1st Contract signed for teleconferencing

It is done!!!

Premiere Global will be providing the teleconferencing part of the DAD2007 solution this year.

With several global offices, contract with several Tier 1 telecomms suppliers and multiple bridge sites, we are confident that they will deliver what we require for the project.

Zoe and I are going to meet Farrukh Nasiri, Lyndsay Cook and one other on the 27th July in London.

If you have any questions re teleconferencing, then do not hesitate to contact me on 0845 174 6060.

What have I contracted for:

30,000 minutes of inbound calls on a Norwegian Freephone number 800 13458
10,000 minutes of inbound calls to UK/International DDI on +44 (0) 208 602 0835
5,000 minutes of inbound calls from the project team
3,000 minutes of dial out calls to performers
Recording of the event
Multiple operators for the project team and listener queries
Marketing materials
(free umbrella if I can get one!)

The inbound and outbound calls are linked via a 'bridge', hardware which allows multiple telephone lines from multiple locations to be connected together in one virtual room.

Subconferences are where the bridge is used to connect two or more people outside the main conference and then allows them to be transferred seamlessly into the main conference.

For example:
Prior to each performance, one of the project team and their operator go into a sub-conference. Looking at the schedule, the project team member asks the operator to dial out to the next performer. Once connected, the three of us have a chat about the performance, how it will be introduced, and the wrap up. When the current performer finishes in the main 'auditorium/concert' to which the listeners are connected, the operator transfers the performer into the main auditorium/concert, introductions are made and the performance begins.

From a concert/performance point of view, think of the main teleconference as the auditorum, and the sub-conference as the backstage dressing room where performer get ready. Audio streaming is the equivalent of a live radio broadcast.

Until next time