October, 19, 2011 – OSLO, NORWAY and ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA:  Media Network Services (MNS) and TelepresenceWorld today announced its partnership to provide Video Conferencing and Telepresence users in Australia with a global reach to arbitrary destinations with a quality formerly only experienced on closed dedicated networks.

TelepresenceWorld will as part of the partnership provide Australian clients with access to MNS’ global network dedicated and optimized for HD video conferencing between arbitrary organizations and locations around the world.

“I was truly impressed with the HD video quality calling from Australia to Europe over MNS’ global network. Without any pre-configuration, and with public Internet as last mile on both ends, we enjoyed the crisp and immersive feeling that Telepresence is all about.  That’s when we decided that we should offer MNS’ global video connectivity to our clients”, says Rod Louey-Gung, Director, at TelepresenceWorld, and continues, “With MNS in our toolbox, TelepresenceWorld will deliver international end-to-end and B2B video conferencing implementations faster and with greater customer satisfaction.”

Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS, comments:
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with a leading Australian provider of video conferencing and Telepresence solutions. TelepresenceWorld has shown a true understanding and dedication to the industry, and I look forward to our future joint successes.”

MNS’ Global Video Conferencing Network combines the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network. Through peering arrangements with local Internet Service Providers (ISP) available in all regions, MNS is a perfectly peered mediator for HD video conferencing across networks. With 57 network PoPs around the world, clients enter and exit the global Quality of Service (QoS) network at their optimal location over Internet or with a dedicated link for end to end QoS.

Press contacts
- MNS: Kjell Oksendal +47 91845414
- TelepresenceWorld: Rod Louey-Gung +61 8 8274 2800

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides a global network service optimized and dedicated to video conferencing traffic. The service is network, equipment, vendor, reseller and service partner agnostic, connecting all the various islands in the video conferencing industry. The result is that the industry as a whole can enable clients to reach arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B) in HD quality previously only delivered on closed dedicated MPLS networks.

MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video conferencing service partner or network provider to get your video conferencing equipment and infrastructure connected to MNS.

Visit www.medianetworkservices.com for more information about MNS.

About TelepresenceWorld
TelepresenceWorld provides hosted cloud video conference and telepresence services to Australian Small and Medium Business (SMB) through the use of standard broadband Internet connections.

Providing a range of services, including supply and installation of endpoints, hosting services through Cisco hardware and software, TelepresenceWorld provides connectivity across Australia, and through MNS, to the rest of the world.   TelepresenceWorld is a Cisco ATP Advanced Partner

Visit www.tpworld.net for more information on TelepresenceWorld.

The new services utilize MNS’ global network service to ensure the best possible HD quality between Telepresence participants situated at arbitrary locations. The four new DEKOM services are:

• DEKOM Global HD Video Connectivity Service
  Enables Enterprises to Telepresence to arbitrary and B2B destinations
• DEKOM Global HD Video Meeting Room Service
  Enables Enterprises to organize virtual HD video meetings on a global scale
• DEKOM Cisco Movi Global Connectivity Service
  Enables Cisco Movi users to get the best possible HD experience anywhere
• DEKOM China Global HD Video Connectivity Service
  Enables Enterprises to Telepresence in and out of Mainland China.

All services utilize MNS’ global video conferencing network service that combines the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network, enabling the best possible HD experience.

Jörg Weisflog, CEO of DEKOM AG, comments:

“The challenge with Internet is that it was never designed for HD video conferencing over long distances. By developing new HD video conferencing services on the top of MNS’ global network service, DEKOM has not only been able to overcome the challenge with Internet, we are also in a position to deploy global Telepresence solutions much faster than previously.“

Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS, comments:

“We are very impressed with DEKOM’s ability to take on, integrate and design new innovate Telepresence services on MNS’ global network service. I am convinced DEKOM’s strategic decision to partner with MNS will benefit DEKOM’s existing and future clients worldwide as Telepresence is all about the experienced quality when meeting face-to-face.”

