Is the UK Really Ready for Telepresence?

LONDON - There’s been a lot of talk about Telepresence, the latest development in
visual communications. Whilst video conferencing has been around for years,
telepresence really comes into its own through its life size, fully HD, and
specially-designed environment; creating an almost life-like meeting
experience.

So far, however, telepresence has solely been aimed at C-level executives
within multinational organisations. With a typical room costing in the region
of GBP100,000-GBP200,000 and the significant impact it has on bandwidth, is
telepresence really worth it? Isn’t it a bit of an extravagance in this
current economic downturn or is it a fundamental, cost-saving business tool?

How about the market opportunity? With SMEs making up 99.9 per cent of UK
businesses*, is telepresence really going to succeed in the UK?

According to Kevin Stavers, Head of Sales & Marketing at telepresence
services provider mvision, it is the managed services wrapper that will
broaden the reach of telepresence. “Many companies considering telepresence
don’t have the capex, bandwidth, or resources to manage the systems. The
managed service model removes all of those challenges”.

By partnering with TANDBERG, who offer entry-level personal telepresence
systems in addition to full telepresence suites, mvision has been able to
package those systems with a dedicated telepresence network and a host of
managed services all for a single fixed monthly cost. mvision also provides a
usage and adoption toolkit to maximise usage of those systems.

Stavers adds, “It is a combination of no up-front outlay and a
stress-free experience that now makes telepresence a realistic option for
SMEs. Companies can easily justify the monthly cost”. With the UK being the
most expensive city in Europe for travel, it is in pole position for adopting
telepresence”

mvision is the first company, outside of TANDBERG, to have the new T3
available for demonstrations. To be one of the first to see T3 at mvision’s
Central London showroom go to www.mvision.co.uk/telepresence

About mvision video networks ltd

mvision’s fully managed service enables companies of all sizes to reap
the benefits of visual communications. By removing the high cost of ownership
and capex issues as well as removing the problems with bandwidth availability
and IT resources, mvision has made video available to everyone.

It is for this reason that mvision was awarded “2008 EMEA Managed Video
Service Provider of the Year” to accompany their other credentials: TANDBERG
Platinum partner, world’s first approved TANDBERG Centre of Excellence.

mvision has over 20 years experience in the communications field.

www.mvision.co.uk

* BERR - Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

Contact:
mvision
Doron Youngerwood, Marketing Manager
Tel: +44(0)20-7251-7624
dyoungerwood@mvision.co.uk

Source: mvision

mvision, Doron Youngerwood, Marketing Manager, Tel: +44(0)20-7251-7624, dyoungerwood at mvision.co.uk