User talk:Nithyamehta

Audio Conferencing in India:

Conferencing facility of all kinds has emerged as a new means of communication in corporates. And especially in the recent years with the venture of new global conferencing service providers in the Indian Market has changed the whole scenario. Earlier, apart from the MNC's & TNC's other companies did not use conferencing facility at all, it could be due to various factors, to mention a few: 1. May be because of lack of awareness about the existence of such service providers in the Indian Market. 2. Lack of awareness about the manifold advantages the usage of the conferencing facilities have. 3. High cost factor as they were very few service providers in the market. 4. Hesitancy on the part of users as they were used to the conventional forms of communication, conferencing seemed like rocket science. Etc

Today the scenario has changed drastically, it is not just the MNC's & TNC's who are taking advantage of the conferencing facilities, even SME's and new startups have started to use conferencing facilities. This again can be mainly because of the emergence of new service providers in the market, the entry of new service providers has increased the competition, and the users are benefitted, there is money being spent by major companies like CISCO on advertising, which has led to awareness about the service and the advantages. Each service provider wants to capture the cream of the market as such pricing is very competitive and favourable for the users. Also the 'Go Green Factor' has contributed towards increase in conferencing facilities usage. Companies want to be socially responsible citizens and do everything possible to contribute to the environmental factor.

Conferencing facilities are of 3 kinds: 1. Audio Conferencing 2. Data/Web Conferencing 3. Video Conferencing

Out of the three Video Conferencing is the most advanced form of Conferencing, has its owns advantages and disadvantages. Advantages is very obvious, you can hear, see and talk to the person real time. Disadvantages will be it requires a set up on both ends, or all parties involved in the conference. The set up is very costly. Suppose it is an emergency and all parties concerned are not at the set up. eg: somebody is travelling, then he cannot join a video conference, there is no flexibility basically.

Web/data Conferencing is sharing of the data or your desktop to multiple parties, it needs to be complemented by audio conferencing. It is meant for certain purposes.

Audio Conferencing, the simplest of all the three and also the one with manifold advantages and minimal disadvantages. It is as simple as making a call and punching a few numbers to gain entry to the conference room. It doesnt require any kind of special equipments, a simple phone (either LAND connection or mobile connection) serves the purpose. Can be done from anywhere, and any number of participants can join. It can be done at a very short notice. It is very cost effective. The host of the conference has a lot of controlling options, which gives complete control of the situation. The only disadvantage that I can see is the participants cannot see each other.

Though there is an increase in the overall percentage of Conferencing Usage, Audio Conferencing takes the lion's share in it.

To Mention a few service provders who are prominent in the Indian Market:

Airtel , BSNL , ConferIndia , Chorus Call, DSNL, Eagle Conferencing, Tata & Webex

October 2008
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