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Article: Seeking the high-tech Holy Grail.(IP telephony market)(Technology Information)
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- Communications News
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- February 1, 1999
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Calls via cable near widespread commercial reality.
IP (Internet protocol) telephony-over-cable TV networks--the Holy Grail of low-cost, practical solutions for telephony--appears poised to become a commercial reality.
While CableLabs--the cable TV industry's research think tank--wrestles with IP telephony standards through its "PacketCable" project, manufacturers are already flooding the market with IP telephony products. For instance, at the recent California Cable Television Association's Western Show in Anaheim, companies, such as 3Com, Nortel, Bellcore, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, General Instrument, Lucent Technologies, Toshiba, and Vienna Systems ...