Tata Telecom launchs teleprecence facility

Bangalore, July 29 (UNI) Tata Communication today launched the world's first 'public telepresence facility' in major cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.

The new facility launched using CISCO's latest technology allows customers to communicate with each other across the country. It was today launched at Taj Hotels in Mumbai and the city and at the offices of CII in the city and Chennai.

Peter Quinlan, Director for Telepresence Managed Services at Tata Communications, said similar facilities would be launched in Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Boston and London by Septemebr this year and later in New York.

The telepresence facility would enable interaction between two people across the country or globe using telepresence life-like high definition conferencing facilities with superior audio and video.

The members subscribing to the facility would be charged Rs 20,000 per hour. This was expected to bring down global travel and time last in travelling, the official said talking to reporters in three cities using the technology.

Tata Communication would host and manage the network and the centralised infrastructure.

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