Video conferencing companies do not only offer one kind of video conferencing service. These services come in many forms from different suppliers. These services may even come as devices being offered to you. These devices can be webcams, videophones, whiteboarding, or microphones.
Video conferencing is a bigger industry (if you would call it that) than most people think.
It got its start in the early 70's and is still thriving today to the point where we now have video phones.
Currently there are ideas that will help this industry grow in the future.
These services can range anywhere from multipoint, point to point, telepresence, or web conferencing from their location. Some others may sell you the hardware to make video conferencing doable on your own (from your home).
They usually sell video phones which are point to point (person to person), webcams for personal computers or microphones to plug into your personal computer or laptop if it isn't already equipped with one installed.
Services usually provided by these companies give you the means to communicate through video if you already have your webcam and microphone installed. Video conferencing companies that offer these services may be free , but some cost considerably more money than your average webcam or video phone. However, it provides much greater caabilities such as telepresence features.
Before we get into the list of companies, you might want to come back to look at the list of Top Video Conferencing Software for 2014.
Go here for our pick for the 2014 top VC companies.
The following companies provide those products or services that were mentioned earlier:
Bistri: One-click Video Chat
BrightCom
Librestream: Onsight Expert Collaboration Software
IVèS: Live Video Plugin
Mirial Softphone
NetMeeting
Tokbox
Tandberg Video Teleconferencing
VeaMeaUC
TrueConf
vzRoom
These video conferencing companies come from companies that are spread throughout the nation.
However, they offer services to businesses and individuals worldwide.
The best thing about it is no matter what your situation is, there is a company that fits your needs.