OREANDA-NEWS. December 16, 2014. Networking video conferences become popular means of professional communication in Belarus. The segment of technological solutions for videoconferencing shows high rate of development.

Videoconferencing has become a technological trend in the world. Surely, the videoconferencing service is widely spread in our country and has become widely available way of the telecommunication service. Today Beltelecom has expanded its range of videoconferencing services provided and now it offers to its business customers the advanced technologies in this segment.

The number of video communications users is expanding in the Republic of Belarus. Recently only the representatives of business were interested in videoconferencing, as well as representatives of large companies and government bodies. Currently, the service has reached a new stage of development and has gained popularity among the scientific and educational communities, small and medium business. In recent years, specialists in different spheres of activity - education, medicine, law, etc. - actively use videoconferencing.

This way of online-communication saves time, gives new opportunities for work, increases productivity, and provides more comfort at work. For example, doctors are able to use videoconferencing during complex surgeries and carry out remote consultation, organize translation of scientific and medical symposia, arrange concilia with highly qualified foreign specialists. Lawyers jointly consider their customers’ appeals, and businessmen negotiate new international projects. Belarusian companies and public administration authorities actively use videoconferencing services for distance learning, presentations of new products, conducting remote consultations, staff coaching, coordination the operations with suppliers, organization of remote branches, holding operational meetings without business trip costs.

Today the systems of videoconferencing are used not only by top managers but also middle ranking managers. Some experts believe that the systems of videoconferencing will compete with the telephony in those companies and organizations which use video calls with remote employees, partners and customers on a regular basis.

Even 5 years ago it was necessary to invest from 500 thousand to 1 million dollars in telepresence room equipment. And in order to get high quality of pictures, it was necessary to order an allocated channel and to buy additional equipment. Now the situation has changed dramatically and new videoconferencing solutions have become much more available.

Very often the workers of different organizations begin to get acquainted with the technology of video communication with the help of free services. But business users very quickly realize how limited the possibility of such applications, that is why they are looking for professional video communication services. Depending on the needs of the customer, RUE Beltelecom offers a variety of options for this service. Experts note that consumer solutions will never replace corporate solutions. These categories exist in parallel. However, customers, who have appreciated the possibility of video communications on the user level, are more willing to implement the system of professional video.

Today Beltelecom offers a variety of videoconferencing technology solutions, adapting them to the specifics of each customer individually. Depending on the client's needs the quality meets the price differently; different variants of convenience and use as well as the connection speed are applied. It is a customer who chooses the quality of video - SD / HD / Full HD. In every regional center Beltelecom has created comfortable studios with the necessary equipment (in basic and advanced version) that can give an opportunity for many people to participate. If necessary, the company organizes a single onsite session at any place convenient to the customer (office, exhibition hall, etc.). To make such videoconferencing possible, Beltelecom can offer temporary use of the necessary equipment and technical support of events. One-time sessions are available on weekdays from 9.00 to 18.00. Those who often use videoconferencing can take out a subscription, which operates round the clock. In such case, customers can make their own planning sessions of the service through the web-portal.

However, if a customer fails to form a group of participants in his or her videoconferencing via web portal, the specialists of Beltelecom can help you in such case as well.

The videoconferencing service has been developed technologically and now during the session it is possible to transfer files directly to the other participants, to show "whiteboard" in order to demonstrate what exactly you are talking about, and even control the remote desktop, which will help you to demonstrate you work, without sending an email. In a video conference at the same time serious hardware terminals with multiple HD-cameras, computers with installed software of client videoconferencing, as well as mobile phones and tablets with android operating system and IOS can be used. Access to the videoconferencing system is available via the Internet from any place in the world. For those who worry about the confidentiality of negotiations, Beltelecom organizes secure channels to any location in the Republic of Belarus.