Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Ovum Plc
Published: November 2007
Product Code: R464-723Description Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), and in particular dual-mode device services, were the big story of 2006. Now, a year later, it’s time ask questions about the success of FMC to date. Have the promises of seamless solutions and pent-up user demand lived up to expectations? In this report we examine the FMC landscape and look in detail at the operator launches to date, and discuss whether FMC has delivered on its promises.
Table of Contents - Key messages
- The FMC landscape
- Pigs and chickens - an analogy
- FMC activity to date: who is leading the pack?
- Europe: key operator launches
- Rest of world: key operator launches
- Operator case studies: early mover implementation strategies
- BT: several pillars of convergence
- Orange / France Telecom: group versus operating company (Op-Co) strategies
- T-Mobile USA: using FMC as a differentiator
- SingTel: FMC a whimper, not a bang
- FMC: looking at the bigger picture
- Dual-mode devices: leading the FMC pack
- Other forms of FMC should be considered
- Table of figures
- Figure 1 Pigs and chickens
- Table 1 FMC launches in Europe: BT
- Table 2 FMC launches in Europe: Neuf Cegetel
- Table 3 FMC launches in Europe: Orange
- Table 4 FMC launches in Europe: TeliaSonera
- Table 5 FMC launches in Europe: others
- Table 6 Examples of FMC launches outside Europe
- Figure 2 Timeline for BT Fusion
- Figure 3 BT Fusion architecture
- Figure 4 Mio Box gateway configuration
- Figure 5 UMA device roadmap (publicly announced), June 2006 to December 2007
- Figure 6 FMC: A distorted picture
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