Polycom and BroadSoft have unveiled enhanced unified communications (UC) offerings featuring IP telephony with Polycom HD Voice, video conferencing and telepresence capabilities. This expanded voice and video combination provides communications offering for small and medium sized businesses and is delivered as a hosted service through BroadSoft service provider.
Polycom said that its HDX personal and room telepresence offerings and RMX 2000 and RMX 4000 real-time media conferencing platforms are interoperable with BroadSoft’s BroadWorks VoIP application platform.
According to the companies, both organisations currently deliver hosted unified communications that combine BroadWorks and Polycom’s line of VVX 1500 business media phones, SoundPoint IP desktop phones, SoundStation IP conference phones and KIRK DECT wireless solutions. The new offering expands those capabilities to include the Polycom HDX personal and room telepresence offerings and RMX 2000 and 4000 real-time media conferencing platforms.
The companies said that the newly expanded video offering enables number of applications, HD unified communications across the organisation, intercompany visual communication, dial-in ‘Meet Me’ voice, video and unified conferencing services, and hosted event services.
David Bukovsky, vice president of products at BroadSoft, said: Our service provider customers are seeing increasing demand for video communication delivered in a hosted model, which enables businesses to improve collaboration and communications without a large capital expenditure.
Deepening our relationship with Polycom enables service providers to deliver greater business value through new offerings that immediately impact business productivity and a measurable return on investment by reducing the need for business travel and lowering an individual’s carbon footprint.
