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Vidyo Chosen for Use in Nigeria's First Video Conferencing "On-Demand" Service
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) HACKENSACK, NJ, September 2 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Vidyo(TM), Inc., the first company to
deliver personal telepresence, today announced that Emperion, a leading
provider of broadband IP communications solutions, has chosen to deploy
VidyoTechnology(TM) for the first implementation of a video conferencing
on-demand service in Nigeria. It is anticipated that the introduction of
this video conferencing service will be a tremendous boon to Nigerian
businesses, helping corporate institutions, multi-nationals and small
businesses reduce business travel -- saving cost and time.
"Vidyo's ground breaking technology has enabled us to pioneer this exciting
new offering," said Mr. Sandeep Jayaswal, Managing Director of Emperion
West Africa. "Given Nigeria's infrastructural challenges, we expect the
practice of video conferencing to greatly help businesses maximize returns
on their investments. They can now schedule and hold meetings with
multiple business partners from any part of the world, right from the
comfort of their individual locations."
Additionally, plans are underway for making high quality and affordable
video conferencing services available to Nigeria's citizens at large.
Emperion is undertaking a project that would utilize VidyoTechnology to
create video conferencing "kiosks" in highly populated areas of the
country, where anyone could make or receive a video conference call from
Emperion Video Zone Franchise. Emperion is taking this technology through
its franchisees all over the country.
Vidyo's groundbreaking new technology is the key to enabling service
providers such as Emperion to leverage compelling cost, quality and
deployment advantages over those using traditional MCU-based video
conferencing technologies. It also allows them to reach a far larger
customer base since Vidyo products don't require dedicated networks. The
solution scales from a telepresence room to HD desktop video conferencing.
Vidyo's portal-based technology provides sophisticated APIs that easily
integrate with existing back office systems. Since the Vidyo model is
based on annual license fees, it fits perfectly with a service provider's
existing pricing structure.
"With the Vidyo solution, service providers such as Emperion are able to
deliver personal telepresence utilizing the same infrastructure for both
their desktop and room video conferencing services," said Ofer Shapiro, CEO
of Vidyo. "Because this high quality solution is delivered over the
Internet, Emperion can offer a much larger group of customers outstanding
Vidyo-based services at much lower operating costs."
Vidyo launched the VidyoConferencing(TM) product family in January of this
year. It is the world's first scalable coding enabled video conferencing
system. Vidyo is the first company to license technology and deliver
products built upon an entirely new video conferencing architecture that
utilizes the recently approved H.264/SVC video compression standard. It
delivers unparalleled video quality over unreliable networks including the
Internet.
About Vidyo, Inc.
Vidyo, Inc., headquartered in Hackensack, NJ, is making personal
telepresence a reality. Comprised of some of the industry's best engineers
and researchers, Vidyo has developed the first new video conferencing
architecture in decades. Vidyo enables people to communicate effectively
by using HD quality video from wherever they happen to be.
VidyoConferencing is easy and affordable to use by anyone whenever they
want, and deploys simply over any IP network. Leveraging Vidyo's unique
intellectual property built upon the new H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
standard, Vidyo delivers the industry's best resilience and lowest latency
video conferencing over converged IP networks. Vidyo's technology for OEMs
and end-to-end product solutions for organizations are able to support
point-to-point and multi-point connections that include a variety of
different platforms ranging from Mac & Windows desktops to dedicated room
solutions. Learn more at www.vidyo.com.
About Emperion
Emperion, a foremost broadband service provider, designs, deploys, operates
and maintains broadband IP communication solutions and services based on
digital satellite (VSAT), fixed wireless access (FWA) and fiber networks.
Emperion is head quartered in Copenhagen and has its subsidiaries in
Nigeria and UAE. The solutions are targeted at enterprise class customers
and are deployed to a rapidly growing client portfolio in more than 30
countries.
Contact:
Benita Kenn
PR Director
Vidyo Inc.benita@vidyo.com
650-906-3638
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