Internet Phone Conferencing is the most modern technology,
which is considered to be highly helpful in business communication. This technology is both efficient and time saving for holding business meetings over internet phone. Not only that, internet telephone is also quite cheap compared to the expense of long distance calls. Using the internet phone conferencing, one can call anyone sitting in any part of the world, and talk for a long time.
In the internet phone conferencing, people can also share visual information with other participants of the meeting. The graphics highlighted in one's monitor will automatically appear on the monitor of the other. Different software programs are available, which can be used for internet phone conferencing. Some of the software programs, which are widely used for holding meetings using internet phone, are:
- Mac 68k - System 7.1.2
- Powermac - System 7.5.1
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 3.11
- Windows 95
- Windows NT
- Netscape Navigator 2.02
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Netscape Navigator 3.0
The equipments required for internet phone conferencing are:
- Microphone
- Speakers
- Sound card
Using these equipments, communication can be made from computer to computer. During the meeting, many people can participate together. For calling to a phone from the computer, the phone has to be connected to the computer. If the telephone is connected to the computer through a wall jack, then also the call can be made.
During the internet phone conferencing information can be shared over the internet using the following programs:
- Application Sharing
- Live demos
- Polling
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Website Tours
