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Polycom Partners with BT on Videoconferencing

Posted by Ainsley Jones Nov 20, 2009 2:21:46 PM

Polycom and BT Group announced a three-year partnership that the companies say will accelerate the growth of unified conferencing systems within enterprises. The announcement comes on the heels of Cisco's increased bid for Tandberg and Logitech's plans to acquire LifeSize.

 

The partnership will combine Polycom's video communications and voice equipment with BT's managed services and global high-speed MPLS network. The agreement also includes software development collaboration that brings BT's Bridge Connect services to Polycom's RMX conference infrastructure, says Light Reading.

 

W. David Gardner of InformationWeek notes that videoconferencing is finally coming into its own after first being introduced by AT&T in 1964. Gardner says consolidation within the sector is evidence that companies believe there is value in telepresence, videoconferencing and other forms of business video communications.

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