Vidyo Enables Tempura Communications to Reach Home and Mobile Workforce With Multi-Party Desktop Videoconferencing

HACKENSACK, NJ–(Marketwire – October 20, 2009) – Vidyo®, Inc., the first company to deliver personal telepresence, today announced that Tempura Communications Ltd., a UK-based Conferencing Service Provider (CSP), has recently launched a new videoconferencing service,Tempura Telepresence, based on Vidyo’s groundbreaking technology. In addition to the service, Tempura is offering a no capital expenditure model of the VidyoConferencing™ system, in which all components are rentable, including an HD room system.

“We were amazed by the quality of the Vidyo solution, right from the start,” said Matthew Light, Managing Director of Tempura Communications. “Some of us have been working in the videoconferencing industry for over 12 years, but none had seen any other solution offer anything close to what Vidyo delivers. We looked at other solutions, from both room systems and desktop videoconferencing solution providers, but VidyoDesktop™ won hands down in terms of performance and compatibility with our other hosted service offerings.”

The new Tempura service was officially launched in early July to the company’s channel and reseller customers. Tempura Telepresence allows individual users to participate in videoconferencing as easily as making phone calls or sending emails. The new service has already generated considerable market interest and Tempura is currently performing between twenty-five and fifty demos of the desktop solution per week. Additionally, Tempura is currently using Tempura Telepresence internally to enhance communications with remote office and home workers.

“Enabling effective teleworking is a major trend in today’s business environment,” said Ofer Shapiro, CEO of Vidyo. “Conferencing Service Providers have a pivotal role in providing this application with minimal capital expenditure. Vidyo products and technology, with the ability to provide a low delay HD experience over the Internet, are a big part in making this a reality. In addition, Tempura is offering their customers the added option of renting an appliance-basedVidyoRoom™ system that provides HD without any capital expenditure. That’s an exceptional offer.”

Vidyo’s solution enables CSPs to leverage compelling cost, quality and deployment advantages over those using traditional MCU-based videoconferencing technologies. It also allows CSPs to reach a far larger customer base since Vidyo products don’t require dedicated networks, and scale from a telepresence room to HD desktop videoconferencing. Vidyo’s portal-based solution provides APIs that easily integrate with existing back office systems. Since the Vidyo model is based on annual license fees, it fits perfectly with a CSP’s existing pricing structure.

Tempura Telepresence

Tempura Telepresence offers smooth videoconferencing with the ability to run over a mixture of converged IP networks, including wireless and mobile networks. The service provides a high definition experience, from the headquarters conference room to the remote office, desktop, laptops and remote workers — to anywhere in the world with Internet access. The desktop client software is easy to use, and provides access to a password protected personal space or virtual meeting room, or point to point calling option. The software supports Windows and Macintosh OS, and works in conjunction with any good quality USB Webcam. The standards based coding technology and access through Tempura GATEWAY enables you to not only call other users of Tempura Telepresence, but any standards based IP system, anywhere in the world. For more information visit: www.tempuravideo.com.

About Tempura Communications Ltd.

Tempura Communications specializes in providing IP infrastructure and telecom links enabling solutions from Internet connectivity, multi-site links to VOIP, and CCTV networks. Tempura has its own solutions for both hosted PBX solutions and for VOIP. Tempura also offers a wide range of connectivity solutions, from a range of ISPs including BT Global Services, NTL Leased Lines and telephone services such as ISDN, the LLU range of DSL based technologies from Easynet including Managed MPLS and COLO, EtherStream, SureStream, Symmetrical DSL and high speed aDSL for businesses, to leased line connections from Verizon. The company also supplies home workers broadband MAX and TempuraNET DSL services based on BTs DataStream network offering aDSL and sDSL anywhere in the UK. For London sites Tempura provides Wireless sDSL connectivity either as a primary or secondary backup service for permanent or temporary requirements. For further information please visit:www.tempurauk.net.

About Vidyo, Inc.

Vidyo, Inc. is making personal telepresence a reality. Personal telepresence enables anyone, anywhere and at any time to communicate in multi-party video conferences using a personal computer, with HD quality over converged IP networks. Leveraging its patented technologies built on the new H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) standard, Vidyo delivers the industry’s best error resilience and lowest latency videoconferencing over the Internet and general-purpose networks. Vidyo’s technology for OEMs and end-to-end product solutions for enterprises support point-to-point and multi-point connections that include a variety of different platforms ranging from Mac & Windows desktops to dedicated room solutions. Vidyo has achieved international recognition, and industry accolades including a DemoGod award, Best of Interop, and Frost & Sullivan’s 2009 Conferencing and Collaboration Product of the Year for its ground-breaking technology. Based in Hackensack, New Jersey and founded in 2005, Vidyo is backed by top tier venture capital investors, including Menlo Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds, Rho Ventures, and Star Ventures. Learn more at www.vidyo.com.

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