Yorktel announces an increased EMEA presence with the opening of an office in France, the first in the country. Stéphane Guez [photo] will head the office as the new Territory Sales Manager for France.

In his new post, Stéphane is tasked with growing Yorktel’s (Yorktel France SAS) country revenue and building on an already established international presence.

Ron Gaboury, Yorktel CEO, notes “France represents the second largest videoconferencing market in Europe, behind only the United Kingdom. As such, strengthening our presence in France is key to our being able to capitalize on this market opportunity.” Read more...

Imago Group plc makes a distribution agreement with Tely Labs, the US-based pioneer of video conferencing and collaboration solutions. The new signing will complement Imago’s existing portfolio, providing entry-level products ideal for small meeting and break-out rooms and for those working remotely from home. The agreement covers the UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Holland and South Africa.

There are two core solutions in the Tely Labs range: the telyHD Pro and the tely HD Base Edition, both of which will be available through Imago.

The telyHD Pro has been certified as “Polycom-Ready” by Polycom, having satisfied extensive interoperability requirements. The telyHD Base Edition has been designed to deliver affordable point-to-point HD Skype video calling and it can be upgraded to telyHD Pro. (Prices for the Pro start at £429 and for the Base Edition at £179.) Read more...

Vidyo tells us Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading ICT provider, has launched a new cloud-based video communications and collaboration service based on the VidyoWorks platform.

The service, called Vidia, is for small and medium enterprises, but larger companies and consumer customers will also benefit from its features. Built on Vidyo’s platform, Vidia enables Swisscom business customers to participate in multi-party video calls and is able to deliver affordable, high-quality, multipoint HD video conferencing systems over smartphones, tablets and desktops.

“The VidyoWorks platform has raised the bar for cloud-based video conferencing, providing quality, scale and affordability, as well as the ease-of-use expected by today’s consumer.” Read more...

by Vishal Brown, VP Professional Services and Bin Guan, Chief Technology Officer, Yorktel

The video communications industry is on the verge of a major shakeup. Understanding WebRTC (real-time communication) is essential to understanding how this trend will affect your organization.

As the video conferencing space continues to evolve, there is a new term we’re hearing more and more about: WebRTC. Similar to what happens with other new technologies or platforms, the marketing hype surrounding the term makes it difficult to discern what it really is and what are the benefits it offers.

In this article, we’ll explore three things enterprise executives and IT decision makers need to know about WebRTC, including what it is, what’s keeping it from the mainstream, and what its impact could look like on the video communications space within the next couple of years. Read more...