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Monday, January 11, 2010

Skype supports HD video conferencing on PCs and HDTVs

4G networks step closer with Voice standard | Cisco's Chambers demonstrates home TelePresence

Convergence and VoIP Alert

Skype supports HD video conferencing on PCs and HDTVs
Skype announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it will support video calls on PCs in 720p high definition, as well as Skype software embedded into Internet-connected widescreen television sets. Skype has been delivering video conferencing to the desktop as a free service since 2005, so the HD-quality upgrade is a logical evolution of its existing PC to PC service. Read More

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4G networks step closer with Voice standard
LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks, better known as 4G, looks set to take off now that major carriers have agreed on the "One Voice Profile," a standard that defines a viable solution for voice in LTE. Read More

Cisco's Chambers demonstrates home TelePresence
Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers demonstrated on Wednesday how the company's TelePresence videoconferencing technology could be developed into a consumer product, showing off the long-awaited system at a press conference ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read More

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Cisco CEO on video technology: 'It's an art'
With a smile and a few handshakes for reporters, Cisco CEO John Chambers launched into a 45 minute presentation at the CES show on Wednesday describing the future of video over networks. Read More

CES: Cisco readying home telepresence trials
Cisco this week said it will trial a home telepresence service in the United States this spring with Verizon, and in France later this year with France Telecom. Read More

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