The Rise of Video Conferencing

The rise of video conferencing 65% 1. 56% ..of CIOS believe desk phones will be redundant by 2017 £2.3bn .of global CFOS said that they would invest in video conferencing 3. in order to reduce their travel needs. predicted global business spend on live video conferencing by 2016 did you know... Và £667m Growth of worldwide demand for HD video conferencing systems in 2011 grew by 25% Global value of 'immersive' video conferencing market by 2016 5. With a growth rate of 19.49% 1.8bn hours did you know... ...of skype video calls made a year 6. The average attention span rockets to 35 minutes on a video conference call compared to only 23 minutes on a telephone call Video conferencing will replace conference calls and 70% become the traditional method of business communications. Number of SMES who'd rather video Agree or Disagree? conference than travel to meetings 75% agree POWWOW OETHERNOW Powwownow is the UK's leading free conference call service, with over 120,000 people and businesses using the service across 15 global locations including the UK, US and Europe. powwownow.co.uk References: 1. http://blog.eyenetwork.com/2012/08/video-conferencing-to-help-replace-office-phone 2. http://blog.eyenetwork.com/2012/09/more-than-half-of-cfos-cite-video-conferencing-as-primary-sustainability-driver 3. 4. http://connectivity.onestopclick.com/topic/159/459/the-video-conferencing-boom-top-trends-to-watch.html 5. http://www.vcinsight.com/122/OurAnnualSurveys/636/RichardLine%E2%80%99sanalysisoftheHDvideoconferencingmarketin2011 6. Internal Skype data Sep 10 - Oct 11 7. http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2011/02/why-your-teleconferences-are-absolutely-rubbish-its-all-about-video.html