As per an industry analyst, efforts put to distinguish the contest are representing industry principles as useless, and are hampering interoperability between multi-branded telepresence systems.

Pranabesh Nath, Asia Pacific Industry Manager for Collaboration and Unified Communications at Frost & Sullivan, gave an explanation, that in theory; values can be established and controlled by an autonomous body, in order to assist different telepresence systems interoperate.

Nevertheless, in reality, sellers will still desire to add in-built extensions to these values, so that it can stand out and get competitive benefit. For instance, market players will initiate an expansion, so that, their scheme can achieve definite function that is not taken care by the industry norms.

Stefan Karapetkov, Emerging Technologies Director at Polycom, stated that the teleconferencing tools supplier had created systems that will be capable of interoperating with telepresence offerings from opponent, Tandberg; however the latter had implemented proprietary fundamentals that bring reduction in the level of excellence, if the video stream does not undergo the Tandberg Telepresence Server.

Nath also could note that one seller's extension will ultimately win and be assumed within the definite industry norms. He also said that, it will take a number of years for it to finally happen.