Cutting the cord Nov 13, 2009
An exercise called White Noise, in which the "public switched telephone network" is disabled, is being simulated by Whitehall, in London, to test the response of government and the communications industry to such an emergency. Having a landline is about having a commitment to place as much as anything. (BBC News -- UK)
AT&T Dials Up Criticism of Google Voice Oct 16, 2009
com to route calls across the public switched telephone network (PSTN) mandates compliance with FCC rules. Even if the commission determined that Google Voice is an "information" service rather than a "telecommunications" service, the fact that it is a call-routing application brings it under the FCC's jurisdiction according to a 2004 decision asserting authority over free Internet applications that sync up with telecom services. (SmallBusinessComputing)
12 Words You Can Never Say in the Office Aug 26, 2009
You need to purge the term "Internet telephony" from your vocabulary and switch to VoIP, for Voice over IP. Even the term VoIP is getting old-fashioned because pretty soon all telephone calls will be routed over the Internet rather than the Public Switched Telephone Network ... Public Switched Telephone Network. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Judge releases man who threatened VaTech alums Jul 14, 2009
They also support convergence (convergence of PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) voice network, Wireless networks), mobility, integrity, multi-layer orientation etc. NGN is based on the layered approach as services provided are separated from the network infrastructure. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Google tries to rewire phones Mar 13, 2009
For the regular public switched telephone network, people still have to spend money with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and others. "The point was to allow your existing services to work better together," Walker said. (CNN)
Telstra begins cable upgrade Mar 10, 2009
We do have a core issue, in that we have PSTN (public switched telephone network or the fixed line), in particular, calling and related services in decline,'' outgoing chief executive Sol Trujillo said in a telephone conference. This company is making a bet that. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
