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LifeSize¢â Brings High Definition Video Communications to Norway - Det Norske Radium Hospital Selects LifeSize Room¢â |
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New LifeSize Reseller Avikom Proving Strong Demand with Over 20 Video Systems Sold to Multiple Customers in Norway
LifeSize, the high definition video communications company, today announced that it has chosen Avikom as a channel partner to market, sell and support the LifeSize suite of products in Norway. Det Norske Radium, an Avikom customer and leading Norwegian hospital, will be the first healthcare institution in Norway to adopt high definition video communications. With more than 20 LifeSize Room systems already ordered from Avikom, several organizations in Norway are showing strong interest in the next generation of videoconferencing ? high definition video communications that provides crystal clear video clarity and high fidelity audio for a productive, true-to-life experience.
Avikom is one of the fastest growing resellers in the Norwegian video communications market, having achieved IP-based technology competence which has led to a strong client base among educational institutions, government agencies and oil companies. In a market that has been long dominated by low resolution videoconferencing technology, Avikom is aggressively seeking to capture more than 50 percent market share in Norway over the next two years through reselling LifeSize's high definition video and audio products.
"Partnering with LifeSize and representing their products in Norway was an opportunity we could not resist," said Hans Johan Tofteng, marketing director at Avikom. "Even with limited promotion of the products up to now, the word-of-mouth and interest in LifeSize's high definition video communications solutions have been tremendous. We are excited to provide customers such a huge advancement in technology that brings them unparalleled quality at a lower cost over anything else out there."
Radium Hospital selected LifeSize Room for a new training facility so that staff and faculty participating in the research and treatment of cancer can effectively exchange critical information. Located throughout Norway, doctors and researchers affiliated with Radium will utilize LifeSize Room on a regular basis to dialogue about their latest findings, observations and procedures. With better quality video at any bandwidth, LifeSize Room delivers high definition resolution at 1Mbps, DVD quality at 512kbps and Cable TV quality at 384kbps.
According to Radium Hospital representatives, "As a special competence center for cancer treatment, which involves conducting ongoing training and second opinions for doctors nationwide, it was paramount that we find the very best video communications solution available to us. During the process of determining the optimal integrated training facility, Avikom introduced us to the LifeSize high definition product suite and we were sold immediately. We were absolutely convinced that the exceptional quality LifeSize Room delivers was something we needed to have."
Industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan acknowledged LifeSize for its industry-altering technology by presenting LifeSize with the 2006 Videoconferencing Enabling Technology of the Year Award. According to Frost & Sullivan, LifeSize has created a portfolio of products that address the customers' pain points and can revolutionize the video communications industry.
"LifeSize customers like Radium Hospital and resellers like Avikom validate the strong need for a next generation video communications technology like that which LifeSize spent over two years developing and refining," said Craig Malloy, CEO of LifeSize. "We have dedicated our efforts to perfecting high definition video and audio products in order to deliver the very best quality and performance, so we are especially pleased to already have so many people around the world embracing this advancement."
On December 6, 2005, LifeSize will be hosting a free live Webinar entitled "What You Need to Know About High Definition Video." For more information and to register for this event, go to www.lifesize.com/hdreg/.
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About Avikom
Avikom (www.avikom.no) is one of the leading providers of videoconferencing systems in Norway and the founder of Meeting.no¢â, which offers Web TV and video-, telephone- and Web meetings. As a videoconferencing pioneer and LifeSize reseller, Avikom aims to be the video communications provider of choice for companies in Europe.
About LifeSize
LifeSize is the high definition video communications company. Founded in 2003 by industry veterans, LifeSize is changing the way people around the world are conducting business with a fully encompassing product offering that combines exceptional quality, user simplicity and administrator manageability to make video communications a productive, true-to-life experience. LifeSize is privately-held and headquartered in Austin, TX with international subsidiaries in the U.K. and Hong Kong.
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