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Fixed-Mobile Convergence in the Business World

Innovation Reports - 11/09/2009 Fixed-Mobile Convergence in the Business World

Offers, Solutions & Markets in Europe: 2009-2013

The Fixed-Mobile Convergence market (FMC) could generate revenue of 900 million EUR in 2013 in Western Europe’s five largest markets, and so accounting for 4% of total mobile services revenue. Starting with a detailed inventory of FMC services aimed at businesses and an analysis of the offers being marketed by operators, this report then examines the underlying trends governing the use of FMC.


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• What strategies are Europe’s most advanced operators using in their offers?

• Around which relevant segments is the market being structured (services, customers, etc.)?

• What forces are driving or impeding the enterprise fixed-mobile convergence market?

• What will the FMC market be worth in 2013, and what share of the mobile services market for businesses will it have?


> Analysis of more than 45 FMC offers being marketed by 26 carriers in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK


1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. A relatively large and disparate offering
1.2. Offers based on a broad selection of handsets 
1.3. Market forecasts

2. METHODOLOGY

3. FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCE: BACKGROUND 

3.1. Mobile usage in the business world
3.2. Definition of fixed-mobile convergence
    • FMC pricing
    • FMC services
    • FMC handsets
3.3. Fixed-mobile convergence architectures   
    3.3.1. Wireless technologies integrated into dual-mode handsets
    3.3.2. Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)
    • UMA players
    • UMA, the FMC technology best suited to mobile operators
    • How UMA works
    3.3.3. IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
    • IMS for developing new services
    • Evolution of IMS service platforms
    3.3.4. Choosing between UMA and IMS
    3.3.5. Femtocell
    • The alternative to dual-mode handsets
    • Avoiding the pitfalls of Wi-Fi
    • A still fledgling technology
    3.3.6. Compatible handsets
    • UMA-compatible handsets
    • Wi-Fi-compatible smartphones

4. CATALOGUE OF FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCE OFFERS

4.1. Players examined
4.2. Guide to reading summary tables 
4.3. Summary tables of operator offerings by country 
For each operator examined:
    • Name of the offering
    • Type of FMC service
    • Target market
    • Description
    • Pricing policy
    4.3.1. Operators’ offers for the German market
    4.3.2. Operators’ offers for the British market
    4.3.3. Operators’ offers for the Spanish market
    4.3.4. Operators’ offers for the French market
    4.3.5. Operators’ offers for the Italian market

5. ANALYSIS OF MARKET PLAYERS

5.1. Operators’ positioning in the FMC market
    5.1.1. Operators not present in the FMC market
    5.1.2. Operators present in the FMC market
5.2. Construction of convergences offers
    • Service-side: FMC, Voice, Data
    • Customer-side: SoHo, SME, large accounts 
5.3. Analysis of market players’ offerings
For each offer examined:
    • Operator
    • Name of the offer
    • Target market
    • Information on the offer
    5.3.1. FMC offer pricing
    5.3.2. FMC service offerings
    • Basic FMC service offerings
    • Advanced FMC service offerings
    5.3.3. FMC mobile handset offers
    5.3.4. FMC software offers

6. MARKETS AND FORECASTS

6.1. Lessons to draw from the French market experience
    6.1.1. Feedback on FMC from the field
    6.1.2. The fixed VoIP market
6.2. Markets forecasts
    6.2.1. Demographic elements, by country
    6.2.2. Market modelling
    6.2.3. National forecasts, 2009-2013
    Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK
    • Fixed market development history
    • Comparative positioning
    • Evaluation of Western Europe’s enterprise mobile services market
    • Enterprise FMC market modelling
    • Enterprise FMC services market development




  • Altitude


  • Bouygues Telecom


  • BT


  • Deutsche Telekom/T Mobile


  • E-Plus


  • Fastweb


  • JazzTel


  • O2


  • Orange


  • Ono


  • SFR


  • Telecom Italia/TIM


  • Telefonica/Movistar


  • Three


  • Tiscali


  • Tre (H3G Italie)


  • Vodafone


  • Wind


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