Cisco certifies BT for Telepresence

NEW DELHI: BT today announced that it has achieved Cisco Certified TelePresence Connection certification. With Cisco TelePresence Connection certification, BT offers businesses further confidence that its network connection services provide the optimal communications experience required to support TelePresence and other collaborative applications.

The certification gives further assurance that BT’s network maintains its level of quality, conforms to industry and regulatory standards, and meets or exceeds enterprise requirements for operational excellence. “Cisco TelePresence provides an unprecedented ’in-person’ meeting experience that enables customers to improve business efficiency and gives them the potential to transform their businesses,” said Charles Stucki, vice president and general manager of the Cisco TelePresence Systems group. “In order to maintain an extremely high-quality experience while conducting Cisco TelePresence meetings, Cisco set up a tough accreditation process. We are pleased that BT has achieved this level of quality.”

The Cisco TelePresence solution creates live "face-to-face" meeting experiences using high-definition video and spatial audio over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It is specifically designed to replicate the immersive experience of real- life meetings, and adopts new unified communications services to help users collaborate more effectively, cut costs and boost productivity.