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Verizon, Cisco and Wal-Mart work with SkyPort and USO to connect troops serving in Iraq

Published in Telecomworldwire on Friday, 09 May 2008 at 15:37 GMT
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Virtual family reunions are being provided for US troops serving in Iraq by Verizon Business (Verizon), a provider of integrated communications and information technology (IT) solutions and a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), along with SkyPort Global Communications Inc (SkyPort) and the USO (United Service Organizations), which provides services to US military personnel and their families.

Verizon said a lifelike video communications technology known as Cisco TelePresence is being used to enable troops to speak to family in the US, from now until 6 July 2008.

According to Cisco, its TelePresence solution demonstrates how users can communicate and collaborate in real-time as though meeting face-to-face.

The companies confirmed free connections are provided, using Verizons Private IP network and a SkyPort satellite uplink, available 24/7, linking two remote Iraq bases to two Wal-Mart stores in Camp Pendleton, California and Fort Drum, New York.

Ciscos TelePresence rooms are located at the Wal-Mart Store in Temecula, California and at the Wal-Mart Store in Evans Mills, New York, while SkyPort has installed satellite ground links at two bases in Iraq.



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