Sunday, March 14, 2004

Polycom Introduces Carrier Conferencing Solution

Sunday, March 14, 2004    

Polycom introduced a carrier-grade unified voice, video and web conferencing solution designed for service providers. The "Convene" platform combines Polycom's existing OCI voice conferencing systems, its MGC video conferencing multipoint control units and its WebOffice personal conferencing portal. Users can access Convene through traditional personal meeting numbers (for voice and/or video conferences) or WebOffice, a personal conferencing portal that includes a desktop interface with enterprise instant messaging and presence for launching ad hoc voice, video and web conferences. The Convene solution supports all conference types: reservationless, scheduled, operator-assisted voice and video conferencing; web conferencing and events. Users can connect in any combination -- IP (SIP and H.323) and PSTN voice conferencing, and IP (H.323) and ISDN (H.320) video conferencing. http://www.polycom.com