1 April 2008. The new Labour Government is looking to cut at least $15 million from the public service's $400 million annual air travel bill. A spokesman for Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said there was scope to reduce travel through government agencies making better use of technology. (Picture is of tulips in Canberra)

"Some departments already make use of videoconfe...   (read article)

7 February 2008. In South Africa, The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the (post-apartheid) constitution which came into full effect in 1997. It replaced the former Senate and is similar to other upper houses of the legislatures in other countries in that its purpose is to represent the specific viewpoints of indivi...   (read article)

20 November 2007. The Italian Ministry of Education has created a new project Assistance for the Rehabilitation, Orientation and Reintegration of juveniles in the justice system called @urora.

There are 20,000 youngsters currently in Italian juvenile penitentiary institutions (a form of prison) at locations throughout Italy. Project @urora will provide innovative ways f...   (read article)

Posted 11 June 2007. The European research project MYCAREVENT has chosen Interwise Connect® as its global conferencing and collaboration platform.

Interwise Connect provides voice, Web and video conferencing within a single application for unlimited audio conferences, Web meetings, virtual classes, Webcasts, broadcasts and on-demand recordings.

MYCAREVENT is a ...   (read article)

Posted 20 November 2006. ZTE Corporation of China won a contract in June 2004 is to provide a videoconferencing network across the whole of Saudi Arabia in a contract with JCCS (Jeraisy Computer and Communication Services), one of the country´s largest and most successful computer and communication companies.

The contract is tto supply ZTE´s advanced BAVO (Brings All Visions in One) vid...   (read article)

Posted 14 November 2006.  The State Information Center (SIC) was founded in 1986 by the authorization of State Council to provide high-quality, decision-making consultation services for the State Council and other macro-economic comprehensive administration departments. Specifically it has the task of coping with the challenge of IT and new technology.

The State In...   (read article)

5 September 2006. Rostelecom, Russia’s national long-distance telecommunications operator, provided its network to support a multipoint videoconference “Priority National Project for Education and Regional Development”, which was organised by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The Minister Andrei Fursenko took part in the videoconference from Vladivostok, a...   (read article)

 22 August 2006. The Guatemala Indigenous Project aims to reach out to indigenous populations in remote rural areas. The project's mission is to deliver virtual education to low-literacy indigenous people who would otherwise not have access to academic resources. Areas of emphasis will be literacy, agriculture, health and computer skills. Additionally, the project will enc...   (read article)

 
14 August 2006. For the first time in the history of Consumer Commissions in India, a video conference discussing computerisation and other issues was held on 18 July 2006. The video conferencing was  conducted by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs.

The two-hour conference was held in the respec...   (read article)

31 July 2006. The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has developed a series of industry-specific knowledge sharing and collaboration communities known as Knowledge Transfer Networks, incorporating Interwise Connect as its integrated conferencing platform. The Government has allocated £17 million per annum to establish and manage some 19 networks.

The Knowledge Tr...   (read article)

Posted 31 July 2006. The Swedish Customs Service is changing fast in a Europe whose internal borders are fading. As a result,Tullverket has cut more than 15 percent of its workforce while reducing the number of permanently manned customs posts from 41 to 29. It set up nationwide Centers of Excellence to consolidate import, export, crime-fighting and other operations into nine s...   (read article)

30 March 2006. Eurocopter is one of the main suppliers of civilian and military helicopters worldwide. It currently manufactures approximately 400 helicopters a year and has delivered thousands of helicopters to date. Eurocopter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS which includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus.  EADS is the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium, is...   (read article)

 8 February 2005.  Aethra® has been chosen to provide the video communication technology for “VideoChambers”, a new worldwide project involving more than 60 offices of the Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad (CCIE). Promoted and co-financed by Unioncamere and Assocamerestero (The Association of Chambers Abroad) , VideoChambers will allow branches in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Aust...   (read article)

2 August 2005. The Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF) have released their joint study, “Videoconferencing in Removal Proceedings: A Case Study of the Chicago Immigration Court.”

