3. IP network services
The Internet is a data transmission network that supports both document and message communications in delayed time, as well as real-time communications such as voice. It is ideally suited to the transmission and broadcasting of faxes, in both real-time and non-real-time modes.
Widespread Internet Protocol (IP) networks and a well-defined fax data format are two key factors in the rapid development of fax over IP (Box 3).
The concept of "unified messaging" refers to the possibility of grouping all messages (faxes, text and voice messages) in a single location: the electronic mailbox.
As far as faxing is concerned, far from overshadowing the basic service, unified messaging reinforces it by providing two additional services: confidentiality...
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International Standard Institute (ISO)
- Technologies de l'information. Jeux de caractères graphiques codés sur un seul octet. Partie 1 : alphabet latin n 1 - ISO/IEC 8859-1 - 1998
- Technologies de l'information. Représentation codée des images et du son. Compression progressive des images en deux tons - ISO/IEC 11544 - 1993
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