Press contacts:
MNS: Kjell Oksendal +47 91845414
DEKOM: Jörg Autermann +49 40808181151

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides a global network service optimized and dedicated to video conferencing traffic. The service is network, equipment, vendor, reseller and service partner agnostic, connecting all the various islands in the video conferencing industry. The result is that the industry as a whole can enable clients to reach arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B) in HD quality previously only delivered on closed dedicated MPLS networks.

MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video conferencing service partner or network provider to get your video conferencing equipment and infrastructure connected to MNS.

Visit www.medianetworkservices.com for more information about MNS.

About DEKOM
DEKOM AG (formerly known as ViDOFON AG) offers a unique all-inclusive portfolio of professional solutions in the field of media technology and video conferencing. The Hamburg-based company is one of the market’s most comprehensively certified providers throughout Europe (AMX, Bosch, Cisco (Tandberg), Crestron, Extron, Lifesize, NEC, Panasonic, Polycom, VCON, Radvision Sennheiser, Sony, etc.) and employs around 70 enthusiastic specialists.

Please visit www.dekom.com for more information.

The new network service in Australia revolutionizes the way in which overseas businesses can communicate with businesses in Australia, and vice versa. While HD video conferencing traditionally requires dedicated MPLS links between the calling parties as Internet is too unreliable for long distance HD calling, MNS enables HD calling to arbitrary and B2B destinations anywhere in the world.

Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS, comments:
“We see the launch of MNS’ latest PoP in Sydney as a game changer. A game changer for Australia as it will be far easier for domestic companies to conduct business over HD video conferencing with overseas offices, clients and partners. And a game changer for the video conferencing industry providing services to clients in Australia and elsewhere as it has never been easier, faster and more flexible to deploy a global video conferencing solution.”

How does it work?
MNS’ global video conferencing network service combines the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network. Through peering arrangements with local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) available in all regions, MNS is a perfectly peered mediator for HD video conferencing across networks. With network PoPs all around the world, clients enter and exit the global Quality of Service (QoS) network at their optimal location over Internet or with a dedicated link for end-to-end QoS.

Businesses in Australia can subscribe to MNS’ global network service and connect to MNS PoP in Sydney using their standard Internet business connection provided by their local ISPs. MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video service or network provider for access to MNS’ global network service.

Media contact
Kjell Oksendal, +47 91845414

Sales contact
sales@medianetworkservices.com

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides a global network service optimized and dedicated to video conferencing traffic. The service is network, equipment, vendor, reseller and service partner agnostic, connecting all the various islands in the video conferencing industry. The result is that the industry as a whole can enable clients to reach arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B) in HD quality previously only delivered on closed dedicated MPLS networks.

MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video conferencing service partner or network provider to get your video conferencing equipment and infrastructure connected to MNS.

Visit www.medianetworkservices.com for more information about MNS.

OSLO, NORWAY and LAS VEGAS, NV, USA – JULY 27, 2011: Media Network Services (MNS) and Plus 6 Technologies today announced that Plus 6 Technologies will embed MNS’ global video conferencing network in their Telepresence offering.

Plus 6 Technologies plans to provide MNS’ global video conferencing network across their business, including:

• Telepresence of remote speakers to events and exhibitions
• Providing managed service clients with a global footprint
• Enabling Cisco Movi desktop users to call to/from arbitrary locations

Colin J. Sturtevant, President & CEO of Plus 6 Technologies, comments:
“We are delighted to partner with MNS and have the capability of providing our clients with global coverage for ad-hoc HD video calls. While businesses traditionally use video conferencing for internal meetings, we see a rapid increase in video conferencing taking place between companies.  With MNS we can cater to clients wanting to do international and B2B video conferencing in HD quality to arbitrary destinations.”

Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS, comments:
“Plus 6 Technologies has embraced our vision of a future where HD video conferencing becomes as easy as picking up the phone regardless of what network you are on, where you are located in the world and who you want to reach, internally or externally, locally or globally. We are proud to have Plus 6 Technologies as a reseller and look forward to providing their clients with global video conferencing coverage.”

