Zacks Equity Research Highlights Key Stocks and IMS Innovations

Zacks Equity Research has announced a list of stocks that have been featured in their daily Analyst Blog, including NTT DoCoMo, Alcatel-Lucent, LM Ericsson AB, Nokia Corp., and Siemens AG. These companies have been collaborating to develop new specifications for a mechanism that delivers network-based value-added services for IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). The mechanism includes a service composition component that coordinates various applications using IMS session management service. IMS is a set of specifications that describes the next-generation networking architecture for implementing IP-based telephony and multimedia services.

Key Takeaways:

• NTT DoCoMo, along with its five vendors, has developed major new specifications for a mechanism that delivers network-based value-added services for IMS.
• The mechanism includes a service composition component that coordinates various applications using IMS session management service.
• The collaboration involves Alcatel-Lucent, LM Ericsson AB, Fujitsu Ltd., NEC Corp., and Nokia-Siemens Network.
• IMS is a set of specifications that describes the next-generation networking architecture for implementing IP-based telephony and multimedia services.
• The architecture converges voice, video, data, and mobile network technology over an IP-based infrastructure.
• Zacks Equity Research provides continuous coverage for a universe of 1,150 publicly traded stocks.
• Recommendations and target prices are six-month time horizons.

Statistics:

• 1,150 publicly traded stocks covered by Zacks Equity Research.
• 6-month time horizon for recommendations and target prices.
• 5 vendors collaborated with NTT DoCoMo to develop IMS specifications.

Sources:

• Zacks Equity Research: http://www.zacks.com/
• Zacks.com: http://www.profits.zacks.com/
• Zacks Investment Research, Inc.: http://www.zacks.com/
• Len Zacks: PhD in mathematics, formations of proprietary stock picking system; the Zacks Rank.