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Telepresence Options and TMCNet's Rolling WebRTC Conference &
Expo Coverage November 20, 2013 | David S. Maldow, Esq.
The WebRTC Conference & Expo III is underway. You need to stay informed on the latest developments in the
WebRTC world, so we are partnering with the crack editorial team at TMCnet to bring you the news you need to
know from this event.
UPDATE: Demo Winners!
Congratulations to all the winners. For complete coverage of the demo winners please see this excellent article
by Rachel Ramsey.
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Videxio CEO Talks to TPO About New WebRTC Support November 18, 2013 | David S. Maldow, Esq.
Here at Telepresence Options we are working to provide
continuing coverage of the potentially revolutionary WebRTC
protocol. When we learned that Videxio was adding WebRTC support
to their virtual meeting room solution, we reached out to CEO, Tom-
Erik Lia, to get the scoop. Click through to learn more about Videxio
and their WebRTC enabled visual collaboration platform.
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Ex-DARPA director Peter Lee takes the helm of Microsoft Research
with focus on telepresence Story and images by Robert Buderi / Xconomy
How do you help invigorate the Microsoft machine? Well, for Peter Lee,
the answer lies in the frontiers of computer science. Lee is the new
managing director of Microsoft Research, the company's global research
arm. His job is to help his parent company, not always quick on the
uptake with emerging technology, understand the latest advances in
computer science and better integrate them into both new and existing
products--in other words, to put some fresh life in Microsoft's innovation
step. Continue reading...
InForm: MIT tech makes it possible to 'be' two places at once Story and images by Tim Hornyak / CNET
It's still impossible to be in two places at once, unless you've got one of these
gadgets lying around. The InForm is a dynamic shape display from MIT's Tangible
Media Group. It turns 3D data into crude, physical representations in real time.
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Videoconferencing in K-12 Education: A Program that Works
Videoconferencing is being used around the world in primary education
to connect classrooms to each other and interesting places around the
world. Telepresence Options takes a look at a program that works in
Greenville, South Carolina along with some "News You Can Use": A list
of the top destinations for videoconferencing field trips.
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Sonus Enhances Video Support: Provides a Complete SBC Powered
UC Experience November 5, 2013 | David S. Maldow, Esq.
Sonus has announced the release of the latest version of their
SBC 5000 series of session border controllers. Session border
controllers have historically been known for handling general
media, interworking and network security issues, but I found
this release interesting because of its heavy new support for
video traffic. Overall, the release has over 100 updates,
including the increasingly essential advanced Lync support.
Once again, the ever increasing pervasiveness of video in the
workplace is having ripple effects beyond the traditional
telepresence paradigm. Today, even SBCs are all about the
video.
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New Telepresence Options Report: Quality Audio is Crucial for
Visual Collaboration November 4, 2013 | David S. Maldow, Esq.
Telepresence Options is announcing the
addition of a new Technology Brief to our
growing report library. The paper, sponsored
by Phoenix Audio Technologies, is titled
"Quality Audio is Crucial for Visual
Collaboration: A Quick Note for Users,
Vendors, and Integrators of Collaboration
Technology" and is available free at
the Telepresence Options Scribd Library.
Video-based collaboration is an exciting and
empowering business tool. But with all the
focus on video, some of us may be taking
audio for granted. Audio quality can have a
much greater impact on your meetings and
working sessions than you may realize. This
Technology Brief drills down into the
relationship between audio quality, worker
fatigue, and meeting effectiveness. Learn
what you need to know, to ensure you aren't
hurting your team's productivity.
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Vaddio's GroupSTATION Transforms Your Meeting Room into a
Smart Meeting Room October 31, 2013 | David S. Maldow, Esq.
Today's meeting rooms and shared workspaces force
us to make an unfortunate choice. We can use our
personal devices, or we can use the premium
meeting room collaboration tools in the room. If we
use our own devices, life is simple, there is no
learning curve, no complicated tools to learn. But
you are limited by the screen size and audio
capabilities of your device. The result is a smoothly
run presentation / meeting with limited impact.
This is where Vaddio steps in with its GroupSTATION
solution (which has gone GA today). We met with
Vaddio CEO, Rob Sheeley, to see this offering in action and get the details about Vaddio's plan to embrace the
BYOD revolution. Click through to see what we learned.
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It’s the Age of Attending Trade Shows Using Telepresence Robots!
