Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC)

Convergence is dissolving network boundaries and enabling the development of new service concepts, such as the ability to create private mobile GSM networks.

Fixed Mobile Integration (FMI) is the next logical step in the evolution of the convergence story, enabling mobile phone users to access the same services and features as users of a PBX extension. Private Mobile Networks are overcoming many of the commercial objections.

There are many different approaches to providing an FMI solution to the end user. However, they all have one thing clearly in common – they will all need to integrate today’s existing fixed phone infrastructure with today’s existing mobile technologies and services.

The technology will have to enable services to be accessed seamlessly, from both PBX and mobile extensions. In practise, this could be delivered through alternative or hybrid approaches.

• Replacement of the private branch exchange (PBX) with a private GSM network at a specific location or inside a building.
• Solutions enabling integration between the MNO’s national networks and existing PBX infrastructures.