Tuesday, June 21, 2011

XConnect Launches Video Interconnection Exchange

XConnect has launched a global "Video Interconnection Exchange" (VIE) said to be the world's first neutral federation for exchanging video calls across networks, operators, service providers, B2B exchanges and vendors.

Video calling is a service where network effects are key, meaning that unless it is easy to make a video call with just about anyone, there are big barriers to adoption. Today, video calling is fragmented among many communities, exchanges, networks and devices, and XConnect believes VIE will help.

VIE hopes to make video calling as easy as making a voice call, whether using a laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile phone, from anywhere in the world. VIE launches with five operators, based in the United States and EMEA. Members include telepresence providers, as well as fixed, mobile and Web 2.0 video service providers."

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