IP multimedia: Carriers’ rocky road

Opinion
Jan 5, 20071 min

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Six industry-defining power struggles: IP multimedia: Carriers’ rocky road, 12/25/06

Carriers’ plans for delivering the next wave of services depend on IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS), an architecture conceived to help network operators produce and provision IP services more quickly while protecting their existing technology and infrastructure investments.

The 10 most powerful companies: Verizon, 12/25/06

Verizon hasn’t had the easiest time justifying its massive investments in fiber (both to the home and to the business), but that’s a problem only for folks who spend their time looking at earnings and share prices (which are up this year) and the relative capital spending strategies of carriers.

India’s Firstsource acquires U.S. outsourcer, 01/04/07

Indian outsourcer Firstsource Solutions has acquired BPM, a healthcare claims outsourcing company in Delaware, and its two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, MedPlans 2000 and MedPlans Partners.