conferencing over ip

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Conferencing over IP

   <communications, standard> (CoIP) The {IMTC} Activity Group
   trying to standardise {IP Telephony} through the use of
   {ITU-T} {H.323}.

   The VoIP forum of the {IMTC} merged with the H.323 Activity
   Group in January 1999 to form the Conferencing over IP (CoIP)
   Activity Group.

   VoIP uses "VoIP Devices" as {gateways} to {route} voice
   {packets} over the Internet or {PSTN}.  It uses {protocols}
   such as {SGCP} and its successor {MGCP}.

   (http://imtc.org/act_coipbody.htm).

   (1999-03-17)