver more functionality at a lower price to enterprises, governments, carriers, and consumers than conventional telephony solutions, allowing organizations to focus personnel and budget on core business activities rather than on supporting a telephone system.

The technical framework for implementing VoIP is fairly well understood, yet IP telephony is often thought of as more than strictly transport. It's like saying the a highway system is all about pavement technology. Both are, in fact, much more.

The Internet Engineering Task Force has created various drafts and committees to address the challenges of IP telephony, extending beyond simply transport to include Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), signaling protocols, and even the Public Switched Telephone Network and Internet (PINT) interworking group. Participation by leading equipment providers is the key to developing an interoperable and therefore open network that has been the hallmark of both the telephony world and the IP world.

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