OREANDA-NEWS. On 10 August 2009 Comstar – United Telesystems (JSC Comstar-UTS, LSE: CMST), the leading supplier of integrated telecommunication services in Russia and the CIS, announced the singing of a cooperation agreement with OJSC Intellect Telecom, an enterprise of JSFC Sistema dealing with R&D and innovations in telecommunications. The aim is to pool the efforts of both companies and focus them on provision of quality video-teleconference services (VTC).

By virtue of this Agreement, JSC Comstar-UTS along with its partner OJSC Intellect Telecom is going to offer comprehensive VTC setup services, including channels provision, engineering, supply and installation of equipment, technical support, staff training and other deliverables to fit specific customer needs. A synergy of telecom operator and system integrator is due to generate unique VTC solutions, the best choice to customers in terms of connection and usage, and improved quality.

The VTC services are today in demand in most various activity areas such as telemedicine, distant learning, recruiting etc. Across industries, manufacturing plants, transport etc. the VTC sets are used in special situation centers performing information gathering, monitoring, processing and management. The VTC sessions are widely arranged in the boardrooms to hold meetings with people away in remote geographical places, thus saving a lot of travel expenses.

”We are confident that joint projects with our partners within JSFC Sistema in development of modern telecom services, including so comprehensive ones as VTC, will help increase the grade of service and provide clients with integrated solutions enabling them to successfully run theirs businesses by top professional standards, - commented Alexander Kirillov, Vice-President for Technologies of JSC Comstar-UTS. – Today our  corporate client are offered a full spectrum of solutions enabling them significantly optimize operations and downsize costs, which is especially relevant in the present economic landscape. Videoconferencing is a major component in this “portfolio”.

"Experience worldwide shows, that VTC solutions allow saving on business travel expenses as a much as 50% starting from the second year of use, and nearly 38% within a 5-years period. The urgency and relevance of such solutions is quite evident in times of cost containment", - commented Nikolay Lihachev, Director of the Testing Center at OJSC Intellect Telecom.