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At sea over convergence?
Comment For these companies, fixed-mobile convergence is more about fixed-mobile substitution - preventing themselves being substituted out by existing customers and trying to substitute in new ones. There are many ways of tackling fixed-mobile convergence. [21 Sep 2007]
Vodafone CEO: Mobile must move it or lose it
News Vodafone, for example, recently began reselling DSL access and offering cheap tariffs for users making mobile calls in their homes in an effort to encourage greater substitution of mobile options for fixed-line phone service. [13 Feb 2007]
Vodafone: FMC and Voda-Berries coming soon
News Vodafone's move into new handsets comes as the company announced it hopes to derive 10 per cent of its revenue from advertising, fixed-mobile substitution and integrated PC and mobile data services within the next three to four years. [22 Nov 2006]
Mobile VoIP: IP Convergence Goes Mobile
White Paper Every level of the value chain is evolving: fixed operators are looking to take advantage of reduced infrastructure and maintenance expenditure; mobile operators hope to accelerate fixed-mobile substitution by offering services previously... [07 Sep 2006]
'New wave' services boost BT results
News Convergence (in all its different forms) is a big driver in the industry at the moment, of which fixed-mobile convergence (and indeed fixed-mobile substitution) is a part. But the analyst warned about the company's lack of a major mobile business... [18 May 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile VoIP - not so disruptive
Comment The fixed-to-mobile substitution trend is already a boon to mobile operators: a well-marketed FMC service, targeting broadband home users, could see mobile operators' grip on the voice market tightened further. [20 Mar 2006]
Telcos look to profit from fixed-mobile convergence
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. It helps break down barriers between fixed and mobile networks. [21 Dec 2005]
Landlines heading for extinction?
News European landline operators are expected to try and tackle the issue of fixed-mobile substitution by producing converged products - phones that work as both landline and mobile, such as BT's Fusion, formerly known as project Bluephone. [26 Oct 2005]
User-Centric Broadband Strategies for Service Providers With Fixed-Only Networks
White Paper The fixed telecommunications market is under pressure from intrinsic competition and new substitution moves from mobile and application players. As a consequence, senior executives are faced with critical business questions: what will their future... [11 Oct 2005]
User-Centric Broadband Services: Demand Drivers and Market Opportunities
White Paper Fixed operators may leverage services, such as real-time call routing, to mitigate wireless substitution, while mobile operators may jumpstart a saturated market by offering innovative multimedia applications. [11 Oct 2005]
Radioactive: Do mobile operators covet broadband?
Comment The package from both operators is tied into a phone and internet service that is designed to accelerate fixed-to-mobile substitution. Although these home-zone data services are opening up a new front in the fixed-mobile substitution war, it is... [16 Mar 2005]
Radioactive: Mobile operators' family secret - churn
Comment ARPUs and profits are up; fixed-to-mobile substitution is delivering unexpected revenues and the messaging and ringtone value-adds are totting up nicely, thank you very much. Despite convergence services working against fixed-mobile substitution... [09 Feb 2005]
Radioactive: Will Bluephone save BT?
Comment BT's Bluephone Project is emerging as one of the company's key offensives in the battle against fixed-mobile substitution. The heavily trailed fixed-mobile convergence project, codenamed Bluephone, is attracting the most attention. [11 Nov 2004]
Nokia Mobile Business Voice: New Revenue Opportunities From Fixed to Mobile Substitution
White Paper This White Paper discusses the elements that enable fixed to mobile substitution among business users. Additionally, people prefer to make mobile calls to fixed line calls for other reasons, such as convenience or the lower cost of mobile telephony. [16 Sep 2004]
Mobiles steal more voice minutes
News The latest study into how many calls are moving from fixed lines to mobiles - so-called fixed-mobile substitution - shows fixed-line voice-call minutes fell five per cent in Europe in 2003. Jan ten Sythoff, author of the F&S report Fixed-Mobile... [23 Mar 2004]
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