Teleconferencing And Its Importance In Conducting Global Business Operations
Teleconferencing is a term used to refer to communication among three or more persons
, located not necessarily in the same place, using an electronic medium. The participants can be geographically located in different parts of the world; however, using this new method of communication they can easily discuss matters. Thus, the basic purpose of conferencing through this new and advanced electronic medium is to bring people located at far off places in one virtual location.
There are three widely popular kinds of conferencing devices, which includes audio conferencing, also called as
voice conferencing , which is carried out using phone. The other conferencing types consist of video conferencing and conferencing through computer terminals. People who have their relatives located at far off places by availing voice and video conferencing services find it easy to connect with their family members located in different parts of the world. Similarly, organizations that have their business partners or branches located in different parts of the country or world maximize the use of conferencing services.
Teleconferencing services have made business operations over long distances very easy, as business executives no longer have to travel to different locations to attend meetings or discuss issues with clients. One can discuss the business matters with the clients through audio or video conferencing and can seal the deal without physically moving to different parts of the world.
Among a large number of advantages of conferencing services, the first that comes in the list is the cut in the communication and travel cost. The statistics show that the video and phone conferencing reduces business travel expenses by up to 30 per cent annually. That, depending on organization's size and presence globally, can account to billions of dollars. One other benefit of audio and video conferencing is that people who are physically handicapped and unable to attend meetings personally can attend important meetings, discussions, seminars etc. through these conferencing services.
As teleconferencing is of great advantage to business organizations, its popularity is increasing day by day, as a large number of small to large firms are availing conferencing services. Tapping to the huge demand for audio and video conferencing services, a large number of service provider in this area have come up, which are providing high-end communication services. Apart from providing personalized phone, audio and video services, these companies also provide certain desktop sharing tools that facilitates in sharing important documents. The transfer of documents are done through highly secured interface in encrypted form. Thus, the risk of any third party accessing the document is also minimized. Using these tools, one can also easily access the desktop of other participants even if they are not connected through LAN.
In sum, video and voice conferencing has proved to be highly convenient alternative to face-to-face meetings. It results in not only saving of precious time and money but have also made business decision making fast.
by: Mark voucher
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