Recent survey conducted

A recent survey conducted by Ovum found that the increased uptake of video conferencing by Australian and New Zealand companies was a result of the improved quality of innovation behind it.

"This percentage is greater than in other developed regions and can be explained by the fact that sites of enterprises in ANZ are more likely to be located in remote areas that are not served by MPLS or Ethernet nodes that would support high-end video services."

The news is expected to boost sales for local telcos

The news is expected to boost sales for local telcos, with Castelli saying that investment by companies like Telstra into unified communications and video conferencing capabilities will pay off.

"... Combining HD video conferencing with network services in an integrated managed proposition with end-to-end SLAs will provide an additional strong differentiator against other types of providers."