One of the examples of new telecommunication services claimed by the market from the end of the 90-th can serve telephone conferences and "telemeeting" services, that specialists destine for brilliant future. The "telemeeting" service reminds a audioconference. The essence of telemeeting is, that the subscriber when in any place (for example, in the office, at home, in the car) can call some known for him number, and become a participant of any conference, and the number of conferences, operating in the given moment, can be arbitrary. At the input of the chosen conference it is possible both to carry out authorization of the participant, and to connect the subscriber immediately.

The audioconferences are available at many PBX manufacturers as additional hardware opportunities, which are easily realized and are rather cheap if the number of the conferees does not exceed 8. At the greater number of conferees the expenses increase spasmodically and require installation of additional equipment (an additional station in fact), which cost frequently exceeds the cost of the PBX. Such is for example the audioconference system of the Irish company Confertel. Its cost is about of $1000 per a conferee for analog (loop start) connection and about of $1500 for ISDN PRI digital connection. The computer telephony presents here an alternative solution - Artix InterCall audioconferencing system on the basis of special conferencing boards, which combine relative cheapness (cost of the system is $500 per a conferee and lower and connection with the station is only digital) and intellectual opportunities of computers for on-line conference control and monitoring.