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Japan has been known as an early adopter when it comes to some technologies, and videoconferencing seems to be no exception, with 4NB’s VideoOffice allowing meetings over mobile devices.

VideoOffice offers high quality audio and video for conference participants.

"Our company uses VideoOffice for Web conferencing when someone has off duty or is gone on a business trip,” one regular user identified as “Matsumoto” said. “The biggest advantage of VideoOffice is that you can carry out a meeting just like actual meetings with no difficulty. I recommend it to my friends in other companies as the price is the cheapest in Japan despite its high quality & high resolution."

VideoOffice already serves over 25,000 businesses, not only in Japan, but also in the U.S., China and Korea.

One reason for its growing popularity is VideoOffice’s comprehensive feature set. It supports four screens for small groups, all the way up to 22 participants at once. VideoOffice supports both Android (News - Alert) and iOS, as well as conventional PCs. 4NB promises audio quality comparable to an MP3 file.

The support for mobile devices is a key feature, as they’re much more popular in Japan than PCs.

VideoOffice offers its service on a cloud basis, meaning that there’s no back end to install and customers can hold conversations immediately on signing up for the service.

Other features include file and screen sharing, meeting recording, whiteboards and echo cancellation. Given VideoOffice’s international user base, it’s not surprising that it has multi-lingual support, including English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai, among other languages.

Japanese businesses are still reeling from the bursting of the economic bubble in the early ‘90s and the ongoing “Lost Decade.” The appeal of videoconferencing services like VideoOffice seems to be low cost compared to traveling for business meetings, despite the country’s extensive and efficient rail and airline networks.