Friday, May 16, 2008

Save Your Business Some Money, Use Conference Call Services

By Jody Cafaro

Conference call services are the latest craze in the world of business. It is basically a form of communication that allows interaction between people who are separated by great distances.

There is some basic equipment needed to make a video conference call such as computer, web cam, microphone and speakers. There are more sophisticated systems on the market consisting of dedicated hardware that allows the user better flexibility and control when making video conference calls.

Conference call services are not a new concept and therefore, television sets are even considered a way of video conferencing. For example, two closed-circuit televisions could be connected using a cable allowing each user to hold a conference call with each other.

The video conferencing industry received the opportunity to revolutionize itself with the advent of new technologies such as ISDN. The marked improvements that have been made in the quality of video conferencing in the past ten years have been responsible, in part, for the ever increasing number of firms that are installing video conferencing equipment as part of their office upgrading.

Internet connections with frame rates of three frames per second is an additional improvement and is all that is required by most users. Video conferencing has eliminated the need for business travel resulting in huge savings by the corporations.

Many companies were spending thousands of dollars on international travel expenses when they needed to send their employees overseas. Now with video conferencing becoming more and more popular, it has offered an alternative to business travel. The need for employees to travel in order to fulfill the obligations of the Head Office is no longer an issue. Conference call services are more effective and a less expensive way than requiring employees to travel overseas.

Having an employee travel on company business is not only costly but is inconvenient for both parties. When an employee leaves on a business trip there is temporary loss of regular work and transportation and accommodation costs are just a few of the expenses incurred by an organization. Travel is no longer a requirement thanks to video conferencing call services and it has definitely saved a company a lot of time and money. Many companies realize that there's no need to be physically in front of an audience in order to perform a presentation.

When establishing a conference call facility in your office, you must contact your local telecommunications provider or another company that specializes in video conferencing systems.

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