Fixed-Mobile Convergence: The Large Enterprise Speaks

As the marketplace scrambles to meet the needs of the Anywhere EnterpriseTM, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) has gained a good deal of attention as a solution that would combine enterprise and cellular telephony systems into a more efficient, effective and easier to use unified employee application. Our recently completed survey of large enterprises, the Yankee Group Anywhere Enterprise—Large: 2007 US Fixed-Mobile Convergence Survey, confirms a high level of awareness regarding FMC in the marketplace, with 80% of the respondents saying they are “aware of the technology,” and 47% saying they are “aware of the technology and considering its adoption.” However, FMC has been relatively slow to penetrate US enterprises as indicated by the low number of respondents—3%—who confirmed they have actually implemented FMC within their enterprises.

I. Introduction

II. The Anywhere Enterprise—Large: 2007 US Fixed-Mobile Convergence Survey

Survey Methodology and Respondent Profiles

General Findings

Proclivity Toward FMC by Survey Subsegments

III. Conclusions and Recommendations

Recommendations for Providers and Vendors

IV. Further Reading