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Deciphering the term "Fixed Mobile Convergence"
There are all kinds of buzzwords that we have to deal with on a daily basis. Understanding what they really mean and what's behind them helps to make it easier to decide if a given technology is really good for the business or if the terms are just market-speak intended...
Tags: Mobile, Vendor, Term, Convergence, FMC Corp., FMC, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-05-16
Fixed Mobile Convergence can centralize business numbers and reduce airtime
Fixed Mobile Convergence allows users to have just one business phone number that can ring in multiple locations and on multiple devices. It can also consolidate voicemail boxes and preserve the privacy of a personal cell phone number, even if you use that cell number to pick up business calls....
Tags: Phone, Mobile, Convergence, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Podcasts, RSS, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-04-16
Femtocells yes, Fixed Mobile Convergence no
I have a great deal of respect for the Chinese and their ability to comprehend the natural world, especially their concept of Yin and Yang. I mention this as I use that very unique concept when I research many of the mutually correlated opposites that appear in today's cutting edge...
Tags: Phone, Mobile, British Telecommunications, Technology, NetGear, Convergence, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Femtocell, 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2008-02-10
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) bridges cellular networks and WLANs
Fixed Mobile Convergence FMC technology allows wireless users to seamlessly transfer calls and call features from a cellular network to a WLAN and back again-one device, one phone number, and one voice mail box. Equipment manufacturers, wired and wireless carriers, and business customers are all considering how best to reap...
Tags: Phone, WLAN, Cellular Network, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Fixed Mobile Convergence Technology, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2007-08-21

Additional Resources

Fixed-Mobile Convergence: Let's Keep It Simple
This white paper addresses the issues facing network operators and service providers in relation to Fixed-Mobile Convergence. It provides a broad overview of fixed-mobile convergence and can be read by anybody interested in this important topic. It also highlights Nokia's view to utilise the Unified Core network for Fixed-Mobile Convergence....
Tags: Nokia Corp., Network, Convergence, VOIP, Operational Planning, Networking, Telecommunications, Business Operations
White papers 2005-02-01
Fixed-Mobile Convergence
Fixed-mobile convergence allows network and service operators to make more efficient use of existing access technologies (GSM, DSL, WiFi), as well as taking advantage of the roll-out of new access technologies such as 2.5/3G, DSL, WLAN, Bluetooth, UMA, etc by launching new voice & multimedia services and realising cost reductions...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Network, Convergence, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications
White papers 2006-02-24
Nokia Service Delivery Framework and Convergence
Convergence and more particularly, Fixed Mobile Convergence is increasing being seen across the telecoms industry. However, just like Service Delivery Platforms, convergence is not a 'One size fits all' solution and, while built using common solution components, is very much driven by the operator's particular business model and requirements. In...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Convergence, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
White papers 2006-06-01
Enterprise Fixed Mobile Convergence: Deploying Dual Mode Devices and Other Options
Because today's workforce spends much time away from a fixed workspace, the ability to bridge communications between the traditional office desk and the mobile world has become critical for today's IT professional. This webcast discusses about fixed-mobile convergence: what it means, what the benefits are, and how a business can...
Tags: Mobile, Unified Communications, Convergence, Workforce, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
Webcasts 2007-12-01
Mobile VoIP: IP Convergence Goes Mobile
The telecommunications industry is in the midst of the megatrend of IP Internet Protocol convergence, with the shift from circuit-based networks and system to IP packet-based networks being driven by the new rich service innovation opportunities and cost savings they offer. Every level of the value chain is evolving: fixed...
Tags: Mobile, IP, Convergence, Telecommunications Industry, Network Technology, Networking, VOIP, Telecommunications
White papers 2005-06-01
IMS: A Blueprint for Fixed Mobile Convergence
As interest in fixed-mobile convergence continues to rise, one technology increasingly dominates discussion: the IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS. IMS is emerging as the technology that will enable service providers to move beyond the limitations of today's cellular mobile architectures. Not only that, but IMS is rapidly becoming a key...
