Orange Business Services is encouraging immediate adoption of Telepresence by offering Telepresence Community that provides direct access to Cisco’s 800 Telepresence rooms, on a free trial basis; promoting interoperability with other global providers; and launching an offer "as-a-service" in the near future.
The company said that it has signed an agreement with Cisco to access its service platform. Customers in the Orange Telepresence community now will have access to an additional 800 private and public Cisco Telepresence rooms around the world, as well as to companies already connected via Cisco.
To encourage the B2B use of Telepresence, Orange Business Services is inviting its customers to use the Telepresence Community offering free of charge until April 1, 2011, without any commitment.
Orange Business Services said that it is pursuing an active partnership policy with several global operators, in order to give its customers the opportunity to maximise their return on investment in Telepresence. The company is currently working on pooling Telepresence infrastructure in hosted and managed mode in order to offer Telepresence as a service.
Marc Blanchet, senior vice president of global communication services at Orange Business Services, said: "Through Telepresence Community, our B2B Telepresence solution, opening our network and customer base to work with enterprises connected to other operators’ networks will create a global video community.
"We aim to have at least three major interconnections in place before the end of the year and will continue adding to the community as required by the demands of our growing customer base."
