Abstract:This entry describes the provisioning of voice services using the internet. Often integrated with other multimedia services such as messaging, video, and document sharing, internet telephony offers a media‐rich environment of communication. The entry describes uses and effects, the political economy of internet telephony, and governance issues.
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