Last week Suitable Technologies made history by making 50 of their Beam remote presence devices (which the
rest of the world knows as "telepresence robots") available for
rental at the RoboConference in Silicon Valley. Telepresence
Options publisher Howard Lichtman and editor David Maldow
attended using two different Beams to gauge the experience of
attending a conference using a "remote presence device". What
we discovered was fascinating and holds important implications for
the $100 Billion+ global trade show and conference industry. Get
the pros, cons, and logistics of attending your next conference or
trade show as a telepresence robot.
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UC Comparison Chart: Coming Soon With Your Help! October 21, 2013 | David S. Maldow, Esq.
Here at Telepresence Options, we have been overwhelmed with
positive feedback after releasing our Cloud VC Interop Services
Chart (above), and are ready to expand into other visual
collaboration arenas. While we plan to create charts covering a
number of topics (including mobile, desktop, streaming, and
others), the requests for a UC chart have been dominant.
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Avegant's prototype display projects images directly onto users' retinas
WebRTC: A Reality Check
Sharp Transforms a Luxury Workstation Into A New Telehealth Concept
PR2 Surrogate - A Telepresence Robot Interface for the PR2 Robot and Oculus Rift
Test Your Knowledge with the TPO Visual Collaboration Quiz
Infographic: WebRTC Reality Check
Solution Snapshot: The Real-Time Communications Conference and Expo - October
15th-17th - Chicago
Is WebRTC Ready Yet? See For Yourself With "talky"
Spin, The Most Functional Video Conferencing App We've Seen Yet
Telepresence Options Launches WebRTC News and Resource Page
Arrest Made in "Sextortion" Case Involving Hijacking WebCams Including Miss Teen
USA
The ISPR Interview: Telepresence Options Publisher Howard Lichtman on the State of
the Telepresence Conferencing Industry
TELEPRESENCE OPTIONS LAUNCHES 2014 ADVERTISING PROGRAM
Acano: Visual Collaboration with CONTEXT
Company Profile: AT&T
Company Profile: ACT Conferencing
TPO Catalog Adds 5 New Visual Collaboration Listings
Solution Snapshot: Polycom HDX
Solution Snapshot: ScienceLogic
Solution Snapshot: G2J MyEasyVision
New hologram technology created by nanoantennas on a
'metasurface'
Story and images by Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence
Researchers have created tiny holograms using a "metasurface"
capable of the ultra-efficient control of light, representing a potential
new technology for advanced sensors, high-resolution displays and
information processing.
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Printing computer displays and solar cells
Story and images by Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence
Printable curved computer displays, TV screens, signs,
clothing, fluorescent wallpaper, and flexible solar cells will
soon be possible using a new printing process for flexible,
organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, say German
scientists.
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Cisco's Tough Sell for Videoconferencing
Story and images by Ari Levy / Bloomberg Businessweek
John Chambers, the chief executive officer of Cisco Systems (CSCO), used to call
telepresence his favorite new technology. In 2006, the year Cisco unveiled
videoconferencing hardware priced as high as $300,000 per system, Chambers said
it would set records for how fast it became a $1 billion business. "This is the first
time in my career that I have seen this type of excitement and interest from CEOs
for a technology," he said a year later on an earnings call.
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A new Skype experience in the living room, with Xbox One
Story and images by Peter Bright / ars technica
Over the past few years, Skype has made forays into the living
room with a number of collaborations with third parties. These
used smart TVs or Blu-ray boxes, paired with cameras. Now
owned by Microsoft, Skype has a new way of chatting from the
comfort of your sofa, and this time it's a first party product: the
Xbox One.
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Unifying social media APIs for our video conferencing future
Story and images by A.E. Natarajan / Computer Weekly
Developer Network
Videoconferencing is increasingly becoming the
communication method of choice for organisations needing to
communicate with partners and customers.
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WebRTC Video Codec Unresolved
Story and images by Irwin Lazar / nojitter
The IETF RTCweb working group's failure to agree on a Mandatory to
Implement (MTI) video codec will constrain WebRTC's momentum.
Last week's RTCweb working group meeting at IETF 88 in Vancouver
failed to reach agreement on a Mandatory to Implement (MTI) video
codec for WebRTC. As Eric Krapf noted, the debate has been between
Google's royalty free codec (VP8) and H.264, use of which can require
royalty payment for use to MPEG-LA. Prior to the meeting, Cisco
attempted to break the logjam by releasing an H.264 module that
anyone could use, that it would turn into an open source project, and
announcing that it agreed to pay licensing fees for use.
