BT performed a groundbreaking demonstration highlighting inter-company TelePresence connectivity at the Cisco Expo 2008 in Berlin , Germany. The occasion was also used to announce that BT will have global business-to-business services available to customers by September 2008. The demonstration showcased a life-like TelePresence call between the headquarters of the Media-Saturn Group, a BT client, in Ingolstadt , Germany , and Wolfgang Lux, Managing Director Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH, who was located at the Cisco Expo presentation forum in the Estrel convention center, Berlin , Germany . 

The Media-Saturn Group has been a first mover to use BT Unified Communications Video (UCV), which is based on Cisco TelePresence.  In early 2007, Media-Saturn chose BT Germany to deploy and manage UCV, and has subsequently rolled it out to locations in 15 countries throughout Europe.  This demonstration reinforced BT's ability to deploy the Cisco TelePresence service in multiple theatres around the world and to support inter-enterprise B2B communication from a Cisco TelePresence room to a BT-provided TelePresence room. Wire One Communications, a market leader in video communications, was the first to commercially launch a managed concierge service for Cisco TelePresence and has successfully deployed services for 8 global customers with over 30 TelePresence systems in 7 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia.  Their fully-managed TelePresence solution, available today includes full video "concierge" capabilities.

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