14.1 INTRODUCTION

IP Multimedia System (IMS) is a network that enables connectedness within both the telephony and computing realms, fixed and mobile. Whatever the future of mobile telephony and mobile computing holds, one can confidently say that connectedness is a vital theme. We have discussed this to an extent in Chapter 3 when we looked at becoming an ‘Operator 2.0’. This chapter will guide you through the world of IMS.

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