List of video telecommunication services and product brands
This list of video telecommunication services and product brands is for groupings of notable video telecommunication services, brands of videophones, webcams and video conferencing hardware and systems, all related to videotelephony for two-way communications with live video and audio.
- The includes video telecommunication devices such as videophones, videoconferencing and telepresence systems, webcams and related products such as codecs and videoconferencing software clients;
- the is a listing of video telecommunication services such as Video Relay Services, telemedicine, Public Access Videoconferencing facilities, etc.
- the at the bottom of this page lists defunct brands and services for historical research purposes.
Hardware, software and related product brands
Videophone hardware brands for person-to-person (point-to-point) use
Stand-alone videophones are point-to-point units not employing Multipoint Control Units. Earlier models make video calls utilizing older analogue POTS telephone lines, while later models use newer, higher quality, ADSL, ISDN or cable broadband technologies. Some videophones also employ Internet calling capabilities which can dispense with the need for telephone service.- ACN: IRIS
- Avaya: Scopia videoconferencing systems
- AVer Information: HVC130
- D-Link: DVC series
- Ericsson-LG: LVP series PSTN, ISDN and IP videophones
- Huawei: TEx0 series, VP9000 series
- Leadtek: IP broadband videophone
- LifeSize: LifeSize Passport Connect, LifeSize Passport & LifeSize Express
- Polycom: VVX1500, VVX600 and VVX500 Business media phones
Videoconferencing and telepresence hardware systems meant for multiple participants
- Avaya: Scopia systems
- AVer Information: EVC, SVC
- Cisco Systems: Cisco TelePresence inc. Cisco SX, MX and Spark Room systems
- Highfive: Highfive & Dolby Voice
- Huawei: TP Telepresence series
- Ericsson-LG: LVP series PSTN, ISDN and IP videophones
- Facebook Portal
- Librestream: Onsight
- LifeSize: LifeSize Icon, Lifesize Team, Lifesize Express, LifeSize Room & LifeSize Conference
- Panasonic: VC500
- Polycom: RealPresence Immersive Studio, OTX, HDX, RealPresence Group series
- Polycom: VVX
- Sony: PCS systems
- TrueConf MCU and TrueConf Room
- Vidyo: VidyoRoom & VidyoDesktop
- Zoom: Zoom Rooms and Zoom Conference Room Connectors
Videoconferencing hardware systems meant for the deaf, hard-of-hearing, telemedical and other institutional services
- Librestream: Onsight
- Mirial s.u.r.l.: PSE Video Contact Center, comprehensive solution for remote audio and video contact services
- Polycom: Practitioner Cart, HDX Immersive Telemedicine Education systems
Videoconference bridging service providers
- ACT Conferencing:
- BT Conferencing:
- CoroWare Inc.: CoroCall HD Video Conferencing Service
Webcam hardware brands for use on personal computers
- Apple: iSight series/components
- Creative: Live! Cam series
- FaceVsion: TouchCam
- Hama CM Series, plus other various models
- Hercules: Dualpix
- Labtec: Labtec WebCam Series
- Lenovo: Webcam
- Logitech: QuickCam series
- Linksys by Cisco
- Microsoft: LifeCam Series
- Philips: SPC Webcam Series
- Samsung
- Sony: PlayStation EYE webcamera
- Trust: WB Series, plus various other models
Software clients
With video and VoIP
- BlackBerry: BBM Meetings
- Blue Jeans Network: cloud-based videoconferencing service
- Cisco: WebEx
- Cisco: Jabber XCP
- FaceTime
- Glance Networks
- Google Duo
- GoToMeeting: HD Faces
- Highfive
- InterCall
- Librestream: Onsight Expert Collaboration Software
- LifeSize: Desktop
- LoopUp
- Microsoft: NetMeeting
- Microsoft: Office Live Meeting
- Microsoft Teams
- Mirial s.u.r.l.: Mirial Softphone
- Nefsis: Nefsis Professional
- PGi: iMeet and GlobalMeet
- Polycom: RealPresence Desktop, RealPresence Mobile & CloudAXIS Suite
- Pristine: Mobile video collaboration and support
- Radvision: MTF, VTA & IMS Applications
- SightSpeed
- Scopia
- Stickam
- TeamTalk
- TeamViewer
- Thinking Phone Networks
- Tokbox
- TrueConf: for Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, iOS and WebRTC.
