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MVISION: Kelkoo Transforms International Collaboration with mvision Managed Video Conferencing
London, UK, May 04, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
mvision<http://www.mvision.co.uk/> today announced that leading shopping comparison website, Kelkoo<http://www.kelkoo.com> has transformed collaboration between its 10 international offices with a managed video conferencing service. Initiated by a desire to reduce business travel for its senior executives, Kelkoo has realised enhanced collaboration; overcoming language difficulties, improving clarity of communication and bringing international teams closer together.
Philippa Holister, is PA to the CEO at Kelkoo and was responsible for the video conferencing project. She explained, "Of course, our executives still have a need for business travel, but our CEO has cut down unnecessary time out of the office by a third which is extremely valuable. Our international Director too can now meet everyone he needs to face-to-face in a single day, and he does so every week," she added. "Video conferencing has also played an important role in bringing our people together. Not only can our monthly 'all hands' meeting now be seen by everyone, but on a practical level it has helped us overcome some of the accent challenges associated with conference calls. This was particularly useful as we rolled out a new centralised finance function recently."
Terry Dwyer, Managing Director at mvision added, "Kelkoo now has four TANDBERG<http://www.tandberg.com/> C20 systems; two in London, one in Paris and one in Grenoble. There is also an E20 desktop videophone in Hamburg that has proven so successful, that five more were quickly ordered for the other offices. All of this hardware has been supplied by us as part of a managed video conferencing service. So, Kelkoo hasn't had to make any up-front investment in the systems," he continued. "In addition to the video systems, mvision has also provided Kelkoo with a dedicated video network and access to supporting services, all for a fixed monthly cost."
mvision's video conferencing network and systems were installed during an office refurbishment in Kelkoo's London headquarters. Holister concluded, "I was really impressed by the whole team, they talked a lot of common sense and were reassuringly easy to work with. It was such a success from the moment it was installed that everyone wants it now. We're even looking into extending its use among our clients and partners."
For further information about mvision, or managed video conferencing and Telepresence, call +44(0)207 251 7000 or visit www.mvision.co.uk<http://www.mvision.co.uk>.
About Kelkoo
With over a decade of expertise, Kelkoo is a one-stop shopping service which helps customers to find, research and buy products in 10 countries across Europe. In the UK it's the country's favourite shopping comparison site (Hitwise, 09), with more than five million offers from 21 of the top 25 retailers (Comscore, 09). Kelkoo UK saves consumers an average of 15% off high street prices, with offers from more than 3,000 online retailers, across 300 product categories. In addition to shopping comparison, Kelkoo offers additional services such as Kelkoo Cashback<http://cashback.kelkoo.co.uk/>, Kelkoo Mobile<http://m.kelkoo.co.uk/> and Voucher Codes<http://www.kelkoo.co.uk/c-100137713-vouchers-coupons.html>. Across Europe the Company lists 44 million offers from more than 10,000 online merchants, and attracts over 10 million unique users per month. It was founded in 2000, following mergers with Zoomit, Dondecomprar and Shopgenie. Yahoo! completed its sale of Kelkoo in October 2008, to Jamplant, a UK private equity firm.
About mvision
An award-winning managed video service provider, mvision removes the last two great barriers to video conferencing adoption; expense and infrastructure. The Company's solutions include a dedicated vendor agnostic network. From the technology itself, right through to its costing structure, the managed service enables organisations that are new to the technology to take advantage of simple, capex-free world-class video conferencing. With a simple per-month subscription and absolutely no initial outlay on hardware, software or bandwidth, the mvision managed service enables faster and more substantial savings, without impacting on overall business efficiencies, results or existing IT infrastructure. Features and services include multi-point conferencing (bridging), ISDN gateway services, call recording, reporting, concierge service and video help desk facilities. mvision is one of just five TANDBERG global managed service providers, and supplies its Telepresence and video conferencing equipment. For further information, see www.mvision.co.uk<http://www.mvision.co.uk>, call 0800 197 0330 by phone, or 0870 770 8051 by video.
CONTACT: mvision
Tel +44 (0)800 197 0330
WWW: http://www.mvision.co.uk/
Natalie Sutton, WiseTiger
Tel: +44 (0)1252 739 739
Tel: +44 (0)7768 026 197
e-mail: natalie.sutton@wisetiger.co.uk
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