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Why Online Learning is More Valuable Than Traditional College Story and images by International Society for Presence Research
Distance learning -- especially given the advances of high definition video
conferencing -- has long been touted as a way to augment conventional
educational techniques. Increasingly, though, it's worth considering
whether it might even be a valuable substitute for a traditional college
degree.
Consider the
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Video Conference Tools for Small Business
Story and images by Mike Gingerich / Business 2 Community
Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses can go High Tech!
One of the benefits of the fast changing and ever-evolving world of digital
technology is the advancements in tools and features available for small
businesses. For example, only a few years ago, video conferencing was a
tool only for the big corporations. It was expensive, required some robust
hardware and software, and was therefore out of the reach of most small
and medium sized businesses.
Now, however, affordable and even free video conferencing is available to
any business.
Here are three tools for hosting online video conference meetings
that any business can use.
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Blue Jeans CCO: "We're changing the video conferencing game" Story and images by Alysia Judge / ITProPortal
"Well, if you had video conferencing equipment, this
wouldn't have happened", quipped James Campanini, VP
/ GM EMEA of Blue Jeans, as I burst into our briefing a
full ten minutes late after a Google Maps error directed
me to the wrong hotel. "With a video meeting, it's just
one virtual meeting room in the online space. There's no
way that you can't find it."
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Zero Point: The first 3D 360 movie for virtual reality Story and images by International Society for Presence
Research
We're excited to announce that we are in development
with Zero Point, the first movie shot in 3D, 360 degree
video optimized for the Oculus Rift head mounted display.
In the film, we follow the pioneers of virtual reality; the
researchers and developers creating an entirely new
digital dimension. From combat training simulations at the
Department of Defense, to research labs at Stanford, to
indie game developers and hackers, this immersive video
experience will bring viewers into the future of virtual reality.
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11 of the Best Ways to Use Video Conferencing for Small Business Story and images by Chris Bechtel / Business 2 Business Community
Video conferencing is not just for the big guys anymore. With high-speed
internet, quality web cams and microphones, anyone can host a video
conference - even a small business!
So, if you're considering hosting a video conference for your small business,
here are some of the best ways to use video conferencing for your small
business.
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Real-time video conferencing brings psychiatry back to Aleutian Islands Story and images by Jim Paulin / Alaska Dispatch
Heavy emotional baggage can now be handled locally without an expensive
792-mile flight from Unalaska/Dutch Harbor to Anchorage.
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Beam Me To The Med Bay Scotty! New Telepresence Robots Help Doctors
Story and images by Katana Sohma / American Live Wire
Telepresence robots stand about 5 feet high and come
equipped with a monitor, camera, and microphone. This
equipment enables doctors to conduct remote
conferencing with their patients, and are being used
increasingly more in hospitals.
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Video conferencing in aged care achieves quick return Story and images by Kate Macdonald / PulseIT
Aged care provider Feros Care has seen a quick return on its
investment in a new video conferencing suite, estimating that its new
solution has paid for itself in 13 months mainly through a reduction
in travel and accommodation expenses for care staff
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Telepresence robots let medical specialists 'beam' into remote hospitals
Panasonic Launches ET-DLE030 Short Throw Lenses
Polymedia eases data sharing with Flipbox update
Ex-DARPA director Peter Lee takes the helm of Microsoft Research with focus on
telepresence
Gigabyte Reveals World's First Mainboard with Creative Sound Core3D Audio.
InForm: MIT technology makes it possible to 'be' two places at once
There's room for more than just Skype and Google in video conferencing
WSJ: The Best Way to Set Up Video Conferences
Telepresence Robots - Cool, But What's the Point?
