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In [[telecommunication]], '''teleconference''' is the live exchange and mass articulation of [[information]] among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications [[system]], usually over the [[phone line]].

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The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing audio, [[video]], and [[data]] services by one or more means, such as [[telephone]], telegraph, teletype, [[radio]], and [[television]]. <ref>[[Federal Standard 1037C]]</ref><ref> [[MIL-STD-188]]</ref>

In telecommunication, '''teleconference''' is the live exchange and mass articulation of [[information]] among [[person]]s and [[machine]]s remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications [[system]].

Teleconferences are also referred to as [[teleseminars]].

The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing [[audio]], [[video]], and [[data]] services by one or more means, such as [[telephone]], telegraph, teletype, [[radio]], and [[television]]. <ref>[[Federal Standard 1037C]]</ref><ref> [[MIL-STD-188]]</ref>

== Internet Tele-conference ==

== Internet Tele-conference ==

[[Internet telephony]] involves conducting a teleconference over the the [[Internet]] or a [[Wide Area Network]]. One key technology in this area is  [[Voice over Internet Protocol]] (VOIP). Popular software for personal use includes [[Skype]], [[Google Talk]], [[Windows Live Messenger]] and [[Yahoo Messenger]]. A [[List of commercial voice over IP network providers]] is available.

[[Internet telephony]] involves conducting a teleconference over the the [[Internet]] or a [[Wide Area Network]]. One key technology in this area is  [[Voice over Internet Protocol]] (VOIP). Popular software for personal use includes [[Skype]], [[Google Talk]], [[Windows Live Messenger]] and [[Yahoo Messenger]].

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