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Video Conferencing
You use telephones and mobiles to talk to your friends and relatives. With the advancement
in technology, you can now see the person with whom you are talking. This technique of
watching the person while talking to them is called video conferencing. In video conferencing,
there can be two or more people at different locations simultaneously talking to each other
on both audio as well as video. For video conferencing, you should be connected to the
Internet. In addition, you need to have a webcam and a microphone connected to your
computer/laptop.
Video conferencing is very useful. Representatives of companies located at different places can
get in touch with each other face to face by using video conferencing. It has promoted e-learning
as knowledge of teachers and lecturers living in cities can be brought to remote areas. In the
Medical field, the surgeons can guide surgeries happening in different locations of the world
from their own hospital. Most of the online chat service providers give the facility of video
conferencing. There are software also available which allow you to do video conferencing. Some
popular software are Google Meet, TrueConf, Meetings.io, etc.
Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that gives a calling facility over the Internet.
This service is 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:
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cost
It can be used on various devices like The first VoIP service was developed in 1973 by
personal computers, laptops, mobiles, Danny Cohen. He named this service Network
etc. Voice Protocol (NVP). The commercial use of
VoIP to VoIP calls are generally free. VoIP started as late as 2004.
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