Radvision rolls out mobile video conferencing app for Apple iPad, iPhone

Increasing demand for high-end mobile video conferencing, especially with users looking to bring their own devices into the mix has been prompting more companies to focus on the growing market.

Radvision debuts app for Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Telepresence specialist Radvision (Nasdaq: RVSN), in advance of Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone 5 rollout Tuesday, today announced its own app for iOS devices, SCOPIA Mobile V3. It is the first standards-based mobile video application, according to Radvision, to enable videoconferencing, data collaboration with review capabilities, conference call control, moderation and administration all through an intuitive user interface.

SCOPIA Mobile V3's click-to-participate capabilities allow users to join standards-based video conferences with full two-way video and see up to 28 participants simultaneously. SCOPIA Mobile can connect to telepresence systems, standards-based HD video conferencing systems and unified communications applications such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Lync.

The app currently is available for free through Apple's App Store, "and we'll do the same with Android," Radvision VP of enterprise marketing told Fierce. "We believe in the model that clients and desktops should be free, that way you can extend the conference to everybody. It's the same model as WebEx, the host pays and the people they invite come free."

The app allows users to view presentations, spreadsheets, documents and images shared in a conference with standards-based H.239 data collaboration. A neat twist is Radvision's data/collaboration slider feature which allows users to review previously shared materials without interrupting the presenter.

Mobile users can start or stop recording or streaming, lock a conference or end the meeting. They also can view a list of participants, mute background noises, stop cameras or simply disconnect unwanted participants. It also allows more standard features like the ability to change video layouts and view statistics such as codecs in use, resolution, network speed and loss for troubleshooting.

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