BizKomm Public TelePresence Public TelePresence

The companies BizKomm, Cisco also Tata Communications announced in August, 2012 start of the new project – Public TelePresence service in St. Petersburg. The room of telepresence located in business center "Benois" (Piskarevsky Avenue., 2, building 2) will be open in the Northern Capital in September, 2012. The Public TelePresence service means hourly lease of specially equipped room of video conference of Full HD creating effect of a personal meeting.

The service of Public TelePresence creates feeling of personal presence thanks to what the negotiators who are physically for thousands of kilometers from each other forget about distance and feel as though all gathered in the meeting room at one virtual table. It is the tool capable to change a usual method of negotiating that is especially relevant when business tries to expand the presence and, at the same time, to reduce operating costs.

In the meeting room expected six people the universal solution of telepresence of Cisco TelePresence System 1300 will be set. The location of the room is selected taking into account convenience to potential users of service: proximity to the downtown, transport availability and existence of the parking.

Providing a communication channel and control of all Russian rooms of Public TelePresence will be exercised by Tata Communications operator. It will connect the Russian rooms with the global network of rooms of telepresence – Global Meeting Exchange (GMX) – one of the widest networks of video conference existing today. This network has access to all private (private) rooms a teleprisutsvtiya, to clients of service providers with whom the relevant agreement and also to rooms of Public TelePresence which is nearly 50 on all 5 continents now is signed.

"We began to provide Public TelePresence service in Moscow half a year ago and since then were convinced that the service is demanded by many international companies having offices in other countries. In most such companies participation in negotiations with foreign colleagues from Public TelePresence studio is stated in corporate rules, – Mornev Roman, the technical director of the company of BizKomm and one of authors of the project notes. – Opening Public TelePresence room in St. Petersburg, we want to make available the best world experience of communications and for the domestic companies whose offices are located in both capitals of Russia. Flexible price policy will allow to expand significantly a range of the organizations which will be able to use service".