[wsfii-discuss] Video Conferencing Demo to Nepali Leaders

Fri Mar 30 04:08:20 UTC 2007

Hello;

The software is not open source. We used Vega Pro video conferencing
camera and the software came with it. Actually I borrowed the camera from
one of the distributors in Nepal. A VSAT service provider (Mercentile
Comm.) provided the VSAT link for the demo.

Thanks.

Mahabir

> Hi Mahabir,
>
> was the solution you use for teleconferencing open source?
> If yes what was it, I'm very interested by the technical approach you
> used.
>
> Kind regards
> TM
>
> On 3/26/07, mahabir at himanchal.org <mahabir at himanchal.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello All;
>>
>> Yesterday I have had a successful video conferencing demo to the members
>> of parliament at the conference hall of Minisitry of Information and
>> Communication. The Minister, members of parliaments, and government
>> officers were there. 24 of them were the MPs from different parties.
>>
>> They were very much impressed with the video conferencing. The purpose
>> was
>> to tell the government how useful the VSAT technology can be to reach
>> remote areas for telemedicine, teleteaching and training purposes. Right
>> now we are lobbying to make the VSAT user license free because we have
>> to
>> pay USD3,500 for VSAT license fee, plus Rs.1,500 for video conferencing
>> license. Moreover, we are asking the government to bring down license
>> fee
>> for setting up ISPs in the rural areas to USD1
>>
>> Dr. Mingma Sherpa from the Ministry of Health gave presentaton about how
>> telemedicine program can be done. He also informed about the government
>> plan for setting up telemedicine programs in the remote areas of Nepal.
>>
>> We used VSAT with KU band at 384/384 kbps rate using Vega Pro camera.
>>
>> I have found that direct intereaction like this will be useful to
>> convince
>> the policy makers. Ihope that the government will make liberal laws for
>> the advancement of ICT in Nepal.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Mahabir
>>
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