Amigo Live Family Video Conferencing Service Expands In Mexico

Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
"Ride on the Next Plane of Existence" TM

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 11, 2008 -- AmigoLatino a company that connects immigrants in the United States with their families in Latin America through affordable, face-to-face video conferencing technology, is excited to announce its partnership with Ultra Telecom to jointly expand the highly anticipated family video conferencing services in Mexico.

Amigo Live, AmigoLatino's affordable video conferencing service that helps connect families and communities face-to-face and in real-time, is now available in Puebla and Aguascalientes, Mexico. Thanks to a partnership with Ultra Telecom, a leading Mexican media company with a team of visionary executives, the families of Puebla and Aguascalientes can now reconnect live via high-end video conferences, with their loved ones in the United States.

"We have a very strong commitment to our community, so we are very excited to be working with AmigoLatino to provide this valuable service to the thousands of families and community groups in Puebla and Aguascalientes that have relatives and contacts in the United States," said Arturo Zorrilla, Vice President of Ultra Telecom who is in charge of overseeing the Amigo Live project.

"Through our initiative to democratize access to affordable business-quality video conferencing services to under served markets, thousands of families have been able to enjoy the live, visual presence of their distant loved ones. It is really the closest thing to being there with them," said Gabriel Biguria, Founder and CEO of AmigoLatino. "We are extremely excited about our partnership with Ultra Telecom, a leading Mexican company with global aspirations that shares our vision and passion to better serve our communities and countries through the democratization of technology."

With an estimated 28 million Mexican immigrants living in the US, of which over 1.5 million are Poblanos from Puebla, the decision to serve the needs of this important market was an obvious one. Very soon, the companies plan to jointly expand the services into other key states with large populations of immigrants including Michoacan, Oaxaca and Jalisco.

About Ultra Telecom

Ultra Telecom (www.ultra.com.mx) founded 40 years ago, operates a complete telecommunications service platform including AM & FM radio stations (Ultra Radio® & Radio Ranchito® ), MMDS Wireless Television (Ultravision®), satellite music for business (Muzak®), Internet Service, WiMax® network (Ultranet2go®) and produces a television channel (Canal 30®) and 14 radio and TV news editions every day. Ultra telecom has undergone exponential growth and diversification over the years, serving 23 cities in 14 states in Mexico with 750 employees.

About AmigoLatino

AmigoLatino (www.amigolatino.com) was launched by a passionate team of entrepreneurs with the goal of helping to democratize access to innovative channels that enhance cross-border communications and e-commerce initiatives in under-served markets. Our main channel, "AMIGO LIVE", leverages business quality video conferencing to help reunite distant families, community groups and organizations, in real-time and at a low cost, between the US and Latin America. Another channel, "AMIGO COMPRAS", provides families with new and efficient alternatives to the traditional cash remittance transfers, while allowing for control towards the final utilization of the funds. Very soon we will be expanding the depth and breadth of our services to the rest of the world. For more information visit http://amigoblogs.com or call: (213) 380-4761.

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