Hyderabad: Hyderabad based start-up, Soniks Consulting is all geared up to unveil “Webkonf Meetings”, India’s first Web Video Conferencing and Screen sharing platform this week, disclosed Rama Narayana Reddy Malay, Chief Executive Officer of the start-up in a press note issued in Hyderabad today.
700 out of 750 crore population in the world is confined to homes. Though physically separated, thanks to technology, they are all connected. The web video conference and screen share apps made this possible.
One can seamlessly connect via video, audio conferencing, webinars, chat, office meetings and collaboration, across many devices such as mobiles, desktops, laptops and others.
The corona pandemic and its subsequent lockdown, web users are increased by 300 per cent. Currently, not many Indian companies are into audio, video, web conferencing solutions or products.
Among the top ten solution providers, none is from India. The platform is India’s answer to platforms such as Zoom, GoToMeeting, RingCentral Video, TeamViewer, Skype, Join.me, Google Hangouts, Adobe Connect, CiscoWebex, Amazon Chime, Event Centre.
“The global web conferencing market size last year was USD 2.5 billion and is expected to be USD 5 billion by the year 2025. Indian market share is expected to be 500 million to 750 million by 2025,” shared Ram Malay.
The beta version of the product is very well received. Currently, it is under testing extensively and will be ready to be rolled out next week.
Sharing more details about the product, Rama Narayana Reddy Malay described “Webkonf Meetings” as a futuristic product and is developed as an outcome of lockdown research by his start-up.
“Every crisis throws open an opportunity. What started as an effort to create a web platform during the lockdown resulted in the product,” Malay said.
Web conferencing software allows participants to conduct or attend meetings via the internet. This is also known as online meeting software. It enables remote meetings based on VoIP, video conferencing, instant messaging, file and screen sharing.
