VSee Links Refugee Sites with Global Audience via Video for World Refugee Day 2010

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VSee Lab, Inc.:

“BGAN solutions allow isolated field teams to enjoy state-of-the-art voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world”

WHO:	VSee Lab, Inc. (www.vsee.com), a video collaboration solution out of Stanford University and the National Science Foundation, Inmarsat, the world leader in mobile satellite communications, and San Diego State University, announce their collaboration to observe World Refugee Day 2010.
WHEN:	June 18, 2010
	10:00 a.m. EDT
WHERE:	http://unhcr.org/wrd2010 for broadcast of live event
	The Franklin Room at the Department of State, Washington, D.C.
WHAT:

There are over 30 million refugees displaced from their homes around the world. Amongst the events planned to celebrate World Refugee Day, the State Department on Friday will host, via videoconference, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, and several recognizable figures who have traveled to refugee sites around the world. The event will be moderated by Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes.

VSee will provide live video from Africa, South America and the Middle East, linking the High Commissioner and refugee groups in the field with a live audience at the State Department.

Refugee camps are often isolated physically and lack modern communications infrastructure. VSee solved this problem using a 3G cellular network or an Inmarsat BGAN satellite terminal at the refugee location to create a WiFi cloud connected to the Internet. The VSee software then provides secure multi-party video calling, application sharing, and file transfers. The overall solution requires little training and all equipment fits in a small backpack.

“Video collaboration is often hard to set up and usually not secure. VSee makes secure video collaboration as simple as email,” added Milton Chen, CEO of VSee Lab, Inc. “We are honored to participate a second year with World Refugee Day.”

“BGAN solutions allow isolated field teams to enjoy state-of-the-art voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world,” noted Jack Deasy, Director, Civil Programs, Inmarsat Government Services, Inc.

Notables from 2009’s World Refugee Day include Ann Curry and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie.

Please visit http://unhcr.org/wrd2010 to view the State Department event live and tweet questions for our guest speakers at the camps. For a comprehensive calendar of activities, see www.unrefugees.org.

For more information on Inmarsat, please visit http://www.inmarsat.com/

For more information on VSee, please email [e-mail], telephone [phone], or visit http://www.vsee.com/