What is Teleconferencing?

Teleconferencing

Two-way electronic communication between two or more groups, or three or more individuals, who are in separate locations. Includes group communication via audio, audiographs, video, and computer systems.       A teleconference is a telephone meeting among several business associates. Teleconferencing utilizes technology that is much more high tech than a simple phone conversation. A teleconference can be as simple as an with both ends of the conversation using a speaker phone to as complex as a video teleconference utilizing full motion video images.      While still expensive, the cost of teleconferencing has steadily reduced in step with the bandwidth required to perform the function.   In video conference,participants in one location can see participants,location,documents and presentationat other location. The latest version of videoconferencing called telepresence, enable participant to seamlessly share data, voice, pictures, grafics, and animation by electronic means.Conferees can also trasmit data along with voice and video, which allows them tom work on document together and to exchange computer files. Several companies offering high-end teleprence systems. For example, Hewlett-Packard’s halo System ( www.hp.com ), Cisco TelePresence 3000 ( www.cisco.com ) and Polycom’s HDX ( www.poly.com ) use massive high-definition screens up to eight feet wide to show people sitting around conference tables. Telepresence systems also have advance audio capabilities that lets everyone talk at once without cancelling out any voice. Can cost up to $400,000 for room with network management fees ranging up to $18.000 per month. Financial and consulting firms are quickly adopting telepresence systems. For example, the Blackstone Group ( www.blackstone.com ), a private equity firm, has 40 telepresence rooms around the world,and Deloitte & Touches is instaliing 12 telepresence rooms. Prepared by Saiful Suffian bin Abdul Hadi 2010173451