Communication vendor, Huawei, releases three new Telepresence 2.0 models for the Australian market

The Federal Government has lauded its Telstra and Cisco HD TelePresence solution which was deployed 18 months ago.

According to Gartner research vice-president, Geoff Johnson, the three verticals most set to benefit from the NBN are health, education and utilities.

In a famous exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, AT&T Bell Labs demonstrated the Picturephone Mod 1, a small, oval device with a camera and a screen that allowed two people to see each other while they talked over the telephone network. Six years later, the device was still in trials.