Using robotic teleconferencing to monitor patients after urologic surgery appears to result in similar patient outcomes and satisfaction as traditional bedside rounds, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Nortel Government Solutions and Polycom, Inc. [NASDAQ: PLCM] are offering joint solutions for immersive telepresence and high definition video conferencing to U.S. Federal Government agencies, the companies announced today.

Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] and Polycom, Inc. [NASDAQ: PLCM] are adding high definition (HD) video conferencing and telepresence to unified communications for enterprises, greatly expanding the possibilities for growth, enhanced productivity, lower cost and reduced carbon footprint by incorporating real-time video collaboration from the desktop to the board room.

TANDBERG and HP today unveiled a solution that links HP Halo Collaboration Studios, HP’s telepresence system, and standards-based videoconferencing systems.

Most people think of Cisco TelePresence as happening in a nice conference room with caramel-colored walls, the illusion that your meeting table extends without break into another room, nearly life-size participants across the table from you, and unnoticeable delay (or latency) in the back and forth conversation.

Verizon Video Conferencing is helping EDS, a leading global technology services company, target a 25 percent reduction in its carbon emissions in Australia and New Zealand by 2010. EDS has deployed Verizon Video Conferencing over Verizon Private IP to connect 10 of its sites across Australia and New Zealand.