TANDBERG® , a global leader in visual communication, announced that System Contractor News presented its Installation Award for Best Audio/Video Conferencing Product for Commercial Install to the TANDBERG 6000 MXP Codec. The award, presented at InfoComm 2005 in Las Vegas, recognizes the flexibility and functionality of the 6000 MXP Codec, and reinforces its reputation as the integrator’s codec of choice. The Codec 6000 MXP provides CD-quality digital audio, digital video input and output and an industry standard S/PDIF digital interface.

The Installation Awards, created by the International Communications Industries Association (ICIA) and CMP Information, Inc., recognize excellence in the integration of audio, video, control and networking products in the installation market. A panel of industry experts judged nominated products and determined the final list of nominees, with winners decided by a Systems Contractor News readers’ poll.

Ideal for custom integrations, the TANDBERG 6000 MXP Codec incorporates the power of the TANDBERG 6000 MXP video system in a standard 19” rack-mountable codec. It is the only video codec available today with embedded firewall-traversal technology with TANDBERG Expressway TM. With standards-based video quality, a variety of network choices, high bandwidth capabilities and multisite functionality, the 6000 MXP Codec provides both the flexibility and power that integrators and users demand.

“TANDBERG aims to make business quality visual communication available to everyone and a critical tool for increasing productivity throughout the business process,” said Brad Johnston, TANDBERG’s senior vice president of worldwide sales. “The Codec 6000 MXP helps make that possible by providing both the optimal user experience and integration with an organization’s broader communications technology. We are pleased that the ICIA and readers of Systems Contractor News recognize the TANDBERG 6000 MXP Codec as the integrator’s product of choice.”

TANDBERG’s groundbreaking MXP technology introduced in 2004 takes visual communication into the future, providing the industry’s highest-quality audio, superior video quality, state-of-the-art collaboration tools and advanced multisite capabilities. MXP is available on TANDBERG’s complete product line, including codecs as well as group and personal systems.