Fixed Mobile Convergence is latest telecommunication trend. It refers to convergence of Fixed and wireless telecommunication networks for seamless connectivity and optimized communication regardless of client location, phone number, handset and access network etc.
Business Need:
Rapid growth of wireless technologies including Wifi, Wimax & Femtocell has empowered users to lower their cellular and fixed line communication costs by using high-value IP based communication services. Now within the premises (Corporate Offices, homes, Malls & Hotels etc) Users reap the benefits of cost effective IP based communication services over high speed wireless/fixed IP network and when moving outside the premises they usually have to switched back to their main cellular provider's network (GSM or 3G etc).
But residential users and enterprise workforce today need lot more flexibility on the go. They want to have seamless connectivity and service continuity while at the same time maintaining a single Phone Number, single voicemail, single bill and more. Fixed Mobile Convergence overcome these evolving user needs and allows CSPs to offer superior customer experience.
Fixed Mobile Convergence is bringing radical change by combining fixed line and wireless technologies for mobility and flexible user communication. It equipped user with unmatchable flexibility for enhance communication on the go by allowing them to use same phone number, voicemail box etc whether inside or outside wifi network coverage area and is access agnostic.
AdvOSS Offering
AdvOSS delivers next generation infrastructure solution enabling CSPs to deploy and manage a SIP-based FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence) service. It allows CSPs to provide superior customer experience and an exceptional flexibility to their end users by giving them single Phone Number, single voicemail box, single bill and ability to seamlessly move calls from their fixed line (SIP Phones/Dialers) to Cell Phones or other way around whenever needed.
AdvOSS FMC is an enhanced platform that allows end users to have a single phone number for all incoming and outgoing calls no matter which client handset is used (Cell Phone, Fixed line including SIP Phone or IP Phone connected in their office or home or a Softphone installed at their laptops etc). Incoming calls ring simultaneously on all phones & dialers and user is free to answer the call from any device.
Solution Composition:
AdvOSS FMC Solution is based on following main products
AdvOSS FMC comes with bundled Phone2Phone and Residential VoIP SIP based Application Servers which comes with built-in service logic for deployment and delivery of PSTN-PSTN, IP based or VoBB (Voice over Broadband services). This allows users using both PSTN and IP to use the service.
User Plane:
AdvOSS FMC includes SIP Mobile Client and PC based Dialers to allow Mobile users as well as Fixed line/Desktop based users to access the service anytime from anywhere.
It uses SIP Mobile Client and PC based Dialers also offered by AdvOSS or any other third party SIP Phones can be used as well.
AdvOSS FMC Solution comes with numerous advanced features such as using this solution; SIP mobile client installed at end user mobile phone can seamlessly direct all calls over a VoIP network of a CSP powered by AdvOSS, no matter user is moving in or out of an internet coverage area/wifi zone.
Network Diagram
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AdvOSS FMC Solution Highlights:
One Phone Number
One Voicemail box
One address book
One Bill
Simultaneous Ringing
Session Continuity (To be available in next product release at the end of Q2, 2011)
