Report: Cisco's $1,000 consumer-grade TelePresence to be launched at CES in January

Cisco's $1,000 telepresence system may be here sooner than we first thought. Businessweek is

reporting that Cisco is planning to roll out a cutdown version of its $350,000 TelePresence for the consumer market to be launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Cisco was first reported to be working on the consumer-grade version last year and it was thought that such a system wouldn't be launched for another 2 or 3 years.

Back in 2007, it was reported that the consumer TelePresence will use one screen - the consumer's own large HDTV - and will be designed so that anyone can install it with ease. In the beginning, it will run on a stand-alone device connected to the home broadband Internet connection but will probably be integrated into a set-top box and run a service delivered by the cable or telecommunications provider.

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Jim Duffy has been covering technology for over 28 years, 23 at Network World. He covers enterprise networking infrastructure, including routers and switches. He also writes The Cisco Connection blog and can be reached on Twitter @Jim_Duffy and at jduffy@nww.com.