computer hardware for telecommunications that contain any or all of the following: integrated local or wide area network interfaces, PBX or handset digital line interfaces, switches, telecommunications equipment emulators, signal converters, sub-systems used to packetize voice signals over communications networks and/or access lines, and hardware used to enable remote locations to access private telephone systems, or telecommunications service provider networks; telecommunication devices in the nature of transmitters, receivers, transceivers, signal amplifiers, antenna, and telephones; telecommunications network management software; software embedded in integrated circuits used in telecommunication hardware, telecommunications devices and/or network peripherals; software embedded in integrated circuits used to provide remote access to telecommunications networks; telecommunications software to manage, direct, route, transmit and/or receive telephone calls, electronic messages, and audio and data signals over wide or local area networks and telecommunications access lines; and computer utility programs used to emulate other telecommunications devices