U.S. Companies Turn to Conferencing to Connect with Latin America.CHICAGO -- As more U.S. companies target the Hispanic market and expand their operations into Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , they are choosing conferencing services to communicate with the satellite offices, customers and partners. Broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. is growing faster in Latin America than anywhere else in the world, up 87 percent last year according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Paul Budde Communication, making virtual meetings over the Web feasible. Chicago-based InterCall(R), one of the world's largest providers of conferencing services, is responding by offering a full range of audio, video and Web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. services with Spanish-language support. "Our Spanish & Portuguese language Portuguese language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). It is the mother tongue of about 170 million people, chiefly in Portugal and the Portuguese islands in the Atlantic (11 million options make it easier for businesses to use conferencing to communicate more effectively and more frequently, resulting in greater productivity," said Luis Ramirez
Luis Ramirez , director of Latin American marketing for InterCall. "Our customers are also using this product to conduct sales, train employees and collaborate on projects that require dispersed teams to come together at a moment's notice." Some of InterCall's audio, Web and video conferencing services are available with Spanish interfaces and backed by Spanish-speaking customer service. --The Reservationless-Plus(SM) audio conferencing service, which enables users to set up, host and record a meeting without the assistance of an operator, is now available in Spanish, Portuguese and English. --The company's Operator Assisted and Direct Event(SM) audio services, ideal for large or high-profile meetings, provide live Spanish-language customer support before, during and after the session. --MeetingCenter(TM), InterCall's global Web conferencing product powered by WebEx(TM), adds a live video feed supporting four simultaneous video cameras. InterCall's localized support includes bilingual Meeting Consultants that offer comprehensive account management and training on InterCall's Web, video and audio conferencing services. About InterCall InterCall, a subsidiary of West Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :WSTC WSTC White Sands Test Center WSTC Westinghouse Science and Technology Center WSTC Washington State Transportation Center WSTC Wrapped Space-Time Coding WSTC World Standard Teletext Codec ), is the largest service provider in the world specializing in conference communications. Founded in 1991, InterCall's services include audio, event, Web and video conferencing solutions. Along with a team of over 250 Meeting Consultants, InterCall employs more than 1500 operators, customer service representatives, call supervisors, accounting, marketing, IS and IT professionals. For more information, please visit www.intercall.com. |
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