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Telepresence: High-definition videoconferencing already is being proposed for residential consumers as a way to spend holidays with the folks without having to leave the home. Who needs a hug from mom when you have Cisco Systems?

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IP Multimedia Subsystem: This transitional architecture may have its detractors now, but it is still the best option for carriers that need to be more flexible while still protecting their place in the value chain. Too much hype has made this technology appear to be losing steam, but IMS or versions of IMS will actually pick up speed in '08 and beyond.

Unified Communications: It's not that UC wouldn't be a boon to any worker or organization, it's just that we've never seen anyone (carrier, IT vendor, systems integrator or enterprise) deploy it in a way that we'd actually want to use.

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