MNS’ global video conferencing network combines the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network. Through peering arrangements with local Internet Service Providers (ISP) available in all regions, MNS is a perfectly peered mediator for HD video conferencing across networks. With 57 network PoPs around the world, clients enter and exit the global Quality of Service (QoS) network at their optimal location over Internet or with a dedicated link for end-to-end QoS.

Contacts
MNS: Kjell Oksendal +47 91845414
Plus 6 Technologies: Kelly McEnroe +1 702.430.4766

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides a global network service optimized and dedicated to video conferencing traffic. The service is network, equipment, vendor, reseller and service partner agnostic, connecting all the various islands in the video conferencing industry. The result is that the industry as a whole can enable clients to reach arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B) in HD quality previously only delivered on closed dedicated MPLS networks.

MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video conferencing service partner or network provider to get your video conferencing equipment and infrastructure connected to MNS.

Visit www.medianetworkservices.com for more information about MNS.

About Plus 6
Plus 6 Technologies, Inc. (www.plus6.com) is a global provider of enterprise visual communications solutions, including managed conferencing services, digital signage, system design and implementation, audio / visual integration, video systems rental, and a complete support & help desk.  Based in Las Vegas, NV, Plus 6 supports clients in over a dozen countries in both the commercial and public sector.

The setup of the additional PoPs in the United States comes as a direct result of the growth MNS experience in the North American market.

“People turn to MNS when they experience that open Internet is not reliable for B2B and global HD quality video conferencing. They want to have the best of two worlds; the reach of Internet and the HD quality that they only experience on their internal closed MPLS networks. MNS combines those two worlds enabling organizations to call arbitrary destinations in HD quality”, says Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS.

MNS’ Global Video Conferencing Network combines the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network. Through peering arrangements with local Internet Service Providers (ISP) available in all regions, MNS is a perfectly peered mediator for HD video conferencing across networks. With 57 network PoPs around the world, clients enter and exit the global Quality of Service (QoS) network at their optimal location over Internet or with a dedicated link for end to end QoS.

Contact
- Kjell Oksendal, CMO of MNS, +47 91845414

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides a global network service optimized and dedicated to video conferencing traffic. The service is network, equipment, vendor, reseller and service partner agnostic, connecting all the various islands in the video conferencing industry. The result is that the industry as a whole can enable clients to reach arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B) in HD quality previously only delivered on closed dedicated MPLS networks.

MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video conferencing service partner or network provider to get your video conferencing equipment and infrastructure connected to MNS.

Visit www.medianetworkservices.com for more information about MNS.

OSLO, NORWAY and READING, UK – May 11, 2011: Media Network Services (MNS) and Touchline Video today announced Touchline Video to become a distributor of MNS’ Global Video Conferencing Network Service.

Touchline Video, distributor of LifeSize and Mirial video conferencing solutions, will with MNS enable their resellers across the UK to provide video conferencing solutions with network-out-of-the box supplied by MNS. Resellers get the immediate benefit of faster deployments as video endpoints only need to be connected to the Internet and clients get the benefit of a maximized HD video conference experience to arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B).

“We are very excited about the opportunity to provide our resellers and their clients a global network service that not only will enhance the experienced video quality compared to the average video call, but that also will extend the reach of HD video conferencing to B2B and arbitrary destinations while using Internet as last mile”, says Barry Cross, Managing Director of Touchline Video.

“We are honored to have Touchline Video become a distributor of MNS and believe our network-out-the-box will speed up the sales and deployment process for Touchline Video’s resellers and provide them with the competitive edge of guaranteeing their clients a maximized HD experience when calling customers, partners, vendors and suppliers anywhere in the world. After all, the experienced video quality is only as good as the network, and our commitment to take full ownership of the network quality between arbitrary video conferencing endpoints addresses this challenge”, says Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS.

