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Comment Emma Mohr-McClune, senior analyst at Current Analysis, says: "The industry as a whole is disappointed in BT Fusion's lack of success. Despite BT's difficulties with Fusion, operators in other countries have not been deterred from using UMA - though... [13 Dec 2006]
BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch
News BT has today pushed play on its long-touted IPTV offering, BT Vision, moving the telco into the quad-play era proper. BT Vision offers BT broadband customers the chance to pick and mix digital TV programming and on-demand pay-per-view premium... [04 Dec 2006]
Vodafone: FMC and Voda-Berries coming soon
News BT was the first to market, launching its Fusion service in June last year. Both BT and Orange have already launched their own FMC products, where a single mobile device is used to make cellular calls on the go or VoIP calls on a user's premises. [22 Nov 2006]
Council fixed-mobile trial rings the changes
News BT is hoping the Fusion service will strike a cord with organisations where users make mobile calls while roaming their campus corridors, rather than always being in reach of a desk phone. Around 20 of the devices are being piloted at Leeds across... [09 Nov 2006]
Dial-up doomsday: 2010
News One such bundled offering, BT Fusion, which combines mobile and fixed-landline phone service, has struggled to make headway in the consumer market and has branched out to businesses with the launch of Corporate Fusion earlier this year. [12 Oct 2006]
Orange goes Bluephone with FMC launch
News BT already has its own FMC offering: BT Fusion. Orange has launched its own fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service, allowing users of Orange broadband to make both mobile and VoIP calls using a single handset. [25 Sep 2006]
BT's mobile-cum-VoIP phones: Ready for business
News BT's Fusion service - where one device acts as both landline and mobile phone - is about a year old in the consumer market. Now, the telco is letting it loose in the corporate world under the cunning title BT Corporate Fusion. [14 Sep 2006]
BT beats analyst expectations
News Those services - particularly those surrounding BT Fusion, the company's wi-fi-hub-centred convergence offering for the home - will in future be speedily delivered by download, which should make them easier to roll out. [28 Jul 2006]
Cheat Sheet: FMC
Cheat Sheet The main cheerleader for this is BT, which launched its FMC service, BT Fusion, back in the heady days of June 2005. Not a huge range, to say the least, but BT is promising it is jawing with other phone companies, including Nokia, to get some more... [23 Jun 2006]
Photos: A peek inside BT's assault on the digital home
Photo The iPod-styled hub will also now serve to carry the BT Fusion service, which lets a customer use one phone to make both landline and mobile calls. Currently, there are just two phones that will work with BT Fusion, both made by Motorola. [21 Jun 2006]
Not in the mode: RIM steers clear of "half-baked" tech
News But BT, which will be releasing wi-fi-enabled dual-mode Fusion phones in the summer, denies the technology isn't ready. A BT spokesman said: "[Fusion] will become a far more mass-market product when it becomes wi-fi enabled. [05 Jun 2006]
Orange opens doors to one-stop mobile and web shop
News We're confident BT's comprehensive internet security, BT Fusion and our broadband TV services will mean more to customers than a rebranded company making some bundled special offers. Orange will be the second provider to launch a converged service... [31 May 2006]
BT kick-starts wireless cities project
News It claims the wireless networks will support a "wide range of devices", including the forthcoming wi-fi version of its own Fusion handset, and a similar product currently being developed for corporate customers. [18 May 2006]
BT to dish up wi-fi FMC cocktail
News Last year BT launched a similar product for home users called BT Fusion, which supports Bluetooth and GSM. BT is developing a converged mobile product that it claims will allow companies to cut their mobile phone bills. [12 May 2006]
C&W to fight Fusion with single landline-mobile service
News Cable & Wireless is taking on BT's Fusion with the launch of its own fixed-mobile converged (FMC) service. [04 May 2006]
