Two unrelated news items in today's spotlight: Verizon and BT have teamed to enable more locations globally for virtual face-to-face collaboration in more locations around the world, while Vonage has launched a new mobile app that can be used for voice calls and text messages.
Under a new agreement Verizon and BT customers can now communicate with each other via Cisco TelePresence, experiencing the same interface and service quality they currently do with the two partners' separate services today with similar scheduling, support, security and encryption. Customers will have access to a directory that lists which organizations are registered and where the sites are located. Customers will continue to rely on their respective service providers as a single point of contact for telepresence support, assistance and billing.
The When, Where and How of Cisco versus Microsoft for Unified Communications
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