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ALSO CALLED: Converged Communications, Voice & Data Integration, Voice/Data Integration, Convergence, Integration, Digital Convergence, Voice/Data Convergence, Data & Voice Integration, Voice and Data Integration, Data Voice Integration, Data and Voice Integration, Voice Data Integration, Data/Voice Integration, Voice Data Convergence, and Voice and Data Convergence
DEFINITION: The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a concept for an integrated network of telecommunications carriers that would facilitate the use of IP (Internet Protocol) for packet communications in all known forms over wireless or landline. Examples of such communications include traditional telephony, fax, e-mail, Internet access, Web services, Voice over IP (VoIP), instant messaging (IM), videoconference
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