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Cable & Wireless, Ericsson seal FMC deal
News Telecoms-kit company Ericsson has signed a five-year, £30m contract with telco Cable & Wireless to supply and manage a GSM mobile network that will let Cable & Wireless sell FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) services.
[September 15, 2008, 8:23]
Cable & Wireless, Orange join forces on FMC
News The telco has announced a five-year partnership with the mobile operator to provide national roaming in the UK for its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service, which will launch later this year. The benefits of FMC to enterprise are that it has the...
[March 6, 2008, 8:00]
Businesses to lead FMC uptake
News Almost nine percent of businesses will use fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) devices versus just less than five percent for the total number of consumer voice subscribers, according to research from analyst house Informa Telecoms & Media.
[June 5, 2007, 16:31]
Converged services could slash telecoms bills
News Dual-mode handsets — where a single phone is used both for cellular and VoIP calls — and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) could spell cost savings of up to 30 percent on enterprise voice bills, analysts believe.
[March 9, 2007, 17:19]
BT unites mobile and fixed business telephony
News BT has extended its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) strategy into businesses, with the announcement of technology to shift staff mobile calls onto company IP networks. The council's ICT head, Adrian Fegan, said FMC "allows us to operate more...
[September 14, 2006, 14:45]
Firms get Orange convergence next year
News Business customers will be able to use a version of Orange's new fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) suite from the first half of next year, a spokesperson for the operator said today. But Unique has "the same weaknesses of the other current FMC...
[September 25, 2006, 15:20]
C&W to fight Fusion with landline-mobile service
News Cable & Wireless is taking on BT's Fusion with the launch of its own fixed-mobile converged (FMC) service. C&W announced it has successfully bid for an FMC licence, which will allow users to make both mobile and landline calls from a single phone.
[May 5, 2006, 9:40]
3 cold on convergence
News Third-generation mobile operator 3 has slammed the idea of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), labelling the technology a niche product. O2 also piloted an FMC service some years ago but decided to ditch plans for a commercial rollout due to a lack of...
[July 5, 2006, 10:15]
Fixed-mobile convergence 'around the corner'
News Next-generation technologies for various types of networks are allowing operators to push forward with fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and even fixed-mobile substitution (FMS) strategies. F&S ICT research manager, Jennifer Fruehauf, said in a...
[December 21, 2005, 15:55]
Enabling Fixed Mobile Convergence Through Scalable AdvancedTCA Communications Servers
White Papers Getting to Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) presents unique challenges to operators. They need ways to develop FMC networks without risking their existing investments. Azaire Networks has addressed these challenges with their IP-Converged Network...
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
BT to sell Wi-Fi mobiles for business
News The telco announced on Thursday that it will work with Alcatel to create a service called Enterprise FMC, which stands for fixed-mobile convergence. Steven Evans, BT's chief of wireless broadband and future products, said Enterprise FMC will allow...
[May 11, 2006, 16:25]
Operators in talks over dual-mode Nokia handset
News This kind of system is generally known as fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). Nokia’s spokesperson suggested FMC handsets would help operators improve their indoor coverage, and also suggested there could be "possible benefits like new billing solutions.
[July 28, 2006, 14:00]
Nokia handsets get free VoIP calling
News Ultimately the goal is to be able to switch calls between Wi-Fi and GSM networks mid-call, a technique called Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC). Handsets such as Nokia's 6136 and Samsung's SGH-T709 approach FMC using the UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access...
[September 11, 2006, 12:05]
3 working on low-cost 'Skype' mobile
News Operators around the world, including BT in the UK and T-Mobile in the US, have sought to capitalise on such devices with the launch of FMC (fixed/mobile convergence), where calls are routed via mobile networks when a customer is outside the home...
[October 4, 2007, 9:20]
BT bundles smartphone with home broadband
News The company launched an FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) product known as Fusion back in 2005. However, Buckley stressed the FMC offering has been a success with enterprise customers. While BT ToGo phones can make use of Wi-Fi at home or via BT...
[May 9, 2008, 9:11]
O2 takes the mobile network indoors
News O2 also sought to distance itself from the oft-talked about fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). FMC allows both cellular and Wi-Fi radios to be built into a single handset, eliminating the problem with patchy indoor coverage.
[November 16, 2006, 11:50]
Orange faces up to dissatisfaction
Blog Comment I had my concerns when Orange followed the stampede of operators into the FMC home market and by all accounts this has done serious damage to their customer satisfaction levels. Existing customers who signed up to Livebox have had their image of...
[July 3, 2007, 9:13]
BT to sell Wi-Fi mobiles for business
Talkback What is the reason for the delay in introducing BT enterprise which is FMC using WiFi technology ? The white paper mentions about BT Fusion which already converges fixed line with mobile which is already implemented.
[July 3, 2006, 17:02]
BT Fusion gets Wi-Fi upgrade
News The idea of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services such as Fusion is that, when the mobile handset is in the office or home and thus sufficiently close to the user's broadband connection, it will route calls through that connection rather than...
[December 14, 2006, 12:49]
Dual-mode BlackBerry on the way
News Such technology is central to what is known as fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), which describes the concept of being able to contact someone's desk phone or mobile phone through a single number, and those two phones sharing PBX functionality.
[May 25, 2007, 17:27]
