Polycom comes on-board the DGS&D panel

MUMBAI, INDIA:  Polycom has comes on-board the Directorate General Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) to boost uptake of video collaboration solutions in the government sector.

Through the rate contract agreement, supported by Inspira, a national Polycom distributor, the company will offer video collaboration solutions and services to government institutions.

According to Frost & Sullivan, Polycom led the video conferencing systems and infrastructure segment in India, with a 44 percent market share in 2014. Improved collaboration and visual communication technology can provide skills development, introduce more virtual class rooms and extend education to rural areas, initiate remote healthcare services via telemedicine, and implement e-governance and smart city programmes.

Polycom aims to enhance its customer base across various government departments and ministries including defence, railway, public sector units, and citizen services, the company said in a prepared statement.

Minhaj Zia, Managing Director, Polycom India & SAARC, said, “We are taking a quantum leap in hastening the Digital India revolution, and firmly believe that our innovations place people at the heart of collaboration enabling them to work better, smarter and more efficiently.”