Teliris Teams With Level 3 To Enhance Global Conferencing Service.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2004 Level 3 Agreement Strengthens Teliris' Position as the Leading Provider of Interactive Telepresence Meaning "long distance presence," it refers to videoconferencing applications that feel like a live meeting. Notable features are larger screens that may approach a virtual reality environment and sensors that keep at least one window focused on whomever is speaking at the moment. Solutions Worldwide Teliris Ltd., the leading provider of Interactive Telepresence virtual meeting solutions to businesses around the world, announced it is enhancing its GlobleTable solutions portfolio through a new agreement to purchase MPLS-based data networking and other services from Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications NASDAQ: LVLT is a communications and information services company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, USA. , Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT LVLT Level 3 Communications, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ). Teliris' line of GlobalTable meeting solutions are a revolutionary upgrade vs. all other commercially available meeting and conferencing solutions, and effectively replace in-person meetings by creating a true "being there" work environment. The solutions deliver audio and video without any perceptible signal delay, providing DVD-quality pictures and sound, and also offer real-time collaboration tools. Under the terms of the new agreement, Teliris is using Level 3's (3)Flex service to expand GlobalTable's capabilities in both Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . (3)Flex is a high-performance data networking solution that delivers the same reliability and security as traditional ATM with the economics of IP services. The service allows the convergence of video, voice and data reliably and securely over the Level 3 network. "GlobalTable delivers a breakthrough virtual meeting experience in a way that no video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. or virtual meeting product has ever provided," said Marc Trachtenberg Dr. Marc Trachtenberg (b.1946) is a professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles. He received his Ph.D from the University of California Berkeley in 1974. , Teliris' co-founder and chief technology officer. "Through this new agreement, we will continue to provide broadcast-quality video and audio to our customers, and expand into new locations quickly and cost-effectively. We are pleased to be partnering with Level 3 and look forward to delivering even higher levels of service to our customers." "Teliris provides one of the premier conferencing solutions available on the market today, and we are firmly committed to meeting their needs for high-quality network performance," said Brady Rafuse, president of Level 3's operations in Europe. "With (3)Flex, we are able to support the demanding requirements of the GlobalTable offering while also delivering the cost efficiencies inherent to Level 3's MPLS-based network platform." Teliris has also purchased colocation from Level 3 in London to establish a new a Video Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (VNOC). Teliris will use the VNOC to manage and monitor conference scheduling, conference setup, reporting and diagnostics. The highly secure facility is protected by electronic access control systems, biometric palm-scanners, an intruder detection In information security, intruder detection is the art of detecting intruders behind attacks as unique persons. This techniques try to identify the person analyzing their computational behaviour. system and closed circuit TV monitoring. Level 3 is an international communications and information services See Information Systems. operating one of the largest Internet backbones in the world. The company offers a wide range of communications services over its 22,500-mile broadband fibre optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, and patented Softswitch managed modem and voice services About Teliris Established in February 2001, Teliris Ltd. is a spinoff of the network and directory services leader Mycroft Inc. Headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London, Teliris, using its GlobalTable meeting environment, simulates in-person meetings to an extent not achievable with traditional videoconferencing, while giving clients an extraordinary return on value. Among the many companies employing the GlobalTable solution are Lazard, the venture-capital firm 3i, Pearson plc, Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline. |
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