Conference calling news stories

Remote Working
Zoom unveils a load of new updates and features
Zoom has unveiled a raft of new updates and features to its platform, including enhanced slide control, advanced polling, and attendance status.

Conference calling
Barco and Jabra collaborate on one-click wireless conferencing solution
Audiovisual powerhouses Barco and Jabra have created a new one-click wireless conferencing solution for organisations.

Video conference
Dialpad brings its AI conference call technology to New Zealand
Conference call company Dialpad has announced plans to expand its New Zealand presence.

Remote Working
The ultimate remote working hardware and software kit
The Poly Studio P5 kit includes a quality webcam and a stereo headset, as well as cloud management software, Poly Lens, which provides robust tools to manage and track devices from anywhere.

Unified Communications
Avaya spruces up Spaces collaboration platform
The company has added AI-based background and noise filtering, integrated voice and video calling, and additional interoperability capabilities.

Audio
A look at the Poly Sync 20 vs the Jabra Speak 510
What separates Poly Sync 20 from the rest? For starters, the Poly Sync 20 wins on battery life by up to five hours and has more microphones.

Microsoft Teams
GoTo & Microsoft Teams: A winning collaboration
Every tool has a purpose, and with the latest integration users can now maximise productivity by choosing the right meeting solution for the task at hand.

Microsoft Teams
Poly announces new Trio device and new personal speaker
The Trio C60 smart conferencing device and the Calisto 5300 personal speaker are bot Teams-enabled out of the box.

Conference
Streamline and simplify your video meetings with Zoom DTEN D7
It's time to say goodbye to your video meeting woes with Zoom Rooms.

Unified Communications
Zoom expands platform to create a cohesive UC solution
Zoom has announced a raft of new features that will allow companies to use Zoom for all of their communications needs.

Unified Communications
BlueJeans Rooms audio quality gets Dolby boost
Rooms with Dolby Voice meeting room solution aims to combine the best in audio, video and UI.

Microsoft Teams
Polycom brings Microsoft Teams and Alexa to ‘conference smartphone’
Polycom has expanded its capabilities with Microsoft, AWS, Zoom and Bluejeans to the Trio, the ‘smartphone for the conference room’.

Artificial Intelligence
Cisco unveils world's first AI-powered voice assistant for the workplace
Cisco has unveiled the world’s first enterprise-ready voice assistant for meetings, powered entirely by artificial intelligence.

Unified Communications
Polycom introduces new products & updates a classic
25 years ago, Polycom introduced its flagship three-legged conference phone, changing the way the business world communicates.

West Unified Communications
How to keep employees present and productive in conference calls
Hybrid meetings often create a disconnect, with 57 percent of employees feeling like they’re forgotten about when dialing in remotely.

VoIP / SIP
The evolution of VOIP
Darren Younger, CTO, IPscape, describes how VoIP has gone from novelty to enterprise call centre solution.

VoIP / SIP
VOIP on the business scene
Proponents of VoIP talk up its potential to enhance the business environment. But can the technology really deliver on that promise and is it worth the investment? Kelvin Hussey, general manager of CallPlus shares his view of how VoIP can benefit you

VoIP / SIP
Answering the call
Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions have been around for years but the technology is finally becoming a mainstream option for New Zealand businesses. As Simon Hendery reports, the reason for VoIP’s increasing popularity is simple: prices have dropped.