ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has removed legislation from his executive budget that would have protected telecommunications companies offering Internet phone service from regulation. Unions and consumer ...

A U.S. Senate committee has approved a bill that would exempt voice-over-IP service from most government regulation. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday approved the ...

Individual states are scared that customers switching to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services will threaten their share of access fees and taxes that are collected from plain old telephone ...

Most voice-over-IP services would be exempt from state taxes and regulations and be treated by the U.S. government as a lightly regulated information service under legislation that Sen. John Sununu (R ...

The Colorado legislature has passed House Bill 1281, which removes authority from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to regulate Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, phone services offered by ...

The cloud VoIP provider that works exclusively through the channel can handle billing and taxation on behalf of MSPs, one of the biggest barriers to entry in selling voice, according to ConnectMeVoice ...

VoIP has had its ups and downs when it comes to accessing 911 emergency services, and some incumbent telcos haven't made things easier for VoIP providers like Vonage. Finally, the US Senate has passed ...

Billing and mediation services are important in voice over IP (VoIP). They are key factors in helping a service provider or an enterprise vendor understand financial aspects, such as Return on ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to streamline VoIP providers’ connections to emergency dialing 911 networks. The House late on Tuesday passed the 911 Modernization and ...