Videoconferencing promises UK £2.7bn in savings

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Research into telepresence early adopters reveals substantial cost and carbon savings

Advanced videoconferencing technologies that promise a life-like meeting using so-called telepresence systems could help cut UK carbon emissions by almost a million tones a year while delivering economy-wide...

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