InformationWeek Sprint Communications Co. yesterday introduced a new component to its Internet Collaboration Center, a Web site that offers voice, video, and now streaming video and audio conferencing services. Sprint will also let customers store streaming conferences and make them available for playback either to a general audience or via a password.
Customers can use the services for prerecorded content, such as training sessions.
Users will type questions into a designated area and those questions will be sent directly to the conference's host. The services will work with either RealNetworks or Microsoft Media Player technologies, which Sprint will let customers download for free from its Web site. Those charges could range between 2 cents and 26 cents per minute. In addition, Sprint says it will charge an initial setup fee. The services will launch July 12.