International conference call (ICC) is a matter of business life in the Valley. Companies have teams or customers in different countries. For direct communication, ICC is often required. I have many ICC experience, some of them were quite memorable.
1. ICC to India
This was a joint project with one member located in India. Due to time zone difference, I need to have conference call with him at 8:30am. This was a weekly meeting through out a six months period. At that time, I was one of the few employees who came to work earliest.
2. ICC from Shanghai
Last year I went to Shanghai office for a week. In one meeting I need to conference call back to the US site. For me, who is a Chinese working in US, then ICC from Shanghai to US and speakings English. I just feel kind of funny.
3. TV ICC to Japan
Two years ago, I have a ICC with a big customer in Japan. They were making a chip for their next generation game console. Perhaps they were big customer, we setup a Video ICC with them. The whole system was provided by Sprint, including a large TV, camera, and software interface that operated by a remote control. The TV resolution was acceptable but and there was half second delay or so. The good thing was people can drawn something on white board and both sites can see.
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