- Vidyo
- VSee
- vzRoom
- Zarafa WebApp
- Zoom: Zoom Cloud Meetings
With video, VoIP and instant messaging
- Adobe Connect
- Camfrog
- CU-SeeMe
- Discord
- Ekiga
- Google Hangouts
- iChat
- Jami
- Jitsi
- Pidgin
- MeBeam
- Microsoft: Windows Live Messenger
- Microsoft: Windows Live Video Messages
- Microsoft Teams
- ooVoo
- Paltalk
- SightSpeed
- Signal
- Skype
- Stickam
- Tinychat
- Tox
- TrueConf
- Wire
- Yahoo! Messenger
Browser based – does not require software downloads
- Discord
- Google Duo
- Google Hangouts
- Google Meet
- JioMeet
- Jitsi
- Livestorm: Livestorm Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- Skype
- UberConference
- Vidyo
Software clients for deaf and hard-of-hearing VRS/VRI facilities
- Mirial s.u.r.l.: Mirial Softphone
Server software
- GNU Gatekeeper
- Mirial s.u.r.l.: ClearSea
- TrueConf: TrueConf Server Free
Video telecommunication services
Video telecommunication services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- National Association for the Deaf: Video Relay Service
Medical organizations employing video telecommunications
- American Telemedicine Association
- Ontario Telemedicine Network
Public videoconferencing facilities
- FedEx Office: formerly FedEx Kinko's. Conference rooms with video conferencing.
- Marriott Hotels: conference rooms with video conferencing.
Defunct brands and services
Defunct videophone hardware brands
- Tandberg: E20 of Norway, acquired by Cisco in 2009
- , world's first commercialized videophone for individual and business use, developed by AT&T and Bell Labs
- Cisco Umi, a home consumer version of their enterprise offerings, briefly marketed in 2010-2011
Defunct videoconferencing system hardware brands
- HP: Halo Telepresence Solutions, acquired by Polycom in 2011
- IBM Person to Person, a software-only collaborative conferencing system interoperable between OS/2, Windows and AIX developed and marketed between 1991 and 1995.
- Tandberg: T3 Telepresence of Norway, acquired by Cisco in 2009
Defunct software brands
- Tandberg: Movi, acquired by Cisco in 2009
- AOL Instant Messenger
- ooVoo: ooVoo
Videotelephony descriptive names and terminology
Videophone calls, differ from videoconferencing in that they expect to serve individuals, not groups. However that distinction has become increasingly blurred with technology improvements such as increased bandwidth and sophisticated software clients that can allow for multiple parties on a call. In general everyday usage the term videoconferencing is now frequently used instead of videocall for point-to-point calls between two units. Both videophone calls and videoconferencing are also now commonly referred to as a video link.
Webcams are popular, relatively low cost devices which can provide live video and audio streams via personal computers, and can be used with many software clients for both video calls and videoconferencing.
A videoconference system is generally higher cost than a videophone and deploys greater capabilities. A videoconference allows two or more locations to communicate via live, simultaneous two-way video and audio transmissions. This is often accomplished by the use of a multipoint control unit or by a similar non-centralized multipoint capability embedded in each videoconferencing unit. Again, technology improvements have circumvented traditional definitions by allowing multiple party videoconferencing via web-based applications. A separate webpage article is devoted to videoconferencing.
A telepresence system is a high-end videoconferencing system and service usually employed by enterprise-level corporate offices. Telepresence conference rooms use state-of-the art room designs, video cameras, displays, sound-systems and processors, coupled with high-to-very-high capacity bandwidth transmissions.
Typical use of the various technologies described above include calling or conferencing on a one-on-one, one-to-many or many-to-many basis for personal, business, educational, deaf Video Relay Service and tele-medical, diagnostic and rehabilitative use or services. New services utilizing videocalling and videoconferencing, such as teachers and psychologists conducting online sessions, personal videocalls to inmates incarcerated in penitentiaries, and videoconferencing to resolve airline engineering issues at maintenance facilities, are being created or evolving on an ongoing basis.