BT, Genband, Huawei, KPN and ZTE have joined the High Definition Video Conferencing (HDVC) Initiative. The Initiative is now supported by telecommunications operators (BT, Deutsche Telekom AG, KPN, France Telecom‐Orange, Telecom Italia and Telefonica) and infrastructure services vendors (Alcatel‐Lucent, Ericsson, Genband, Italtel, Polycom, Quanta Computer, Huawei and ZTE).
The HDVC Initiative has defined an open, interoperable and multi‐operator environment (based on existing 3GPP, IETF and GSMA specifications) that supports easy‐to-use services across networks and video equipment, regardless of the country of origin or destination of the call and overcoming the need for support of an operator’s service center.
This open environment aims to turn videoconferencing into a fully interoperable mass market service that enables each individual member to connect everything from mobile phones and tablets to large telepresence rooms into one globally supported network.
In the first half of this year, national and international commercial trials, targeted to enterprise customers, will be executed by Telefonica, BT, Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia with support by Ericsson, Italtel, GENBAND, Quanta and Polycom as network and endpoint vendors.
