Videocall Named Polycom Telepresence VNOC Provider

September 23rd, 2009 CAMBERLEY, England - - Videocall's High Definition Personal Telepresence Solution, MyPresence, is now Seamlessly Interoperable With Microsoft's Office Communicator Driving an Increased Return on Investment Videocall, a leading telepresence and video collaboration managed services provider today announced that it's high definition desktop telepresence service, MyPresence is now seamlessly integrated into Microsoft's Office Communicator. With Microsoft Office Communicator being deployed as the hub of many organisations' unified communications strategy; Videocall's MyPresence telepresence service brings high definition video collaboration to user's desktops with just one click from within a Microsoft Office Communicator instant message session.

July 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, today announced that it received a "Positive" rating in Gartner's "MarketScope for Video Telepresence Systems" by Robert Mason and Scott Morrison. In the June 2009 report, which assessed seven telepresence providers with at least 50 multiscreen systems installed, Teliris received the highest rating awarded to a telepresence provider.

June 17th, 2009 ORLANDO, Florida - Total of 130 6G Telepresence Rooms Ordered in First 30 Days of General Availability InfoComm 2009 -- Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, announced today that British American Tobacco will double their current Teliris Telepresence deployment as well as upgrade all existing systems to realize the benefits of the newly released agile 6G platform. Leveraging Teliris' groundbreaking 6G platform, British American Tobacco will double the number of Teliris Telepresence rooms originally anticipated this year at the same total cost of ownership enabling the company to surpass their carbon reduction goals.

June 16th, 2009 ORLANDO, Florida - Groundbreaking Sixth Generation Platform Delivers Telepresence Over General Purpose Networks, Radically Simplifying Acquisition, Deployment and Operating Costs - Total of 130 6G Telepresence Rooms Ordered in First 30 Days of General Availability InfoComm -- Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, today announced it has redefined the industry with the unveiling of 6G telepresence, an affordable platform that extends an uncompromised experience to locations anywhere in the world by reducing bandwidth and related costs. The breakthrough platform, which is a standards-based client-server software solution, takes telepresence from the heavy, hardware-reliant, high bandwidth systems typical of other vendors to a light-weight, agile solution that delivers immersive telepresence through general purpose networks, while maintaining the natural meeting experience for which Teliris has always been known.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - With Photo Audio Visual Machines (AVM), the leading audio visual and video conferencing system integrator in the UK has been successfully certified to install and maintain Polycom's immersive telepresence solutions. Polycom is the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communications solutions.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - European CEO, the premier pan-European publication for business leaders, has announced the winners of its Telepresence Awards 2009. The awards were announced in the June-July issue of the magazine, released this month.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - The publication recognised that since launching their managed telepresence service in July 2008, Tata Communications has been leading the industry with their innovative and comprehensive strategy. According to Peter Quinlan, Tata Communications is the first provider to open public telepresence rooms, with a global network of public telepresence rooms which customers can access on a pay-per-use basis.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - European CEO is proud to announce Tandberg, the leading global provider of telepresence and high-definition video conferencing solutions, as its Telepresence Provider of the Year for 2009. Tandberg was presented with the award for its high-quality telepresence offerings and the pivotal role the company has played in the adoption of telepresence and video conferencing solutions in the European business community.

April 5th, 2009 SINGAPORE and JOHANNESBURG - Offering Comprehensive Managed Telepresence Services Worldwide Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, and Dimension Data, the $4.5-billion specialist IT services and solutions provider, have signed an agreement to support the Cisco Systems Telepresence suite of products on a worldwide basis. Dimension Data, one of a select few Cisco partners with TelePresence Global Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status, has the skills to sell, design, install, and support Cisco Telepresence in 47 countries.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - There's been a lot of talk about Telepresence, the latest development in visual communications. Whilst video conferencing has been around for years, telepresence really comes into its own through its life size, fully HD, and specially-designed environment; creating an almost life-like meeting experience.

April 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - TANDBERG announced ts Telepresence T3 is the first and only immersive telepresence solution that maintains the multi-screen, high-definition telepresence experience when calling out to a third-party telepresence system. This new functionality is meeting the growing demands of organizations that require all video systems to fully interoperate, putting an end to siloed communication.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata Communications Tuesday said it has tied up with Cisco and Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications (PLDT) to roll out telepresence services, the next generation video-based communication technology, in the Philippines. As per the agreement, the companies have decided to open a public telepresence studio in the Philippines, which will be operated by PLDT.

June 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian telephony and internet services provider Tata Communications Tuesday announced its partnership with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide to roll out its video-conferencing facility in the hotel giant's properties. Under the agreement, Tata will increase its network of public Cisco Telepresence rooms by opening 10 new facilities in Starwood's hotels by the year-end, the company said in a regulatory statement.

August 17th, 2009 Polycom to cut 3 percent of staffSAN FRANCISCO — Video and audio conferencing company Polycom Inc. said Monday it plans to cut 3 percent of its global work force.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecom service providers, has been adjudged the best service provider in the Asia-Pacific region by telecom research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan. The company has bagged top honours for overall service quality and has been adjudged the service provider of the year in the "Best of the Best" category, Airtel said in a statement Tuesday.

October 1st, 2009 Cisco agrees to buy Norway's Tandberg for $3 blnNEW YORK — Cisco Systems Inc. tapped its immense cash hoard and announced a deal Thursday to buy Norway's Tandberg ASA for $3 billion in a bid to dominate the global market for videoconferencing equipment.

October 1st, 2009 Cisco uses cash hoard to buy Norwegian co. for $3BNEW YORK — Cisco Systems Inc.

October 1st, 2009 Smith International say CFO retiringHOUSTON — Smith International Inc., a provider of products and services used by operators during the drilling, completion and production phases of oil and natural gas development activities, said Thursday that its chief financial officer is retiring. Margaret Dorman, who has served as the company's executive vice president, treasurer and CFO since 1999, will remain with the company through Oct.

June 26th, 2009 SAN JOSE/CALIFORNIA - Leading early-stage venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Cisco today announced the 16 finalists in their first co-sponsored Global Business Plan Competition for university and business school students. The finalists, whose business plans address a diverse group of issues from efficient and affordable web-scale computing to early cancer detection, will be competing from their respective geographic areas via Cisco TelePresenceT on June 30, 2009.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Wednesday issued guidelines on mobile number portability (MNP) that will allow subscribers to change operators while retaining the original number, but only within a particular circle. The new facility will become a reality from Dec 31 in metros and by March 20, 2010 in the rest of the country, said a statement from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.