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BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News The company launched an FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) product known as Fusion back in 2005. Earlier this year, however, it stopped marketing Fusion to consumers after reportedly failing to gain much interest. [08 May 2008]
C&W hooks up with Orange over FMC
News C&W's FMC system will use low-power GSM spectrum for in-building coverage, powered by picocells (the big brother cellular tech of femtocells) - rather than wi-fi, which is used by BT's rival Fusion service. [05 Mar 2008]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News According to an article in The Daily Telegraph newspaper, the BT Fusion phones - which route calls off the cellular network and onto DSL-based connections where available - have found just 45,000 takers in the consumer sector, despite widespread... [07 Feb 2008]
What Oracle's BEA buy means for users
News He added: "I think there is an interesting question now as to what Oracle is looking to gain technologically from BEA given the amount of effort that's been put into the Fusion middleware suite. Commenting on the acquisition David Mitchell, analyst... [22 Jan 2008]
Oracle users demand better support
News On a more positive note, Miles said more people are now aware of the Oracle Fusion programme, which is designed to bring together the various software applications from Oracle's acquisitions under one banner. [10 Dec 2007]
BT gets into bed with FON
News The deal means users of BT Fusion dual-mode handsets will be able to use those devices in far more locations around the world than had previously been possible. BT and FON have finally confirmed their long-expected tie-in, creating the largest wi... [04 Oct 2007]
Will future networks be faster than light-speed?
News Tunnelling is also involved in radioactivity and nuclear fusion. However, even if the German physicists' discovery turns out to be real, IBRS' McIsaac isn't convinced it could be turned into a useful product: "About 15 or 20 years ago a scientist... [17 Aug 2007]
TomorrowNow CEO: Oracle "dug a hole" for itself
News At the time Oracle's purchase of PeopleSoft - which had earlier swallowed JD Edwards - was going through, there was talk of a suite of combined products by the name of Fusion. TomorrowNow's Nelson added: "Oracle customers no longer value pre... [29 May 2007]
Young entrepreneurs winning out with web skills
News He is now working for a web design agency while also running his own web development company, Developer Fusion. A new generation of young entrepreneurs is causing a stir by using the internet to get ahead in business. [23 May 2007]
AMD touts lean, mean 'Centrino-busting' chip
News After Griffin's release, AMD will follow with Fusion, a chip that integrates graphics into the processor core in 2009, he said. Fusion will first appear in laptops. Last year, AMD said Fusion would come out in 2008 or 2009. [18 May 2007]
Google toying with in-game ad company buy?
News Other rivals, such as IGA Worldwide and Double Fusion, are bigger and have more venture capital backing and, thus, would have been more expensive to buy, analysts said. Google is buying in-game advertising company AdScape Media for $23m, according... [19 Feb 2007]
BT fuels Fusion offering with two dual-mode handsets
News BT has inked deals with HP and Taiwan's HTC for the supply of converged devices for its BT Business Fusion service. The HP iPaq 514 Voice Messenger is a dual-mode UMA (unlicensed mobile access) Windows Mobile 6.0 handset, to be launched by BT in... [12 Feb 2007]
UK facing $1.3bn FMC black hole
News BT's Fusion service was the UK's first FMC offering when it launched in 2005 and is now thought to have more than 50,000 paying customers. The trend towards fixed-mobile convergence or FMC could see mobile operators kiss goodbye to billions of... [06 Feb 2007]
BT looking to beef up its "wi-fi footprint"
News The telco has recently started promoting the use of wi-fi as part of its Fusion fixed/mobile, broadband and mobile package. Because Fusion handsets also work in BT's Openzone hotspots, this has allowed BT to establish a mobile network based... [06 Feb 2007]
Mobile broadband: Too energy inefficient?
News Although BT has more or less stayed out of the cellular fray since selling off its Cellnet (now O2) division in 2001, the ongoing upgrade of its Fusion converged offering to wi-fi means its customers would eventually be able to use their home or... [15 Jan 2007]
