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By Bradley Mitchell, About.com Guide to Wireless / Networking since 1999

What is Telephony?

Saturday March 26, 2005
| Definition | The term telephony in networking refers to the technology behind voice communications (typically, telephone networks). Newer IP telephony (VoIP) technology converts analog voice into digital data packets to support telecommunication over Internet Protocol networks.
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