Skype Aims for the Living Room on Xbox One
Startup pitch: ShareTrips drops collaboration tools into the hotel booking process
The cable guy delivering...telemedicine? Time Warner Cable tests virtual visits
UAB surgical team performs first surgery using VIPAAR and Google Glass
International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo is as spectacular as you'd imagine
Polycom and IBM bring reactive video visits to home health care
A Shoutout to Amazon Mayday: A Turning Point for Video-Enabled Customer Service
Nationwide launches telepresence system for remote mortgage applications
Evaluating The Beam Telepresence System
Technology Yields Real-Time 3D Teleconferencing
The Therapist Will Skype You Now
Google Announces Live Video Tutorials Called 'Helpouts'
Case study: How CERN scientists collaborate with Vidyo
WebRTC Video Conferencing, In What Browser? Take III
Videoconferencing brings art therapy into focus
Cisco DX650 desk phone runs Android with 7-inch touchscreen
Google sticks with VP8, opposes Cisco's push to make H.264 the default codec for
WebRTC
Mozilla will add H.264 to Firefox as Cisco makes eleventh-hour push for WebRTC's
future
Departing Skype Exec Gillett to Become Head of "Value Creation" at Silver Lake
Face Time: Video Conferencing Top Requirement, Says UK Conference Centre
Ergotron Introduces StyleView Telepresence Carts
Your Guide to Local Videoconferencing Trends and Etiquette
With a simple cloud solution, Blue Jeans takes on video conferencing giants
Polycom (PLCM) Announces Quarterly Results
Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools
Microsoft Readies Answer to Google Glass
Wake up and smell the virtual coffee: The OPHONE will take your breath away
Virtual doctors to treat virtual patients
Cisco drops Polycom as supplier, analyst says
BroadSoft Adds Cloud, BYOD Capabilities to Its UC Platform -
Lensless zoom hologram system paves the way for small, low-cost portable projectors
ScienceLogic Reports Record Sales Growth in Q3
Siemens Enterprise changes its name to Unify
What Tech Innovation Would You Like in the Classroom?
'Imaginary reality gaming': A new version of sports
Masergy Selected As 2013 Inc. Hire Power Award Winner Company Recognized by Inc. Magazine as a Top Job Creator
DALLAS - November 21, 2013 - Masergy Communications Inc., a
global leader in managed networking and cloud services, today
announced the company has been selected as a 2013 Inc. Hire Power Awards winner, recognized by Inc.
Magazine as one of the nation's top job creating private companies.
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Yorktel Publishes Whitepaper Examining WebRTC Santa Clara, CA (November 20, 2013) - Today from the WebRTC Conference
& EXPO, Yorktel (@yorktelcorp), the worldwide leader in cloud and video
managed services, announced that it has published a whitepaper examining
WebRTC.
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ETIAM's Real-time Video Conferencing Brings Needed Improvement to Patient Care
Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) November 22, 2013
The leading Massachusetts-based medical technology company, ETIAM, is at the
forefront of innovation with ETIAM-Connect, which adds the human element to
patient care. In their latest edition of the software, ETIAM has partnered with
Vidyo to allow videoconferencing in the telemedicine application.
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Telefónica and Telekom Austria Join OVCC San Ramon, Calif. (PRWEB) November 19, 2013
Open Visual Communications Consortium, the organization
that enables service providers to deliver a consistent visual
communications experience to enterprise customers across
networks and devices, announced today Telefónica Global
Solutions and Telekom Austria Group have joined the
organization.
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BYOD Video Conferencing Fully Supported by TrueConf on Android and iOS
Following the release of TrueConf Mobile 1.2, users of TrueConf video
conferencing products can always stay connected, regardless of geographic
location or operating system. With full support for Android and iOS, users can
now participate in TrueConf group video conferences using a wide range of
devices: desktops and laptops running on Windows or OS X, mobile devices on
iOS and Android, as well as browsers using WebRTC technology. The support
of scalable video coding (SVC) technology allows mobile video conference participants to receive high quality
video and audio even on slow connection channels.
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Matrox and 3M Collaborate to Deliver Interactive Multi-Touch, Multi-Display Solutions MONTREAL -- Nov. 20, 2013 -- Matrox® Graphics Inc. and 3M™
Touch Systems (subsidiary of the 3M Electronic Solutions Division)
announced that both companies have validated a new 3M touch driver
that will support multi-touch functionality across two, three or more 3M
Multi-touch Displays powered by a variety of Matrox multi-monitor
products.
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Watchitoo Launches Enhanced Version of StreamingPro to Power Scalable Live Online Video Broadcasts to a Global Audience
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - NOVEMBER 19, 2013 - Today from the
Streaming Media West conference, Watchitoo released the latest version
of StreamingPro, a cloud-based video collaboration platform that powers
some of the world's leading live events, webinars and broadcast
experiences. The enhanced StreamingPro offering is ideal for businesses
and brands seeking deep interaction with a global online audience in real-
time.
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Announcing Video Control Center 7.0 Enterprise Video Platform Video Control Center Version 7.0
makes enterprise video easier for
everyone and extends corporate
communication further than ever before.
