by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Until now, Cisco has focused on high-end video conferencing, far too expensive for anything but the largest companies. With the October 1 announcement of a $3 billion acquisition of the leader in video conferencing (Tandberg), Cisco is showing that they will be tackling the enormous opportunity to serve [...]
By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Trender Research announced the winners of its Best of 2009 Trender Awards on February 27, 2009. Vidtel is pleased to have won three categories: * “Best Communications Product/Service” * “Send it! Best Hoped-For Upcoming Product/Service in 2009″ * “Best Convergence Product/Service” The Trender Awards honor gadgets and services [...]
Vidtel and WBS Connect announce strategic partnership to address growing video communications needs of small-to-medium-sized businesses. Vidtel’s service increases productivity and shrinks travel costs.
By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Remote patient care is a wonderful application of video phone technology. For the last three months, Northshore Medical Center in North Miami has had in place an innovative method for treating stroke victims: teleneurology. North Miami reportedly has one of the highest per capita instances of stroke in [...]
By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month…Our sons’ dream come true…a video phone watch! Too bad there is no service available on it in the US.
By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing We’re noticing a trend with our customers that is probably similar to the overall population. Not surprisingly, given the state of the economy, many are taking a long, hard look at their phone costs and weighing how much value their home phone service is offering. With most using [...]
by Scott Wharton, CEO For 13 years, I’ve been on the leading edge of VoIP technologies and launched the first Internet Phone service to the world in 1995. For the last several years, I’ve been interested in the potential for video over IP to deliver the promise of conveniently seeing loved ones far way. From [...]
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing The History For at least a century and probably millenia, people have imagined a technology for seeing and talking to others miles away. A video calling vision from 1910. The challenge, of course, has been matching reality to the dream. For decades, attempts at making video calling appealing [...]
By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Everything. Video phone calling services are no longer choppy, expensive and awkward. Consider the barriers from earlier video calling attempts: Quality, Cost, and Convenience. Quality Today, we don’t have to suffer from slow connection speeds. High-speed broadband connections (e.g., DSL and cable) are ubiquitous in many areas. Vidtel’s [...]