MNS’ Global Network is dedicated to video conferencing, combining the reach of Internet with a carrier grade network. MNS’ Global Network is provisioned by multiple international carriers in a meshed network topology offering full redundancy and has 50+ Points of Presence around the world with peering arrangements with most local ISPs.

Contacts
- Kjell Oksendal, CMO of MNS, +47 91845414
- Barry Cross, Managing Director of Touchline Video, +44 (0) 118 970 1313

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides a global network service optimized and dedicated to video conferencing traffic. The service is network, equipment, vendor, reseller and service partner agnostic, connecting all the various islands in the video conferencing industry. The result is that the industry as a whole can enable clients to reach arbitrary destinations worldwide (internally, externally and B2B) in HD quality previously only delivered on closed dedicated MPLS networks.

MNS provides its global network service through resellers on all continents. Contact your video conferencing service partner or network provider to get your video conferencing equipment and infrastructure connected to MNS.

Visit www.medianetworkservices.com for more information about MNS.

About Touchline Video
Touchline Video UK Ltd, headquartered near Reading, Berkshire is a U.K.-wide value-added distributor in the audio, video and web collaboration industries. Touchline Video has contracts with industry leading vendors to offer a comprehensive range of video conferencing and complementary products, from stock to its reseller base. Touchline Video uses its industry-leading Touchline service division to provide its customers with product and technical support and both reseller and end-user training.  For more information, please contact Touchline by phone at +44(0)118 970 1313 or visit www.touchlinevideo.co.uk.

Oslo Norway – September 13, 2010: Media Network Services (MNS) today announced the deployment of Video Conferencing Service Point of Presence (PoP) in 48 additional cities across the globe.

The expansion is a direct result of the growing demand for reliable network connectivity to handle B2B video conferencing around the world. The new Service PoPs enable corporations located in or nearby Prague, Seoul, Atlanta or any of the 48 cities to connect locally and experience high quality video conferencing to customers and partners anywhere in the world.

Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO at MNS, comments:
”Imagine a world where you effortless can communicate face to face with any customer or partner anywhere in the world by the touch of a button. Over a reliable and global video conferencing network optimized for high-quality B2B executive meetings. We call it ‘Telepresence from wherever you are’.”

Following MNS’ latest deployment the MNS Video Conferencing Backbone consists of the following:

• 8 Core PoPs: Infrastructure to connect or relay media for any kind of VC system
  Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Oslo, San Jose, Singapore, and Washington DC.
• 48 Service PoPs: Infrastructure to connect any network present at this location
  Atlanta, Auckland, Barcelona, Bangalore, Berlin, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dallas, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Helsinki, Jakarta, Kiev, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manila, Marseilles, Miami, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Newark, Paris, Pasig City, Perth, Poznan, Prague, Seoul, Shanghai, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei City, Tokyo, Valencia, Vienna, Warsaw, and Zurich.

View: MNS Video Conferencing Network Map

Contact
Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO
hans@medianetworkservices.com
Telephone +47 92601809

About Media Network Services (MNS)
MNS provides flexible and reliable network solutions serving the global video conferencing market. The solutions are tailored for a wide range of video conferencing equipment from standalone SIP-based desktop or home office units to complex corporate video conferencing infrastructure including Telepresence Suites, Video Communication Servers (VCS), and Multipoint Control Units (MCU) in a global deployment.

The MNS solutions are all based on a combination of a patented infrastructure and media routing solutions supported by a unique business model. MNS combines the global presence and flexibility of Internet, the reliability and capacity of a dedicated global Gigabit MPLS Network with the patented optimized media routing. The result is the most cost-effective, easy-to-deploy Quality of Service (QoS) Video Network available.

Media Network Services operates a wide area IP network dedicated to transport of video traffic. The network is based on guaranteed bandwidth channels provided by leading, global network providers. The network is implemented using MPLS and other technologies, connecting key points of presence worldwide. Access to the network is granted to subscribing customers only.

