Video collaboration has not yet taken off around the globe, with the lack of bandwidth and interoperability holding back adoption, according to Damian Artt, Polycom’s president for the Americas region. However, this scenario is starting to change mostly because of LTE deployments.
“The issue with bandwidth is being solved by … LTE, and the interoperability issue is being solved by Polycom. Our solutions communicate with other solutions,” Artt said during a video interview.
Polycom is also using interoperability as a means to compete with its rivals, such as Cisco, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications.
Artt was named the Polycom’s president for the Americas region in January, and one of his first actions was to visit Brazil. He went to the country at the beginning of March, when he talked with RCR Wireless News. “I am very focused on the top 20 economic companies of the Americas,” he said.
During the interview, he also commented about how the bring-your-own-device trend will increase mobile video adoption; the importance of the whole ecosystem, including mobile cloud; and how carriers can embrace video to offer value-added services.
