Large Scale Audio Conferencing Solution

[dtran]

Hi all,

I am researching into an audio conferencing solution that can support up to 150+ concurent participants. Anyone has the infrastructure in place to support this many concurent participants ? please share what you're currently using.

Thanks in advance !!

Danny

[dpetrovi · Accepted solution]

Hi Danny,

If you are interesting in on-premise Audio Conferencing solution, Cisco offers Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8.5 solution. You can find out more about this solution here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/index.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6789/ps5664/ps5669/data_sheet_c78-693132.html

I hope this is the information you are looking for.

Kind regards,

-Dejan

[dtran]

Hi Dejan,

I am curious how the participants dial in, via the internet ? or some type of PSTN access ? for 150+ participant.

Thanks Dejan !!

Danny

[dpetrovi]

Hi Danny,

If you opt in for Audio only type of deployment of MeetingPlace 8.5, participants are joining Audio conferences by dialing in from their phones (either from the local network (IP phone) or from PSTN) to the system and by using conference ID join the conference.

If you decide to opt in for integration of MeetingPlace 8.5 and WebEx to include web conferencing option as well, you will then have the option for PC Audio/Video as well (like regular WebEx interface - if you used WebEx before).

-Dejan

[dtran]

Hi Dejan,

In my scenario all participants will be calling in from outside (not local network) either via internet or PSTN. For 150+ participants dialing in, the internet sounds like a more cost affective solution. Does Cisco Webex Meeting Server work in this scenario ?

Thanks Dejan !!

Danny

[dpetrovi]

Hi Danny,

CWMS has a limitation of maximum 100 participants in the single meeting. If I understood your requirement of 150+ people in the conference, CWMS couldn't provide you with this feature (that is why I recommended MeetingPlace 8.5).

If you don't plan to have more than 100 participants in a single conference, than you can definitely look into CWMS solution.

-Dejan

[dtran]

Perfect, I will look into the link you sent on MeetingPlace 8.5

Thanks Dejan !!

Danny

[dpetrovi]

Excellent, Danny.

After you review the documentation, and if you have any additional questions about features, deployment types, or anything else in regards to MP8.5 or even CWMS, feel free to reach out to us on this forum.

-Dejan

[dtran]

Perfect, I will

Thank you very much !!!

Danny

[andrespefia3]

Hi Danny, i use ConferenceCalls for audio conferencing, It supports more than 1250 people worldwide for conferencing.

Regards,

Andres Pefia