Orange Business Services and Verizon Enterprise Solutions have signed an interprovider connectivity agreement enabling Verizon Immersive Video Exchange customers and Orange Telepresence Community customers to collaborate via video meetings with a greater pool of participating customers, partners and suppliers worldwide, using Cisco TelePresence endpoints.
Andrew McFadzen, Head, International Network Solutions, Orange Business Services said, “Orange is committed to implementing interexchange services to make it easier for our customers to communicate via telepresence, regardless of network or exchange. This agreement expands the telepresence ecosystem for customers of both providers, generating an even more compelling return on investment for telepresence customers. Our objective is to make telepresence as border-free as a phone call. We will continue to work with companies like Verizon to provide our customers access to as many options as possible and enabling them to take full advantage of the business benefits of real-time, virtual meetings through telepresence.”
Mike Palmer, VP, Product Strategy, Verizon Enterprise Solutions said, “The consumerization of IT is helping to drive a new expectations and greater demand for video in the workplace. Our agreement with Orange takes another step toward making video communications as available and simple to use as voice, while increasing a company’s return on its telepresence investment. Now video meetings can drive greater productivity and value across the four walls of one particular business or one particular network.”
