Telesphere (News - Alert), a managed cloud communications provider for businesses, announced the launch of Telesphere VideoConnect, a hosted video service that enables any size business to implement videoconferencing using Web cam-equipped PCs, room-based video systems, videophones, smartphones, tablets and softphones.

VideoConnect from Telesphere is an extension of the company’s cloud-based business communication solutions, which include hosted voice, hosted call center and hosted call recording for businesses, company officials said.

Telesphere’s cloud-based service features both one-on-one video calling and call bridging. It enables up to 12 simultaneous legs in a single videoconference. This vendor-agnostic approach enables participants using different types of room-based videoconferencing systems, videophones and softclients to see, talk with, and hear one another quickly.

Telesphere VideoConnect features an intuitive user interface (UI) and hosted infrastructure, helping organizations create a nearly flat learning curve for employees, company officials said. The solution is available to select Telesphere customers immediately. It supports HD video at up to 1080p.

When an employee places a call from a videophone or a webcam-equipped PC using a softclient, Telesphere’s infrastructure detects whether the called party also is video-enabled and, if so, automatically sets up a one-on-one video call. This process eliminates the need for employees to maintain separate videophones and additional numbers for colleagues, clients and business partners.

 “For the first time, regardless of whether their employees are in the office, working from home or on the road, as long as there’s a broadband connection capable of supporting two-way video, Telesphere VideoConnect enables them to conduct one-on-one video calls and multi-party videoconferences quickly, easily and inexpensively,” said Clark Peterson, CEO, Telesphere, in a statement.

“With Telesphere VideoConnect, Telesphere’s customers can now see and talk to one another, no matter where they are using a PC, tablet, smartphone, videophone or even a telepresence system,” Peterson added.

The company is offering one-on-one Telesphere VideoConnect calls free of cost. Calls using the Telesphere video bridge are charged based on minutes and port usage.

Company officials say Telesphere VideoConnect save CapEx because it is compatible with a wide variety of room-based, Microsoft Windows and Apple (News - Alert) Macintosh desktops and laptops, and videoconferencing systems from numerous vendors.

Recently Telesphere announced partnership with World Telecom Group (News - Alert) (WTG) to provide a broad range of cloud-based business communication solutions to the enterprise and small-medium-business (SMB) markets.