The newest version of Qumu's industry leading platform solution for the enterprise is here. Updates include
user-friendly webcasting, improved mobile browsing and a brand new player interface. Video Control Center
enables businesses to manage, organize and securely distribute live and on-demand video anywhere, any time.
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AnyMeeting Continues to Lead WebRTC Innovation in Web Conferencing With Preview
of Browser-Based Screen Sharing
WebRTC: Miami Web Developer WebFL.US Adds Secure Live Video Communications to
Responsive Web Design
Allied Fiber Announces the Official Launch of its Nationwide System
New Programs and Incentives Help SoundConnect Partners Grow and Profit
Blue Jeans Network Launches Blue Jeans for Salesforce on Salesforce.com's
AppExchange, the World's Leading Business Apps Marketplace, at Dreamforce 2013
8x8 Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
AVI-SPL Achieves Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Advanced Certification
Worldwide
From PictureTel Users Group (PUG) to Polycom Users Group (PUG) to the Industry
Users Group, Today VCI-Group Supports All Collaboration Users
Suitable Technologies' Beam Awarded "Best of What's New" by Popular Science
Double Teleconferencing Robot Now Available via Online Apple Store
Blue Jeans Network Sets New Standard for Business Collaboration
New TC 6.3 Firmware From Cisco Embeds Native Support for VideoRoaming
Onepgr Unveils the "Fastest Way to Collaborate Online" by Bringing Together Audio-
and Video-Conferencing, SMS, Document Sharing, and Desktop Sharing.
SA Photonics Introduces the SA-30: the World's Highest Resolution Head Mounted
Display
Intercall and Tely Labs Partner to Bring Integrated Video Solutions to Asia Pacific
Region
OmniVision launches 1/4-inch 8-megapixel sensor with ViV support
8x8 Announces Launch of Common Stock Offering
Polycom Enables Delivery of Anytime Anywhere Healthcare with Launch of its High
Definition (HD) Video Enabled Polycom® RealPresence® Practitioner Cart® 8000 -
WhaTech
Unified Communications as-a-Service (UCaaS) Market Expected to Reach $7.62 Billion
& Grow at a CAGR of 24.8% by 2018
UCi2i Launch V-Control Application to Give Users the Ability to Self-concierge their
Video Conferencing Calls
BT's new conferencing programme builds on global relationship with Cisco
Telepresence Options is now on Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Xing, RSS, and YouTube
Photo Release -- HoverCam Awarded Key Digital Imaging Technology Patent
Masergy Introduces Enhanced Bandwidth Modification Capabilities
NineMSN Adopts Brightcove Video Cloud to Deliver Premium Video Experiences Across
the Web, Smartphones and Tablets
Colorado OIT Adds Support for Vidyo Platform to Renovo Video Scheduler
Lancope Appoints New VP of Channels, Dan Sibille
SIP Forum and BITKOM to Partner in the Ongoing Development of the SIPconnect SIP
Trunking Specification
X2O Media at CETW 2013
thePlatform Launches Cloud-based Virtual TV Framework for Service Providers
Video Guidance Receives 2013 Leaders in Health Care Award
VCI-Group Announces First Interoperability Conference, VC DireXions Summit, at IT
Expo
Clearone CONNECT CobraNet -- Now Shipping!
Intelliverse to introduce HD video conferencing solutions
Videxio's WebRTC Integration Expands the Market for Business Quality Video
ViewSonic Smart Displays Deliver Full HD Touch With NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 Processor
and Android™ Jelly Bean for Powerful Performance
Altia Systems Announces New Investment by Naya Ventures and Adds Industry
Veteran Dayakar Puskoor to Board of Directors
TWD & Associates, Inc. Partners With Vidyo to Provide Advanced Unified
Communications via Private Cloud Services
KBZ First to Offer iRobot Ava™ 500 Video Collaboration Robot with Cisco TelePresence
VCI-Group Creates Online Forum for "All Things Collaboration and Videoconferencing"
Ergotron Introduces StyleView® Telepresence Carts to Connect Doctors with Critical
Patient Information
Teambox Announces $5M Series A Funding Led by Avalon Ventures
Easymeeting Announces Major UK Strategic Partnership
VP Of Technology Position: San Diego, CA
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Chief Operations Officer: Louisville, KY
Title: Chief Operations Officer
Field: Hosted/Managed Services and Telephony/VOIP
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