The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. once again heralds in the newest innovation in visual conferencing as it makes available to the Philippine enterprise market the latest technology that will allow corporations and enterprises to enhance productivity while remaining cost-efficient in today’s trying times.
Called PLDT Telepresence, this solution enables high-definition video and audio communication and immersive room solution for a face to face, in-person conferencing experience, and enables enhanced business productivity, quick-to-market opportunities, with rapid decision-making and reduced travel costs.
This innovation is a result of a partnership with Cisco and Tata Communications.
PLDT Senior Vice President and Customer Sales and Marketing Group Head Eric R. Alberto knows the value of innovating in a manner that differentiates.
“PLDT Telepresence is a breakthrough in conferencing solutions that will certainly change the way businesses collaborate across regions and continents,” said Alberto. “Telepresence users globally find their systems highly utilized. Only Telepresence comes close to the face to face experience so crucial in business meetings, providing a real alternative whereas typical conferencing solutions have been found lacking.”
With PLDT Telepresence, meeting participants are assured of the highest quality audio and video, generating clear, life-size images in fluid realistic motion and high definition spatial audio. Strategically placed hardware, fixtures and lighting renders continuity for a truly immersive two-way communication experience. It provides companies a tool for facilitating regular yet cost-effective collaboration and relationship building, and drives productivity.
Being the first and only service provider to make Telepresence available to the Philippine market, PLDT offers the PLDT Telepresence solution in two forms – Public Studio Telepresence and Private Managed Telepresence.
The first proffers companies with an option to use the service on a pay-per-use basis as it will be readily available to customers upon reservation. PLDT Public Studio Telepresence room is a joint endeavor with global giant, Tata Communications, which will link the Telepresence room in PLDT Makati to its expanding network of public Telepresence rooms, providing global network reach.
“We are glad to partner with Tata Communications. Such synergy of two valued companies – the leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines, PLDT, and the first global service provider actively pursuing world-wide deployment of public Telepresence rooms, Tata – is essential in opening the first public TelePresence room in Asia Pacific,” shares Alberto.
On the other hand, PLDT Private Managed Telepresence offering consists of fully-managed customer premise-based Telepresence equipment. This brings the cost-saving innovation to the level of the enterprise, allowing companies with greater volume of collaboration to benefit from dedicated Telepresence systems – whether for their intra- or inter-company collaboration needs.
PLDT First Vice President and Corporate Business Group Head Nerissa S. Ramos relates that part of the PLDT Telepresence promise is the forging of key partnerships, complementing PLDT’s already advanced backbone of network infrastructure.
“At the core of PLDT Telepresence is a strategic partnership with Cisco Philippines,” said Ramos. “We will be partnering with Cisco in delivering Private Managed Telepresence services to our corporate clientele.”
“We envision Telepresence as a very powerful tool that facilitates streamlining of productivity, while saving both money and time of executives. This is made possible through the synergistic efforts with leading international companies – Cisco and Tata Communications – and PLDT’s unmatched network capabilities,” added Ramos.
