Qualcomm Inc (QCOM)

[JohnG]

Telecom vendors revising systems-WSJ - Usually customers work one-on-one with vendors, but the request from Verizon Communication's (VZ) and Vodafone's (VOD) Verizon Wireless was so unusual - and potential - is so huge that five major telecom-equipment makers have been working for the past year to revise their systems. Cisco Systems (CSCO), Lucent Technologies (LU), Motorola (MOT), Nortel Networks (NT) and Qualcomm (QCOM) are working with a new technology, known as IMS, for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, that will allow consumers to switch between phone, TV, and Internet services.