Audio and video communications product manufacturer LifeSize recently introduced a new VoIP-enabled phone to the audio-conferencing market that the company claims provides twice the quality and fidelity of standard conference-room phones. The LifeSize Phone "The phone can actually pick up and transmit an audible whisper from up to five feet away from the phone," a company spokesperson recently told TMCnet in an e-mail correspondence.

Seeking to expand its distribution strategy, video communications service provider LifeSize has reportedly signed a deal with Tech Data Corporation which will enable Tech Data to distribute LifeSize's complete HD product portfolio.

LifeSize, the high definition video communications company, today announced that LifeSize RoomTM is providing CAPTRUST Financial Advisors the ability to conduct more efficient interactions between the corporate headquarters and its branch offices across the southeastern U.S. LifeSize Room is a high definition video communications product that delivers exceptional video and audio quality so geographically distributed participants can maximize their collaborative efforts.

LifeSize is the first company to develop and deliver high definition video communications products. The company was founded in 2003 by industry veterans and was recently named "Videoconferencing Company of the Year" in 2007 by Videoconferencing Insight. LifeSize's award winning solutions combine exceptional quality, user simplicity and administrator manageability to make video communications a productive, true-to-life experience. LifeSize is headquartered in Austin, TX with subsidiaries in Europe and Asia Pacific, and a network of channel partners reaching more than 80 countries.

In a bid to improve their company's environmental efficiency, LifeSize (News - Alert), a provider of HD video conferencing solutions, has announced a new PlanetWise Program aimed at promoting green technologies and polices. The company has also announced that as a part of their improved environmental leadership that they will offer support to Environmental NGO, The Climate Group. The LifeSize PlanetWise initiative will help to reduce pollution as well as "provide pro-bono support to leading environmental non-governmental organizations."

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