Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Cisco CEO sees videoconferencing on planes within 18 months

Yeah, but why do you need to be on a plane, if you’re doing videoconferencing all of the time?…

"I want to be on a plane and have TelePresence in front of me," quipped Thomas Bittman, one of the Gartner analysts who interviewed Chambers onstage here.

"Well, the answer is, you are probably going to," said Chambers, who predicted that the arrival of Wi-Fi services and other types of Internet connections on planes will enable travelers to hook up devices to the Web — potentially moving in-flight Internet access well beyond mere entertainment options. Chambers said he sees such capabilities becoming available within 18 months or so.

Cisco CEO sees videoconferencing on planes within 18 months

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