The VX Tactical is one of the first high-definition video services to be made available to the Middle East and Cisco claims it offers a lifelike and natural video experience, aimed to deliver the feeling that people miles apart are in the same room.

"Cisco’s collaborative technology solutions such as TelePresence are now making a vital impact across a wide gambit of industry sectors and vertical markets and collaborating with Yahsat goes a long way to illustrate just how versatile and adaptable our portfolio is,” Cisco UAE collaboration manager Wael Abdulal said in a statement. “Not only are we able to deliver IP communications to mobility, customer care, Web conferencing, messaging, enterprise social software, and interoperable TelePresence experiences, we are also helping to make a difference to people’s lives by delivering the value of true anytime anywhere collaboration even in the harshest of environments."