ACT Up And Running In Singapore.ACT Teleconferencing, Inc., a provider of audio, video, data and Internet conferencing See teleconferencing. products and services, recently opened a new service delivery center and sales office in Singapore. With the new office, ACT added a fourth Asia Pacific operation to its worldwide conferencing platform of 13 cities in 10 countries. The Singapore office will offer a complete range of conferencing services to its clients. ACT Chairman Gerald D. Van Eeckhout said, "we expect explosive growth in the teleconferencing and multimedia communications sector in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. over the next few years. With globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation , corporate travel cutbacks and the continuing growth within the Asian telecom market, we expect Singapore and the surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. region to be a strong market for us." Singapore is one of the largest ports in the world, serving as the center of all trade for Southeast Asia and as the regional headquarters for many global Fortune 500 companies. |
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