ONLINE CONFERENCE CALL

The online conference call technology was introduced in the 1970s and it became digital in 1980s.  Online conference call is also called videoconference, video teleconference and audio teleconference. 

In an online conference call there is a utilization of a set of telecommunication lines allowing visuals and audio to transmit at the same time from different vantage points.  An online conference call is quite different from video phone conferencing.

There are numerous benefits of utilizing an online conference call such as it allows for an exchange of documents, music clips, pictures, presentations, slide shows and video before, during and even after each conference.

Another advantage of online conference call is that it has cheap operating cost.

There is a requirement of few things like camera, headset, microphone, modem, phone line access etc. before installing the online conference call.  There is also a requirement of software from internet service providers and online conference service provider.

Further, an online conference call can bring together more than 2 people.  In some special cases, it can even bring together the whole network of internet users into one conference.  Online conference call is basically of three type viz. audio conference call, video conference call, and web conference call.  Among these, web and video conference call have a facility to accommodate very large bulk of participants.  Nowadays some online conferencing call are utilized as “virtual classrooms” were educators from distant areas can approach their students residing different parts of the world.

Due to these advancements and inexpensive operating cost of online conference call technology, numerous entrepreneurs are finding themselves hosts to a bigger amount of prospective customers.