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Some of the popular e-mail service providers are Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. You simply need to
create an e-mail account with any of these service providers. If you already have an e-mail
account, you need to log in to your email account to send and receive emails.
The Inbox of Gmail account looks like this:
Video Conferencing
Video conference is a live virtual meeting held between two or more geographically separated
people. Each participant requires a video camera, a microphone, speakers and a high-speed
Internet connection to transmit audio and video data. As a participant speaks, members of
the meeting hear his voice on their speakers. Anything in front of his camera, such as his face,
appears in a window on each participant’s screen. Video conferencing is used in businesses
to conduct meetings or online classes for students located anywhere in the world, and in the
healthcare industry by doctors to interact with patients and colleagues. Examples of applications
that support video conferencing are Google Meet, Skype and Zoom.
Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that gives a calling facility over the Internet
instead of using a traditional phone line. It is basically used for voice communications.
Info Byte
The first VoIP service was developed in 1973 by Danny Cohen. He named this service
Network Voice Protocol (NVP).
VoIP is an Internet-based telephone service that is also used to transfer voice, fax, and multimedia
content. VoIP is available on smartphones, personal computers, laptops and other hardware
devices that can access the Internet.
The use of VoIP has many advantages like:
• Low cost of operations
• Less communication and infrastructure cost
• Can be used on various devices like personal computers, laptops, mobiles, etc.
• VoIP to VoIP calls are generally free.
• Clearer voice quality
• Supports multitasking
• Complete portability
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