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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 simply 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 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 we speak, members of the meeting hear our
voices on their speakers. Anything in front of the camera, such as the person’s 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.
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). The commercial use of VoIP started as late as 2004.
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.
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