Infonetics: 80% of Providers to Offer FMC by April ‘08
An Infonetics report, “Service Provider Plans for Next Gen Voice & IMS,” based on formal interviews conducted by senior analysts with 24 North American, European, Asia Pacific, and Latin American-Caribbean service providers, shows over two-thirds of responding service providers plan to offer fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services within 8 months.
Primary reasons for providers to adopt VoIP are reducing operating costs and overhead, growing revenue, and adding more profitable services. These features are enabled by increasing broadband penetration and the latest generation of voice technology.
The latest generation of voice technology includes softDSP voice engines for VoIP and VCC such as those found in currently shipping products by D2 Technologies and others. Offering FMC means enabling mobile phones to communicate seamlessly according to the goals of unified communications.