The abbreviation of “Voice over Internet Protocol,” VoIP is the routing of voice conversations over the Internet or through any other IP-based network. Voip is also termed as IP Telephony, Internet telephony, Broadband telephony, Broadband Phone and Voice over Broadband.

The companies offering VoIP service are commonly referred to as providers, and protocols which are used to carry voice signals over the IP network are commonly referred to as Voice over IP or VoIP protocols.

VoIP is growing very popular medium of communication these days. There are a number of voip providers all over the world.