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Sify kicks off video conferencing service

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI NOV. 29. Sify, the Internet service provider, has launched its video conferencing service at its iWay chain of cyber café's across the country. The video conferencing service will be branded as `iMeet'.

The service was inaugurated with a video conferencing between Arun Shourie, Union Minister for Information Technology, Communication and Disinvestment in New Delhi and Vivek Harinarain, IT Secretary of Tamil Nadu, in Chennai.

Addressing a press conference here today, R. Ramraj, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Sify, said it would be available widely at affordable prices. The service was enabled over Sify's Tier 1 backbone infrastructure and the broadband connectivity of the iWay chain.

The video-conferencing facility could be booked, once the calling parties decide to meet, at a convenient iWay each day. The video-conference could then be initiated at the appointed time for a face to face discussion.

Mr. Ramraj said at Rs. 5 a minute for both participants, this service was available at over 100 iWays across 24 cities and would be scaled up to 350 iWays in 40 cities in the near future.

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