Telebriefing Replay

IMS: 10 Burning Questions

Joe McGarvey
Principal Analyst, Carrier IP Telephony

April 27, 2005

The hype surrounding IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) has been deafening. IMS is a blue print for new infrastructure architecture for service providers enabling a roll out of new services in record time - at minimal costs. The impact on equipment makers and service providers is obvious.

In this telebriefing, Joe McGarvey, Current Analysis Senior Analyst, helps carriers and equipment makers separate the facts from the fiction and answer the most pressing questions about the IMS architecture, including:

• Where will IMS Killer Apps come from?
• What does the competitive landscape look like?
• What are the potential pitfalls of IMS adoption?

McGarvey discusses the advantages of this new technology, what it means for service providers, and what pieces of the puzzle still need to be solved.

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