Cisco has established Ireland's first TelePresence service over a licensed wireless network, serving one of its senior vice presidents based in Furbo, Co Galway.

Cisco TelePresence technology delivers an extremely compelling and immersive video conferencing and collaboration experience, allowing companies to hold virtual meetings, saving dramatically on travel time and cost while not losing the effectiveness of face-to-face business engagement. This technology, coupled with the AirSpeed Telecom service, allows Cisco's senior vice president to operate from a home environment when required on a 24 x 7 basis, to collaborate with his teams in the US, Ireland, India and China. Cisco also has a major R&D centre in Galway.

Establishment of the Cisco TelePresence service follows AirSpeed Telecom's rollout of high-bandwidth services to regions in the West and Northwest, supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta. "Of course there remains a bandwidth deficit in many rural parts of Ireland, but our network expansion is helping to turn this around so that efficiency-enhancing services like Cisco TelePresence are usable by businesses in lesser served regions," said Brendan Martin, Sales Director for AirSpeed Telecom.