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  ISDN:
  Terminal Adaptors
  Network Termination
  ISDN Testers
  
  VIDEO CONFERENCING:
• Videoconference phones
• Set-top Systems
• Desktop Systems
• Multimedia Rollabouts
• Large Videoconferencing Rooms
• MCU - Multipoint Systems
• Codec

Basic Introduction to Videoconferencing?

Videoconferencing is a bit like using the phone - except that you see as well as hear the person you are calling. You see their expressions, their body language, and their reactions to your ideas.

Videoconferencing makes it easy to contact a colleague who has all the relevant knowledge to deal with a particular question instantly. Decisions are made faster. You can also work together on the same spreadsheet, or any other PC document. It's like being in the same room as the person you are calling, working with them face-to-face.

Videoconferencing helps people to work more effectively because visual communication is perhaps the most natural form of communication. People understand faster and can remember more of what is shown rather than just told, especially when the subject is itself a visual idea.


Some videoconferencing systems are designed to allow several groups of people at various locations to join a meeting. Other systems are designed for just a couple of people to discuss projects from their desks. In either case, they see full-motion pictures, hear clearly what is being said and have the feeling of being together.

In this way, videoconferencing creates an environment where decisions are made faster, and where ideas, knowledge and inspiration can flow from colleague to colleague. The result is stronger teamwork and a more focused purpose - and all without the need to travel. With videoconferencing you can be in different places at once."

Advantages of Videoconferencing

Videoconferencing enables people to interact at a distance - whether that distance is 10 minutes by foot or 10 hours by airplane. It allows people to talk through ideas and exchange information as if they were in the same room. This means people can spend time on their work without having to wait for e-mails, faxes or couriers. In short, videoconferencing brings people together.

There are three types of benefit resulting from videoconferencing. 'Hard' benefits are those that can be measured. Although 'Soft' and 'Strategic' benefits may be difficult to measure, they must all be included in any cost/benefit analysis for companies considering a videoconferencing investment.

• Reduced costs: less travel, fewer accommodation and entertainment costs.
• More productivity: less time is spent on travel and more on productive work.
• Best use of resources: key people and key information become more accessible.

• Improved communication: people meet more often and share knowledge
  more easily.
• Faster decision making: videoconferencing provides easier access to key
  personnel and expertise.
• Improved employee morale: less time, energy and stress spent traveling and
  in hotels.
• More environmentally friendly: no harmful emissions from cars or airplanes.

• Optimized decision making: decisions are not only made faster, but with more consensus and agreement from everyone involved.
• Faster crisis management: executives can meet at short notice, wherever they are located in the world.
• Faster time to market: with faster decision making and greater consensus, new products can be brought to market quicker.
• More customer responsiveness: with an increased availability of people, customer requirements and needs can be discussed and answered more efficiently.