BT Designated as First Global TANDBERG Total Service Certified Managed Service Provider

BT’s global managed services expertise will help drive efficiencies and enhance the TANDBERG telepresence experience

NEW YORK and OSLO, Norway.—TANDBERG and BT today announced that BT is the first global Certified Managed Services Provider for TANDBERG Total Service. With this designation, BT, the leading global provider of conferencing services, will offer a portfolio of comprehensive managed services that ensure high-quality and cost-effective TANDBERG telepresence and video conferencing user experiences.

To achieve this certification, BT had to meet technical, design, and implementation requirements. BT’s global presence, in-house expertise, and 24x7 helpdesk support allow the company to provide TANDBERG video users with an end-to-end suite of easy to use and reliable managed services and network solutions.

“We are very pleased that BT has met the stringent requirements to become a Certified Managed Service Provider for TANDBERG Total Service,” said Fredrik Halvorsen, TANDBERG CEO. “With BT’s One Source for TANDBERG, business leaders can rest assured that they will receive the best telepresence and video conferencing experience, allowing them to focus on the meeting and not the technology behind it.”

Telepresence and video conferencing enable a new way of working where employees, customers, and suppliers can meet face-to-face to collaborate and solve problems as if they were in the same room no matter where they are located. TANDBERG Total Service makes customized video communication solutions easy to implement, maintain, and monitor, allowing for scalable deployment across the enterprise.

“BT’s One Source for TANDBERG will leverage our managed services expertise to provide a variety of services focused on driving adoption, reducing costs, and enhancing the TANDBERG telepresence experience,” said Jeff Prestel, General Manager of BT Conferencing’s Video Business Unit. “Along with TANDBERG, we will provide customers with the ultimate telepresence experience, while enabling them to better focus their resources.”

TANDBERG’s comprehensive certification program for managed service providers requires the availability of fully managed or hosted global services from dedicated Video Network Operation Centers (VNOC). Certified suppliers, such as BT, must also provide concierge services, Web and telephone reservations, continuous helpdesk support, and proactive testing and monitoring before, during, and after meetings. Certification guarantees customers IP and ISDN gateway services, universal bridging, event recording and streaming, and ad hoc VNOC services.