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Articles tagged with: Fixed Mobile Convergence and Fmc
UK enterprises wasting £264 million per year on mobile costs
A survey of UK businesses has suggested that companies are wasting money by not deploying fixed-mobile convergence systems within their offices. The research showed that on average large enterprises were spending £209,150 each year on mobile calls, yet the IT directors surveyed estimated that 42% of their employees' mobile calls were being made from within the office. more
Related Tags: femtocell, security, UK
FMC and femtocell equipment forecast to hit $7.4 billion in 2013
Sales of FMC network element equipment and femtocell equipment will grow to $7.4 billion worldwide by 2013, forecasts Infonetics Research. They also report that the number of 2G and 3G femtocells sold for use in mobile networks will increase five-fold from 2009 to 2010. more
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Partnerships Facilitate the Deployment of Next-Gen Enterprise FMC Solutions
Although markets worldwide were impacted by the global economic slowdown during the end of 2008, the world enterprise fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) markets have registered stable growth. The cost and productivity benefits offered by enterprise FMC solutions have considerably defused the negative effects on the segment. In fact, FMC solutions have become one of the most sought-after technologies by IT departments to tackle escalating mobile costs, poor in-building coverage, less-than-optimal productivity, and integration of enterprise capabilities and applications with mobile communications. more
Enterprise FMC Will Grow at a CAGR of 27%, Reaching Over 27 Million by 2014
In a new study from ABI Research, FMC (Fixed-Mobile Convergence) handset voice connections for business customers are forecast to rise from 6.3 million in 2009 to more than 27 million by 2014. FMC voice connections include Wi-Fi FMC connections as well as cellular FMC connections using picocells and femtocells. more
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3G Networks Drive Fixed/Mobile Service Offer in Latin America
Convergent Fixed-Mobile service offer is still embryonic in Latin America, with Brazil as the market providing the greatest range of such services, reports Signals Telecom Consulting. The report also says that Fixed/Mobile Convergence (FMC) services will record CAGR of 14.8% over the 2009-2014 period, and that Mexico will account for only about 11% of FMC lines in Latin America in 2014. more
Related Tags: presence, Brazil
OnRelay Trials Enterprise FMC with BT Global Services
OnRelay, a provider of cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) software, has announced that they have entered into a customer trial agreement with the international services arm of UK landline operator, BT Global Services. more
Related Tags: unified-communications, landline, bt
Operators' OSS unready for Fixed Mobile Convergence
A recent poll by Comptel Corp has found that operators around the globe have not prepared their OSS for the advent of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC). The poll, carried out at ComptelĂ's annual user group, found that while 41 per cent of respondents stated their OSS was 'somewhatĂ' ready, 39 per cent admitted to being completely unprepared for FMC. This was despite the fact that a majority of operators questioned were planning to deploy a FMC strategy in the short-term (50%). more
Related Tags: rsa, oss, comptel, billing
Carriers Still Unsure About Fixed Mobile Convergence
The benefits of seamless roaming between wireline and wireless networks is gaining steam, but many challenges remain before Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) is widely deployed, reports In-Stat. Chief among these challenges is finding a compelling business case for most wireless carriers, who view FMC as a contra-revenue threat, the high-tech market research firm says. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, t-mobile, roaming, in-stat, USA
Orange and Cable&Wireless Announce National Roaming Deal
Orange UK and Cable&Wireless have announced a five-year partnership deal that will see Cable&Wireless enterprise fixed mobile convergence customers using the Orange mobile network for national roaming. more
Related Tags: orange, roaming, hutchison-3g, hutchison, national-roaming, UK
Unnecessary Mobile Costs Hit British Businesses
British businesses may be leaking money through inefficient use of work mobile phones, according to a new survey from Inclarity, the hosted Voice over Internet (VoIP) provider. The research, conducted in September 2007 in conjunction with YouGov, polled 2,003 people across Britain and revealed that 31 per cent of employees who work in an office make work-related calls from their mobiles when in the office more than two or three times a week. Of those, 65 per cent make work-related calls from their mobile phones more than two times a day. more