* Also: Nortel and Qwest financials
* Cisco earnings
* Vodafone needs more convincing before endorsing Verizon Wireless' A-IMS proposal
* Worldwide telecom capital expenditures increase for third year in a row
* Verizon Wireless' A-IMS proposal
Building consensus around Verizon Wireless proposal will be difficult, observers note
Consensus around Verizon Wireless-led proposal could be challenge given competing efforts.
* Also: Alltel completes spin off of wireline business; Chinese surfers reached 123 million in June