Attorney Gordon Waldron, a member of the study’s advisory board, noted, “Immigration attorneys are given a Hobson’s choice: they can either appe...   (read article)

18 July 2005. Although Korea has been divided into two States - South Korea and North Korea - for the last 60 years, there are still close family ties with part of the family living in the North and part in the South. (Picture is of the Military Demarcation Line, first established as the 38th parallel).

A plan for a family reunion center was made in September 2002 but implementation has...   (read article)

19 April 2005 posted 9 May 2005. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced plans to use videoconferencing with officials of the Government of Honduras to facilitate the deportation process to that country.

Minister Rene Becerra, High Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs for the Presidency of Honduras, joined the Department in announcing the use of video teleconferencin...   (read article)

18 April 2005. The Services SETA is one of the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) established by the South African Department of Labour in April 2000. The Services SETA was established to ensure that skill needs of the South African services sector are addressed. This objective is achieved through frequent collaboration between the SETA, its stakeholders and role-players.

3 August 2004. The British Council has deployed a video communications solution based on Polycom ViewStation video conferencing systems. The British Council was founded in 1934 to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries, and to increase appreciation of the UK’s creative ideas and achievements. It operates independently from the UK Government. It has ...   (read article)

4 August 2004. China is developing a world class IP communications network to support the world’s most populous nation. Polcom has in the last 12 months won new business at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, China Construction Bank, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China National Petroleum Corporation, the Industrial and Communications Bank of China, the Ministry of Information Industry and Pi...   (read article)

6 April 2004. First Virtual Communications, Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Federal Government contract to provide its award-winning Click to Meet(tm) rich media web communications to the U.S. Air Force. Through  this award, the Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency (AFPCA) will  have access to real-time voice, video and data collaboration services provided as a managed service. AFPCA...   (read article)

18 February , 2004 - The Royal Netherlands Army has deployed over 15 of First Virtual’s Click to Meet Conference Servers over the Royal Netherlands Army’s IP-based mobile network called TITAAN (Theatre Independent Tactical Army and Air Force Network). TITAAN is based on the Cisco AVVID architecture and can support data, video and voice over IP (VoIP).

Telindus, a leading European netwo...   (read article)

Posted 19 May 2004. The Department for International Development (DFID) of the British Government is responsible for managing the British programme of Assistance for International Development which has an annual expenditure of close to $3 billion. The central focus is a commitment to the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals targeted to be achieved by 2015 such as: the eradication...   (read article)

4 December 2002. Vastra Gotalandsregionen has deployed a video communications solution from Eterra, a Polycom partner, to provide improved communications within the vast area covered by the Regional Council and with the rest of Sweden. Västra Götalandsregionen is the biggest of the 21 Swedish regional Councils by the number of employees.

The Regional Councils are responsible for matters...   (read article)

The U.S.Navy will rollout the TANDBERG Director in its Guam classrooms to support its sophisticated rich media distance learning curriculum.  The TANDBERG kit was supplied through TANDBERG's partner Applied Global Technologies (AGT).

Each day, the Navy’s Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) command is responsible for training an average of 47,000 officers, enlisted pe...   (read article)

The European Space Agency chose Aethra Telecommunicazioni to supply the videoconferencing systems and MCU for its international video network.

The European Space Agency has always been at the forefront of videoconference use, appreciating videoconferencing as the best way to share information in an efficient and timely fashion between its various European sites including Moscow and Kour...   (read article)

VCON systems have been deployed throughout The Brazilian state of Paraná by the Electronic University of Paraná (UEP) which delivers distance learning to numerous educational institutions throughout Brazil.  A total of 32 group video conferencing systems have been shipped; there will be a total of 75 group systems throughout the State of Parana by 2002.  UEP has installed VCON's i...   (read article)