Forrester

For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:How Fixed-Mobile Convergence Helps MNCs Reduce Telecom Costs

Build FMC Into Your Unified Communications Sourcing Strategy

The key benefits of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) are simple to understand: a) avoid duplicating costs for voice infrastructure by taking away desk phones for employees who aren't using them anyway,...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:BT's Early FMC Experiences Lead To Flexible Offers For MNCs

Multiflavor Options Build On BT's Ribbit Platform And Technology Partnerships

BT was a pioneer of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), launching the first commercial offer in the UK in 2005 for consumers and small business. At the root of BT's early market leadership for FMC...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Case Study: How Vodafone Germany Became A Convergent Operator

Four Lessons In Strategy Implementation

Convergence is happening today in the communications sector at multiple levels. This creates opportunities for telecom companies — notably in information and communications technology (ICT),...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Staying Connected: The Next Wave In Asia Pacific Enterprise Mobility, 2008-2012

This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the enterprise mobility market in Asia Pacific in 2008-2012 based on interviews with leading enterprise mobility equipment/device vendors...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Cut Costs On Voice: Prepare For Wi-Fi Calling Now

Market Overview: Firms Will Get Wi-Fi/Cellular Calling

As mobile device usage continues its uptick — as do its associated carrier costs — many companies are looking at dual-mode devices that can make calls over both carrier cellular and local...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Market Overview: Firms Will Get Wi-Fi/Cellular Calling

But Adoption Will Take At Least Three Years

A single mobile device that allows calling over a mobile and wireless local area network (WLAN) network promises IT executives a potential way to decrease mounting mobile voice costs as minutes of...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Forrester TechRadar™: Enterprise Mobility Infrastructure, Q3 2008

Infrastructure And Services Converge To Make The Workplace Place-Agnostic

Enterprises see mobility as a top priority and seek to provide more mobility support to employees, implement solutions that provide seamless movement between networks, and formalize mobile policies....

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:It's Time To Tie The Mobile To The PC

While mobile phones are becoming ever more powerful in terms of processing power, features, and storage capabilities, connection speeds and usability lagging, and more and more companies in the...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Will One-Phone Services Survive?

Fixed Telcos' Consumer One-Phone FMC Services Face A Grim Future

One-phone services were designed to be the starting point of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). But the mixed results from telcos' commercial launches over the past two years have highlighted several...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Topic Overview: Enterprise Mobility

Mobility Becomes An Integral Part Of Firms' Network Strategy

Forrester broadly defines enterprise mobility as the ability for an enterprise to communicate with suppliers, partners, employees, assets, products, and customers irrespective of location. Mobility...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Use A Targeted Approach To Boost Mobile Usage

How Operators Can Influence Europe's Fixed-Mobile Substitution Trend

The ongoing fixed-mobile substitution (FMS) trend doesn't stem from all mobile users equally. We identify mobile users with very low mobile usage patterns, who represent about one-fourth of the...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Service Delivery Platform Success Requires A Strategic Vision And Corporate Collaboration

SDP Deployment Requires Carriers To Cross Organizational Boundaries

Strategy professionals at communications service providers are challenged to expand revenue streams while supporting legacy technologies and next generation network initiatives. To efficiently deploy...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:European Telcos Must Look Beyond Simple One-Phone Solutions

As many as 50% of European online consumers claim to know what integrated fixed and mobile phones are, reflecting a combination of consumer confusion and technology and market realities. The...

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