Telepresence No Longer Just for the Boardroom

SINGAPORE, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- "Telepresence" frequently conjures images of a select group of business-suited executives brought together around a table through high-quality visual communications. Today TANDBERG introduced the TANDBERG T3 Custom Edition, a customizable telepresence solution that shatters that image, bringing that same in-person experience to engineers, fashion designers, and educators who want to collaborate naturally with suppliers, buyers and students in a flexible workspace. This growing demand for high-quality video outside of the boardroom is a trend driving telepresence innovation.

"Earlier this year, Gartner predicted that by year-end 2012, increased utilization of video telepresence solutions would save organizations $3.5 billion annually in travel costs," said Scott Morrison, Gartner analyst. "As more and more companies seek to realize the benefits of visual collaboration technologies, the industry will need to find innovative ways to expand offerings to address evolving customer challenges and needs."

TANDBERG's new T3 Custom Edition, which maintains the superior TANDBERG experience with natural eye-to-eye communication, a consistent touch user interface and seamless interoperability, allows integrator partners to customize TANDBERG's award-winning T3 technology to meet specific customer needs, such as (see conceptual illustrations):

    -- Catwalks in the fashion industry
    -- Collaboration spaces for R&D teams
    -- Immersive education auditoriums for higher education
    -- Laboratory settings connecting global research teams

"The TANDBERG T3 Custom Edition is a direct response to the expanding market for telepresence, where customers are demanding the highest-quality visual collaboration beyond the boardroom in labs and classrooms and on manufacturing floors," said Odd Sverre Ostlie, Vice President Telepresence and Advanced Solutions, TANDBERG. "TANDBERG is implementing telepresence solutions into unique education settings, and we have been chosen for the industry's first virtual fitting room, which will revolutionize the fashion industry. This is just the beginning of a trend toward accessible high-quality visual communication that improves our lives in ways most people have not imagined possible."

"We have experienced strong demand from our customers for a subset of their telepresence systems to be customized to meet specific application and environmental criteria," said Charles Macli, EVP, IVCi LLC. "And for the last year our Customized Telepresence Solutions Practice has delivered the immersive, high-quality telepresence experience in different environments to enhance collaboration and make the most of the undisputed benefits of the technology. The TANDBERG's T3 Custom Edition will help us to deliver greater value to all types of customers who can now connect face-to-face with anyone anywhere. Telepresence is no longer just for the board room."

For more information about the TANDBERG T3 Custom Edition, please visit http://www.TANDBERG.com or contact info@TANDBERG.com. Stay up-to-date on the latest company news by connecting with TANDBERG on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/TANDBERG-Video-Conferencing/7321245862 )and Twitter ( http://twitter.com/TANDBERG_Video ).

About TANDBERG

TANDBERG is the leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video products and services with dual headquarters in New York and Norway. TANDBERG designs, develops and markets systems and software for video, voice and data. The company provides sales, support and value-added services in more than 90 countries worldwide. TANDBERG is publicly traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker TAA.OL. Please visit http://www.tandberg.com for more information.

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     Nilesh Pritam
     TANDBERG Asia Pacific
     Tel:   +65-9369-5477
     Email: Nilesh.pritam@tandberg.com

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