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XConnect looks to make video calling as ubiquitous as voice

June 20, 2011 — 8:44am ET | By Jim O'Neill

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Video calls from a laptop, PC tablet or mobile phone as easy as voice calls? That's what next-gen interconnection and ENUM-directory services player Xconnect says it's offering, promising to accelerate worldwide mass-market adoption of video calling and conferencing by service providers, enterprises and consumers.

The company just launched global Video Interconnection Exchange (VIE), which allows neutral federation for exchanging video calls across networks, operators, service providers, B2B exchanges and vendors.

VIE contends it will resolve interoperability and interconnection challenges by enabling secure, scalable and multi-protocol interworking between disparate video communities, exchanges, networks and devices.

VIE launches with five operators, based in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Members include telepresence providers, as well as fixed, mobile and Web 2.0 video service providers.

XConnect's secure and scalable Interconnect 2.0 services enable next-generation interconnection that supports end-to-end IP sessions. The company uses its advanced ENUM registry technology and provides interworking and transcoding to assure preservation of video sessions. VIE will reduce the cost and operational overhead of interconnecting video services across networks, vendors and platforms.

"Global demand for video calling is exploding," said XConnect CEO Eli Katz. "However, today, video services are confined to separate islands, limiting video calling to users within an operator, vendor or platform video community. "The lack of interconnection between video islands hinders mass adoption of video communications."

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