The concept of videotelephony was first conceived in the late 1870s, both in the United States and in Europe, … See more

Videotelephony can be categorized by its functionality and intended purpose, and also by its method of transmission.
Videophones were the earliest form of videotelephony, dating back to initial tests in 1927 by … See more

Computer security experts have shown that poorly configured or inadequately supervised videoconferencing systems can permit an easy virtual entry by computer hackers and criminals into company premises a… See more

For over a century, futurists have envisioned a future where telephone conversations will take place as actual face-to-face encounters with video as well as audio. Sometimes it is simply not possible or practical to … See more

The core technology used in a videotelephony system is digital compression of audio and video streams in real time. The hardware or software that performs compression is called a codec (coder/dec… See more

High speed Internet connectivity has become more widely available and affordable, as has good-quality video capture and display hardware. Consequently, personal videoconferencing systems ba… See more

The name videophone never became as standardized as its earlier counterpart telephone, resulting in a variety of names and terms being used worldwide, and even within the same region or country. Videophon… See more