Tags: Mobile, Network, IBM IMS, Convergence, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Wireless, Marketing
Webcasts
Using Fixed/Mobile Convergence to Competitive Advantage
New, disruptive VoIP business models are springing up rapidly and are often said to herald the demise of established voice providers, both fixed and mobile. With very significant revenues at stake, there is clearly mileage in established players fighting for this territory that they already own. Fixed Mobile Convergence FMC...
Tags: Brand, Competitive Advantage, Alcatel, Convergence, Branding, VOIP, Strategy, Marketing, Telecommunications, Networking, Management
White papers 2005-12-01
Demystifying Enterprise Fixed Mobile Convergence
The adoption and use of the mobile device has grown exponentially since its invention little more than 20 years ago. It is expected that by the year 2010 almost 80% of the global adult population will own a mobile device. More significant than the huge growth in subscribers is the...
Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Convergence, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
White papers 2007-02-01
Taking Wireless to the Next Level: Fixed-Mobile Convergence
Fixed-Mobile Convergence FMC is touted as the way to provide end-users the same portfolio of services regardless of which devices and networks they happen to be using. There's just one problem with this definition: It's long on vision and short on cost-benefit analysis. Fortunately, the FMC value proposition is more...
Tags: Network, WLAN, Convergence, Aruba Networks, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
White papers 2006-08-25
Convergence OF 3G and Broadband
I am sitting in my office in Iraq doing military reserve service and looking at the possibilities of CDMA/3G profitable services and thought there does not seem a lot of Convergence going on between 3G and fixed line Internet i.e. mobile video messaging and say hotmail instant messaging.
Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Convergence
Discussion threads 2006-02-03
Alcatel End-to-End Location-Based Services Solution
Gone are the days when location was a feature only of interest to mobile operators. Industry trends towards fixed/mobile and private/public application convergence are transforming location into an all-round service enabler, which drives the usage rate of value-added applications across mobile, fixed, enterprise and vertical markets. Coordinating positioning requests from...
Tags: Mobile, Positioning, Alcatel, Location, Branding, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
White papers 2005-09-01
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) bridges cellular networks and WLANs
Convergence!Will it be cost effective?1st of, these dual phones are top-end with big price tags, and then the cost of network devices will only add overheads! Telecom equipment are still the most solid and reliable. . .these voip boxes are not so convincing. Is there any real optimism?
Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, yiabdulkadir@..., WLAN
Discussion threads 2007-08-23
Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) Converges Fixed and Mobile Telephony Using Cisco Systems and Personeta Technology
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Wireless applications for voice and data are as essential to today's businesses as their fixed or wired counterparts. Although many enterprises have sophisticated IP data networks in place they must still rely on a separate...
Tags: Solution, Telephony, Mobile, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Mobile TeleSystem, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
Case studies
Convergence of Mobile Devices and Wireless Sensor Networks
Pervasive computing with mobile devices and wireless sensor networks has been identified as a future area of research. This paper motivates the convergence of those two technologies as introduces new services to the customer. Wireless sensors have the possibility to sense the surrounding world and communicate wirelessly among each other...
Tags: Mobile, Network, Sensor, Mobile Device, Convergence, Advertising & Promotion, VOIP, Wi-Fi, Marketing, Telecommunications, Networking, Wireless
White papers 2006-10-18
Alcatel Location-Based Services Solution: A Key Fixed / Mobile Convergence Enabler
Originally, user location was a feature supported solely by mobile networks. Nowadays, consumers as well as enterprise users are complementing their mobile phones with the nomadic use of PDAs and laptops in WLAN and fixed environments. Gradually, Bluetooth, satellite, and WiMAX positioning methods will also become affordable for the mass...
Tags: Mobile, Positioning, Alcatel, Branding, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Marketing
White papers 2005-09-01
Why Nortel for Fixed Mobile Convergence?
The rapid growth of WLAN deployments in enterprises, hotspots and homes; the improving ability of WLAN access to provide high-quality voice service; and the introduction of dual-mode handsets that can support both cellular (GSM, UMTS or CDMA) and WLAN radio are creating new market opportunities for service providers to deliver...
Tags: Mobile, Nortel Networks Corp., WLAN, Convergence, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
White papers 2006-06-09
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