Emerging
Markets
Communications
(EMC)
Announces
Breakthrough
in
HD
Videoconferencing
over
Satellite
with
Industry's
First
On
Demand,
'Pay
as
You
Go'
Service
Oct
11,
2011
Emerging
Markets
Communications
announced
the
general
availability
of
its
affordable
new
high
quality
HD
Connect
On
Demand
satellite
technology,
which
offers
significant
breakthroughs
for
the
telepresence,
videoconferencing
and
visual
collaboration
industry.
The
first
high
definition
(HD)
videoconferencing
over
satellite
service
available
in
an
affordable,
on
demand,
'pay
as
you
go'
manner,
HD
Connect
is
available
now
for
deployment
to
Africa,
the
Middle
East
and
Central
Asia
--
and
soon
to
China
as
well
as
Central
and
South
America.
HD
Connect
allows
governments,
multinational
corporations
and
non-governmental
organizations
(NGOs)
in
hard
to
reach
areas
of
the
world
to
use
HD
videoconferencing,
telepresence
and
visual
collaboration
anywhere,
anytime
(on
land,
sea
or
in
the
air),
at a
fraction
of
the
price
of a
typical
dedicated
satellite
data
circuit.
HD
Connect
also
delivers
unprecedented
quality,
with
low
jitter,
low
packet
loss
and
predictable
and
steady
latency
for
excellent,
unparalleled
videoconferencing
experiences.
Driving
HD
Connect
is
the
industry's
first
single
carrier
per
channel
(SCPC)
-- a
non-shared,
on/off
model
specifically
designed
for
videoconferencing.
With
several
patents
pending
around
the
methodology
and
the
technology,
EMC
is
the
only
company
offering
the
service
today.
"Until
now,
HD
videoconferencing
in
the
most
remote
regions
of
the
world
has
been
costly,
unreliable
and
of
poor
quality,"
said
Thomas
Luketich,
VP
of
Videoconferencing
and
Application
Services
for
EMC.
"Our
easy
to
use
HD
Connect
service
enables
organizations
around
the
globe
to
conduct
affordable,
on
demand,
lifelike
face-to-face
communications
and
collaboration
with
colleagues,
partners,
suppliers
and
customers
in
regions
that
have
traditionally
been
hard-to-reach."
"Historically,
the
use
of
satellite
connections
to
host
videoconferencing
sessions
has
involved
significant
cost,
performance
and
availability
compromises,"
said
Ira
M.
Weinstein,
Senior
Analyst
and
Partner
at
Wainhouse
Research.
"With
its
ad-hoc
availability,
consistent
quality
of
service
and
usage-based
pricing
model,
EMC's
HD
Connect
has
changed
the
rules
of
satellite-based
videoconferencing."
In
related,
news,
EMC
also
announced
that
it
will
be
interconnecting
with
Masergy,
a
global
provider
of
secure,
virtualized
network
services.
Masergy's
IP/MPLS
network,
the
most
mature
global
IP/MPLS
network
in
the
industry,
was
purpose-built
to
support
real-time
applications
like
Telepresence
and
HD
videoconferencing.
"EMC's
new
HD
Connect
service
will
provide
clients
with
locations
in
Africa,
the
Middle
East
and
Central
Asia
with
a
compelling
alternative
solution
for
video
applications
in
these
fast-growing
regions,"
said
Chris
Carr,
Director
of
Video
Markets
for
Masergy.
"We
are
excited
to
be
partnering
with
EMC
as
these
regions
are
extremely
important
for
our
customers
and
partners."
