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Articles tagged with: Fmc and Femtocell
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: fixed-mobile-convergence, 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
Related Tags: fixed-mobile-convergence
Study Finds Large Cost Savings for Migrating Heavy Data Users to Femtocells
Signals Research Group has completed a whitepaper on the business case for femtocells as part of its ongoing femtocell business modeling initiative with the trade group, the Femto Forum. The study found, across a wide variety of scenarios considering different regions of the world, the business case for femtocells is strong---often doubling the customer lifetime value---and does not depend on any one critical factor or assumption in order to generate a favorable outcome. Further to this, the research demonstrated that femtocells can dramatically reduce the growing financial costs made by heavy mobile broadband data users on the mobile network. more
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FMC and femtocell equipment markets poised to take off in face of downturn
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released a report on fmc and Femtocell Equipment, which forecasts that combined, sales of fmc network element equipment and femtocell equipment are expected to grow at a healthy rate through the economic downturn and really take off in 2011, reaching nearly $8 billion worldwide by 2013. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, 3g, nokia, apple, driving, lte, iden, vas, rogers-wireless, ran, infonetics-research, rogers, radio-network-controller
Femtocell - a Revolutionary Residential Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Substitution
Much has been said about femtocells in recent times. Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue proposition for mobile operators. more
Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, sim, base-station, mobile-data, arpu, voip, ict, itu, driving, personal, landline, base-stations, femtocells
HSPA expected to drive femtocell market; operators taking cautious approach
High speed packet access (HSPA) is shaping up to be the key driver behind future femtocell adoption, says a new report from analyst firm Infonetics Research. Once users are hooked on high speed mobile data services, the report contends, subscribing to a femtocell service could follow to ensure coverage and capacity consistency for services delivered to the home or office. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, wimax, core-network, rcom, hspa, mobile-broadband, femto-forum, femtocells
Fixed Mobile Convergence Market Set to Expand to 250 Million Users by 2012
Operators are now rolling out converged services on fixed and mobile networks, converting trials to commercial deployments. 2008 will see another spate of trials, as femtocell technology begins to become available. more
Related Tags: voip, abi-research, 3gpp, femtocells, indoor-coverage
NEC announces trials of Femtocell Solution with mobile operators
Japan's NEC has announced the readiness of its 3G Femtocell solution for Operator Lab and Friendly User trials. NEC says that its Femtocell solution is already in Operator trials in Europe and in other parts of the world. more
Related Tags: abi-research, nec
Femtocells to Dominate Fixed-Mobile Convergence Market
Mobile operators are now making key and far-ranging decisions about the future of their consumer fixed-mobile convergence services. While enterprise fmc services are clearly following the route of VCC- and SIP-enabled solutions, consumer fmc services will take one of two major paths, based on each mobile operator's view of the market, and the nature of its existing network assets. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, abi-research, edge, femtocells, handover
Fixed Mobile Faces Problems Without Increased Vendor Co-Operation
Informa Telecoms & Media is forecasting that there will be 170 million Fixed Mobile Convergence (fmc) subscribers by 2012 generating US$33.4 billion of revenue, but caution that without an increase in cooperation between all of the value chain players involved the industry faces an uphill struggle. more
Related Tags: fixed-mobile-convergence, ims, opex