Tata Communications to offer Cisco's Telepresence services

NEW DELHI: Tata Communications, a Tata group company, on Thursday said it would introduce telepresence exchange services for Cisco Telepresence.

The new service, Global Meeting Exchange (GME), will support meetings between any connected private and public Cisco TelePresence rooms, Tata Communications said in a statement.

The company is in discussion with a number of regional carriers to collaborate on extending the Global Meeting Exchange into geographically diverse markets, it added.

Tata Communications' telepresence services include managed private Cisco TelePresence rooms and public TelePresence rooms.

Tata's Global Meeting Exchange will have major telepresence service points of presence (PoPs) in Mumbai, New York and London along with minor PoPs across the globe, it added.

"The GME builds upon our current Managed telepresence private network and public room services...Our B2B cooperation with Cisco and partner carriers will bring a new level of value demanded by Cisco TelePresence users," Tata Communications Senior Vice-President Global Managed Services John Landau said.