November 1999

ARTICLES
Making Convergence Work
By Andrew Bale, Flexion Systems

Meeting High Standards For IP Voice Quality (sidebar)
By Dr. Charles W.K. Gritton, Tellabs, Inc.

IPSec: Hot VPN Protocol’s Realities Revealed
By Cary Hayward, Lucent Technologies

Internet Telephony And VPNs:
The Next Step In Converged Communications (sidebar)
By Shannon Pleasant, Cahners In-Stat Group

The Evolution To Packet Switching
By Harvey Kaufman, Netspeak Corporation

Decisions Confront Evolution To 3G Wireless
By Prodip Chaudhury, Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.

COLUMNS
Mind Share
These Are Not Your Father’s Internet Telephony Building Blocks
By Marc Robins, Associate Group Publisher, Internet Telephony� magazine

Reality Check
From Palm To WinCE — The Personal Communication System (PCS) Battle
By Robert Vahid Hashemian

Industry Insight
For Voice Coders, Economics Matter More Than Compression Rate
By Jim Machi

VoIP Connections
VoIP Connections VoIP: Part V — Taking The Prophet Position
By Lior Haramaty, VocalTec Communications

Roundup
Web-Enabled Call Center Products

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Hammer’s Hammer.323
Call Generator

White Pine’s MeetingPoint
Conference Server, Version 4.0 

Rave 2's Rave 2 Soft Phone

DEPARTMENTS
Industry News

Letters

Center Stage

Speaking With

Services
IP Enhanced Services
in the New Era

Adding To The Palette Of
Carrier Services (sidebar)

Focus On
Using The Internet To
Fax For Free

Round Table