fixed mobile convergence in news
Tesco spends £100m on network overhaul
News Nick Folkes, IT director for UK infrastructure and operations at Tesco told silicon.com that it was one of the largest rollouts of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) in the UK. The contract with Cable & Wireless (C&W) is intended to free office staff... [28 May 2008]
BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News The company launched an FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) product known as Fusion back in 2005. Showing that BT's belief in convergence does not quite yet stretch to device convergence, Buckley said: "We think some customers will use two devices - so... [08 May 2008]
C&W hooks up with Orange over 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. Fixed-mobile convergence enables a single device to be... [05 Mar 2008]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News Given the importance of corporates to BT… it is clearly not going to abandon [fixed-mobile convergence] as a concept. Cansfield said: "At the time of launch, we were very positive about the idea (the technology behind Fusion is very clever... [07 Feb 2008]
VoIP-over-3G to make some noise
News Reducing operating expenses by combining fixed and mobile networks is another key driver for operators and users alike, Bubley said, but the strongest push in this direction is currently coming through so-called fixed/mobile convergence (FMC... [19 Nov 2007]
Mobile social networking 'to ring up $6bn'
News Holden said: "There is an enormous advantage to either putting a version of those sites on the mobile or - through convergence - putting exactly those sites on the mobile. Holden said making money on user-generated mobile content is "a challenge... [15 Aug 2007]
Businesses converge on FMC tech
News Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) will have racked up 170 million subscribers by 2012 but consumers will lag behind businesses to sign up to the tech. FMC is predicted to account for more than five per cent of the market by 2012, Informa's Fixed... [05 Jun 2007]
FMC-flavoured 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. [29 May 2007]
Orange boss Ahuja steps down
News Since Ahuja took the helm of the operator in March 2004, the company has doubled its subscriber numbers to around 100 million and, like its rivals, has attempted to reposition itself as a converged operator, selling broadband, IPTV (internet... [27 Apr 2007]
Retail will be FMC champion
News The take-up of the latest must-hype telecoms technology, fixed mobile convergence, or FMC, will vary dramatically according to industry. Converged fixed-mobile services are increasingly being offered by telcos in the UK. [22 Mar 2007]
FMC: Trim your telecoms by 30 per cent
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 per cent on enterprise voice bills, analysts believe. [08 Mar 2007]
Back FMC but ditch dual-mode phones, users told
News Operators need to ditch their obsession with dual-mode phones and embrace other technologies to get fixed mobile convergence (FMC) off the ground, according to analysts. Jan Dawson, vice president of Ovum's US enterprise practice, said operators... [01 Mar 2007]
Broadband availability still hitting UK Plc
News Convergence - an umbrella term covering technologies such as IP (everywhere), SIP and IMS - quickly emerged as a theme this year. Other CMA Survey findings Best performer in fixed communications for overall quality: NTL:Telewest diams... [07 Feb 2007]
UK facing $1.3bn FMC black hole
News The trend towards fixed-mobile convergence or FMC could see mobile operators kiss goodbye to billions of dollars. Research from VoIP watchers iLocus forecasts UK mobile operators will lose $1.3bn per year in revenues by 2011 as a result of FMC and... [06 Feb 2007]
Piracy, patchy broadband hurting online content industry
News The long-awaited "digital convergence" is becoming an economic reality, creating great opportunities for Europe's consumers, content providers and technology industries, said Viviane Reding, commissioner for information society and media.silicon... [29 Jan 2007]
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