Cogent to resell FaceMe videoconferencing
Unified communications and IT services provider Cogent will offer videoconferencing services from New Zealand startup FaceMe.
Unified communications and IT services provider Cogent will offer videoconferencing services from New Zealand startup FaceMe.
“We have been looking for great tech companies, that can complement our managed service portfolio."
Mercy Hospice Auckland, a New Zealand based provider of specialist community palliative care for people affected by life-limiting illness, has worked with Cogent to implement the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OpenTouch Suite for SMBs to deliver improved connectivity and provide the foundation for a mobile workforce.
Complaints by Netflix and Internet backbone providers about network traffic congestion point to a real problem, with congestion on some networks lasting 18 hours a day, but the problems are sporadic and often temporary, according to preliminary results from a traffic study.
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