As Mobile World Congress wraps up in Barcelona, we’d like to highlight one more feature from the conference where Vidyo (the company) demonstrated its high-definition mobile video capabilities using LTE, a fourth generation wireless network technology.
As Mobile World Congress wraps up in Barcelona, we’d like to highlight one more feature from the conference where Vidyo (the company) demonstrated its high-definition mobile video capabilities using LTE, a fourth generation wireless network technology.
The first demo using Vidyo technology was conducted by Alcatel-Lucent and Verizon Wireless, showing a live 4G multi-continent gaming and live videoconferencing demonstration between Barcelona and a moving 4G LTE-enabled vehicle in the United States. Alcatel-Lucent provided Vidyo high-quality video conferencing between a moving Audi A8 automobile wired for broadband with LTE connected to people at the LTE TDD/FDD International Summit.
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Intel demonstrated an example of interoperability using different access technologies with a multiparty HD Vidyo conference using WiMAX and LTE, connecting three Intel-based tablets located at different booths in the exhibit hall and a PC desktop participant at a remote location connected via the Internet.
And in a third demonstration, Vidyo showcased its multipoint video communication and collaboration platform by connecting desktop computers to both 3G and 4G mobile devices including an Apple iPad, Apple iPhone 4, Samsung Galaxy Tab and the new Google Nexus S. Vidyo expects these services to be broadly available in 2011.
Commenting on the technology, Tim Sweeney, director, 4G Applications Lab, Intel, said in a statement, “Vidyo’s technology in tandem with Intel’s processor platform makes it possible for our tablet and smartphone users to achieve high-quality multipoint video conferencing. Wireless connections are notoriously unstable, but Vidyo’s technology was developed to compensate for dropped packets of audio and video information on non-QoS networks and the results are exceptional.”
In other news a little closer to home, Verizon Wireless has now launched their Home Phone Connect service nationwide. The new wireless service (which we first reported in November) offers an alternative to landline phones in the home. The service includes a base station that connects to the Verizon Wireless network, then connects the call from the base station located inside the home to a conventional home phone handset.
