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Spending on Web conferencing will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 18 percent over the next five years. The new Ovum report says that globally businesses' spending on telepresence will touch $2.7 billion by 2015, more than double the $1.2 billion reached in 2010.

ConferencePlus, a subsidiary of Westell Technologies, and a provider of conferencing solutions, announced the expansion of its Managed Bridge Services globally.

5i, a U.K.-based provider of advanced Unified Communications expertise, integration skills and mentorship to IT resellers, announced the expansion of its collaboration portfolio to embrace the rapidly growing opportunity in visual collaboration.

Carousel Industries has signed a letter of intent to acquire Marlborough, MA-based OmniPresence, Inc., an integrator of A/V and visual collaboration services.

SPIRIT DSP, the world's top voice and video over IP engines provider, will demonstrate multi-platform 'FaceTime-like' HD multipoint video conferencing at Mobile World Congress 2011, being held in Barcelona, Spain from Feb. 14-17.

Vaddio HD pan-tilt-zoom conference room cameras will be now supported by Nefsis. Customers of Nefsis online services will be therefore provided more options as they seek to add room-based systems. These room-based systems will be added to their desktop and multi-office video conferencing systems. Video peripherals, high definition conference room cameras, and related installation equipment are supplied by Vaddio.

Following the publication and release of Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's new book, Am I Not a Man? The Dred Scott Story, by Sortis Publishing, a live video phone interview was scheduled with the author on January 27th, 2011. Sortis Publishing set up the interview with the help of AZTV in Arizona during the AM Arizona morning show hosted by Tonya Mock and Lew Rees. Mark's historic novel talks about the endearing and yet infuriating story of Dred Scott, who was an illiterate slave that trusted in an all-white, slave-owning jury to declare him free.