MNS Headquarters and 24/7/365 Network Operation Centre is located in Oslo, Norway

Since the establishment in 2007, MNS has revolutionized the way businesses can deploy and experience HD video conferencing with its patented video conferencing routing technology and global network. The appointment of Hans Fredrik Johansen as the company’s CEO is a long planned promotion and important for the next phase of the company’s growth and expansion.

Hans Fredrik Johansen joined MNS in May 2009 as Vice President of Sales & Marketing and has transformed the business from an R&D organization to a customer focused company with well defined product lines and a clear channel strategy.

The Chairman, Dr. Haakon Bryhni, said in a statement, “Hans Fredrik Johansen has been at the heart of the company’s strategy and expanded our presence in Europe, USA and Asia in the recent year, including China, where we recently were announced official suppliers to the Shanghai Expo 2010 together with TANDBERG.”

Bryhni added, “I am delighted Hans Fredrik Johansen has accepted the role of CEO. I have worked closely with Hans over the year and I am confident he has all the necessary talent, energy and experience to take the company forward. He will lead an outstanding team who represent the most innovative and knowledgeable video network experts in the video conferencing industry”.

Bryhni is stepping down as the CEO of MNS but will continue to be involved by focusing on MNS’s alliance partners and on key R&D initiatives, while continuing to be a valuable asset in the overall development of the company.

“In MNS we combine our passion for video conferencing with our unique competence in IP routing. We believe MNS with our neutral position between vendors, network providers and video service providers is the missing piece to expand the video conferencing market and open for mass deployment of HD video equipment on any desktop or meeting room,” says Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO of MNS.

Contact:

Hans Fredrik Johansen, CEO
hans@medianetworkservices.com
Telephone +47 92601809

Haakon Bryhni, Chairman of the Board
haakon@medianetworkservices.com
Telephone +47 95223048

At Norway Expo 2010 in Shanghai we have faced challenges in regard to the capacity and reliability of the network for videoconferencing. We were delighted to get to know Media Network Services (MNS), a Norwegian company, founded on research and innovation and with support from us at Innovation Norway. MNS has gone straight into the network issues. They decrease the complexity and increase network quality so we can have video conferences with top quality from Shanghai to all our sponsors, internal and external relations says Arlid Blixrud Commissioner General Innovation Norway Shanghai.

In TANDBERG, now a part of Cisco, we are very proud to be the official supplier to Norway Expo 2010 in conjunction with Media Network Services. The way videoconferencing is a key part of the pavilion reflects TANDBERG’s vision of “the new way of working,” says Odd Johnny Winge, Vice President Infrastructure in the TelePresence Technology Group in Cisco.

The solution Media Network Services has deployed for Norway Expo 2010 is a great confirmation that our unique network model fills a need that all video conference users actually have, says Hans Fredrik Johansen, VP Sales and Marketing at Media Network Services. Norway Expo 2010 needed to reach videoconferencing systems in different parts of the world, at many different companies on different networks and in different organizations.

 Because of the long distance, the internet is not an option and to order dedicated lines to Norway and possibly to other sites is too expensive and does not provide the desired flexibility. What Norway Expo 2010 needed was a network that delivered the quality and reliability equivalent to a dedicated MPLS intranet combined with the prevalence and availability of the internet. This was the only way they would be able to reach all their internal and external relations with the quality needed to maximize the benefit of videoconferencing, Hans Fredrik Johansen concludes.

Contact information:

www.expo2010.no
Kristin Welle-Strand, Communication Manager
Kristin.Welle-Strand@innovationnorway.no
Mobile Norway: +47 93 45 83 03
Mobile China: +86 152 210 32 304

 
www.tandberg.com
Berit Lid Scharff, Marketing Manager
berit.scharff@tandberg.com
Telephone Norway: +47 971 39 487

www.medianetworkservices.com
Hans Fredrik Johansen, Vice President Sales and Marketing
Video and e-mail: hans@medianetworkservices.com
Mobile +47 926 01 809

The two sites are connected to MNS’ locations in the USA and Europe using a dedicated network optimized for video conferencing traffic.

Please contact MNS sales department if you are interested in testing what this network location can do for your video conferencing quality.