Sprint dedicates IMS work to voice and enhanced voice services

NetworkWorld.com | VoIP & Convergence Research Center | Update Your Profile Sprint dedicates IMS work to voice and enhanced voice services By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick Continuing our series evaluating the status of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) deployments, we spoke recently with executives from Sprint, Manish Mangal, director of core architectures and Mike Logan, director of network development. Sprint is using IMS on a limited basis for both wireline and wireless services. Read full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at taylor@webtorials.com Larry Hettick is a Principal Analyst at Current Analysis, the leading provider of competitive response solutions. 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