* Nortel continues its arguments for a best-of-breed approach to networking
* Is unified applications the next big thing?
* Nortel argues for best-of-breed vendors
* Comcast VoIP subscribers now number 3.8 million
* Cisco's arguments for a single-vendor integrated network
* The state of the IMS nation according to Alcatel-Lucent
* IMS-based multimedia applications are some time off in the future
* David and Goliath responses
* Interview with Aricent