Carriers like KDDI can use Vidyo to deliver the conferencing service to their customers, even those on wireless networks using 3G, 4G or the forthcoming LTE (long-term evolution), Vidyo says.
SVC improves videoconference image quality by reducing latency and the packet loss that can cause images to break up on traditional networks. SVC adjusts the resolution and bit rate to the end device, making the image clear to all participants.
Vidyo calls itself the first company to bring SVC videoconferencing to market, and last month the company announced a partnership with Hewlett-Packard in which HP will begin selling videoconferencing systems using Vidyo's software.
At the same time, Polycom, a longtime leader in videoconferencing based on the MCU standard, announced on Nov. 17 that it would be adopting the SVC standard next year, doing so in a partnership with Microsoft to integrate the Polycom HDX series telepresence systems for videoconferencing into Microsoft's Lync Server 2010. Lync is the new name for Microsoft's Office Communications Server, which is part of its Unified Communications platform for communications and collaboration for businesses. Lync began shipping Dec. 1.
Vidyo's Hollander says that eventually other MCU vendors, such as Tandberg, now part of Cisco, will convert to the SVC standard. He also believes that, in addition to KDDI in Japan, carriers in the United States will soon begin offering videoconference services based on SVC. He adds, however, that enterprises can choose to run an on-premise SVC-based system themselves.
