Source: VCInsight | The Expo 2010 was held in Shanghai from May through October 2010. With its slogan “Norway. Powered by Nature”, it was natural for the Norwegian Pavilion to offer its sponsors a green alternative for meetings. From the Pavilion, sponsors enjoyed more than 2000 Telepresence meetings between Shanghai and the rest of the world.
The Telepresence-enabled Norway Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai was used by both the organising team and sponsors including Wilhelmsen, DNV, Statoil, Kongsberg Gruppen, Skaugen, Aker and Jotun. Sponsors introduced guests at Expo 2010 via Telepresence to executive management and expert personnel throughout the world. The Norway Pavilion team used the platform to stay in touch with their headquarters and offices throughout the world.
Norway Expo 2010 chose a Cisco TANDBERG’s Telepresence system combined with the global video conferencing network cloud powered by Media Network Services of Norway.
Espen Guterud, Pavilion Director at Norway Expo 2010, said: “The main reason for selecting MNS was its ability to combine the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network dedicated and optimized for video conferencing. Having experienced true High-Definition video conferencing from Shanghai to arbitrary destinations, I am truly impressed by the network quality and reliability of MNS’s cloud.”
The MNS network was deployed in four weeksand includedg a dedicated link from Shanghai to Hong Kong. About 2000 calls were made by video conferencing and Telepresence users around the world. Of the 226 million packets sent, only 231 thousand packets were lost ( 0.1%).
The MNS Video Conferencing Cloud consists of more than 50 Points of Presence (PoPs) around the world connected in an overlapping topology by multiple international carriers enabling clients’ video conferencing traffic to be distributed globally and routed to its destination.
The cloud is monitored by the MNS 24×7 Network Operation Center to ensure optimal routing, quality and availability. A business quality Internet connection is usually sufficient between the client’s network and the nearest PoP, while private leased lines are implemented where needed. The cloud features guaranteed Quality of Services (QoS) enabling the optimum video conferencing experience between anyone, anywhere.
MNS provides flexible and reliable network solutions serving the global video conferencing market. The solutions are tailored for a wide range of video conferencing equipment from standalone SIP-based desktop or home office units to complex corporate video conferencing infrastructure including Telepresence Suites, Video Communication Servers (VCS), and Multipoint Control Units (MCU) in a global deployment.
MNS has 8 Core PoPs in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Oslo, San Jose, Singapore, and Washington DC. And 48 Service PoPs with infrastructure to connect any network present at the location. More at: www.medianetworkservices.com
