Nortel Multimedia Services Bring Enterprises Face-to-Face for Greater
Productivity
HD Telepresence Experience With Polycom So Real You'll Think You're
There
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 09, 2007 -- Nortel(1) (TSX:
NT)(NYSE: NT) -
Imagine face-to-face meetings with co-workers that aren't really
face-to-face. Picture a high-definition (HD) virtual meeting
experience so real you'll almost believe you're in a conference room
in Toronto rather than your office in New York. This is typically
referred to as 'telepresence.'
Now envision increasing productivity and reducing travel costs with a
quick and painless global implementation of telepresence for your
business. That's what Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) brings to the
table with its new video conferencing services, one of four new
network application services announced today as part of Nortel's
Multimedia Services portfolio.
"Companies in transition from multinational fiefdoms to truly global
organizations need to conduct business across distances without the
limitations and opportunity costs of travel," said Abner Germanow,
Enterprise Networks research director at IDC, which expects the
global market for telepresence systems to exceed US$1 billion by
2011.
"By mimicking the experience of a live meeting, telepresence
technologies enable everyone from corporate jet regulars to employees
who rarely travel to manage, collaborate and share expertise without
geographic constraints," Germanow said.
Nortel implements, manages and supports video conferencing and HD
telepresence for enterprises through non-exclusive relationships with
industry leaders, like the one announced today with Polycom(1) for
resale of its video solutions including RealPresence(1) Experience
High Definition(2) (RPX(1) HD). RPX HD uses large, seamless HD
displays and StereoSurround(1) audio to create a realistic
environment more conducive to effective multi-location meetings than
traditional video conferencing.
In addition to telepresence, desktop video and other video
conferencing services, Nortel's Multimedia Services portfolio
includes hosted and managed reservation-less and operator-assisted
audio conferencing; multimedia webcasting of live, on-demand and
subscription multimedia content; and web collaboration for online
meetings, virtual classrooms, training and eLearning.
Available around the world, these application services are designed
to unify video and audio conferencing, webcasting and web
collaboration, enabling seamless connectivity for employees,
suppliers and customers in a collaborative virtual environment.
"Nortel's Multimedia Services can help enterprises capitalize on an
emerging era of hyperconnectivity, where everything that can be
connected to the network will be connected," said Dietmar Wendt,
president, Global Services, Nortel. "This translates to more
efficient and effective communications across the globe, improved
productivity and business reach, and significant savings in network
operations."
Nortel's Multimedia Services are part of the Nortel Global Services
portfolio, which offers a full range of network application,
implementation, management and support services for end-to-end
multi-vendor, multi-technology networks.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality
for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance
by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the
Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
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(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel
Networks. Polycom, RealPresence, RPX and StereoSurround are
trademarks of Polycom.
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practices.
Contacts:
Nortel
Mark Buford
(972) 362-1512
Email: mark.buford@nortel.com
Website: www.nortel.com
