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Fixed Mobile Convergence. Group 6 Magen Price, Brittnee Breze, and Candice Fitzgerald. What is FMC ?. The telecommunications software that uses one device to dually control a land-line and a cellular line through one company with a single phone number. Why Is FMC Important?.
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Fixed Mobile Convergence Group 6 Magen Price, Brittnee Breze, and Candice Fitzgerald
What is FMC? The telecommunications software that uses one device to dually control a land-line and a cellular line through one company with a single phone number.
Why Is FMC Important? • More than 50% of employees conduct business away from the office • Beneficial to Mobile Commerce • Approximately 89% of those who have tested FMC were satisfied
Industry Leaders • Nokia • SERIES 60 PHONE • Avaya • SOFTWARE
Phases Phase One • User interaction • Two devices • Russia & Europe Phase Two • User Interaction • One device/number • Korea Phase Three • No interaction • One device/number • United States & Russia
How does FMC work? • Fixed Mobile Convergence easily switches from the land-line server to the cellular server without user interaction. • Session Initiation Protocol is the software that routes incoming calls , anchors them at the Fixed Mobile Convergence server, and the server re-initiates the call toward the subscriber. • The FMC provider decides which network to use and checks availability of the user agent through registration status, giving subscriber the innovative service.
Benefits • Lower cost • Increase profit • Cut physical barriers • Convenience • Increase production • Business/Personal use
Nokia and Avaya’s service should be available in the US summer of 2006.