What is FMC ?

Fixed-mobile convergence promises to revolutionize the telecommunications industry; changes in technology are removing traditional boundaries. Convergence is more than technology — it's about markets aligning, bringing both new opportunities and increased competition. The aim of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) is to provide fixed and mobile services with a single phone or personal device, which could switch
between networks ad hoc.


Need for FMC

-To Cut down cost
-Reduce Communication Complexity with-in Co-operation
Such as Remote workers (VPN), Mobilw Voice & Data,
Video Conf, Blackberry/Smart fone users, fixed voice (IPT)

FMC solution

-Integrate Mobile and Fixed line networks.
-Providing Communications services to Mobile workers regardless of location of work.
-Access to technology and devices

Benifits

-Control Mobile Cost
-Improve Communication
-Leverage fixed and IP investments
-Hook PBX and mobile phone together
-Mobilze Enterprise Application
-Cut duplicarion of devices, billing anaysis and management
-Make Employees Productivity
Growing use of Mobile - Portablity, address book, call registers, sms, etc...
Growing use of IM ex: skype

Service Provider Goals
-Abolish Fixed and Mobile Boundaries
-Network Integration - Fixed and Mobile
-Need to move NGN (IPv6) networks and Inegrated Mobile services
at core and services will be richer
-MNS to mask complexity

Service Provider Downside
-Disruptive Business Model
-Eroding Revenue
-Price Pressure

Bottleneck to Progress
-No single IP infrastructure
-Cost, device security and support multiple devices.
-Deploying International services

FMC services
-Remote Access
-IPT
-Mobile Email
-PBX Mobile Extension
-Dual Modes WiFi/Cellular
-Mobile VoIP
-Mobile Device Management

Standardization Bodies
-TISPAN (Telecoms & Internet converged Services & Protocols
for Advanced Networks ) specifications of 3GPP ensure
integration between fixed and mobile solutions based on
-3GPP IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)
http://www.etsi.org/tispan/; WG7 SEC security
-Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA,
http://www.thefmca.com )
-WiMAX Forum (http://www.wimaxforum.org )

FMC Players

-Cable & Wireless (http://fmc.my-cw-portal.com/fmc/index.html)
-TwinTel (http://www.arcor.de/privat/twintel.jsp) in Germany: Arcor offers
a mobile GSM handset which can also be used for making calls trough
the ADSL line
-Beautiful Phone (http://www.beautifulphone.com/html/en/) in France:
neuf cegetel offers also a combined fixed mobile phone.
-Free a french Internet provider (http://adsl.free.fr/ ), develops a WiFi
mesh network of HD freeboxes“ to be used to provide mobile telephony.
-unik: Orange offers a single telephone, a single number, a single address
book, at home or on the move www.unik.orange.fr


Thanks & Regards,
VINOD M

Labels: FMC, Technology