Abstract
Overview
At a time when fixed-mobile convergence offers are coming onto the scene in
growing numbers, most of them aimed at residential users, this market report
provides a round-up of the stakes and challenges involved in convergent fixed
and mobile services through analysis of the most representative case studies
from around the globe.
This presentation of fixed-mobile convergence offers (both commercially
available and at the trial of planning stages) supplies details on the state
of consumer and business markets, taking a look at both convergent services
and convergent devices.
An examination of those elements driving and hampering the emergence of FMC
offers allows us to assess the technical challenges involved, the market
conditions needed and the positions being taken by the different types of
(access network) players involved in this new stage of market development:
integrated operators, mobile operators...
Drawing on a solid understanding of current trends and analysis of upcoming
developments, IDATE' s consultants have established several scenarios that will
allow readers to define a hierarchy of the stakes and challenges that lie
ahead.
Key questions
- What is the current state of development of FMC offers?
- At what pace, and in which markets, are these offers likely to develop?
- What are the different types of players involved, and how are they
positioning themselves in the market?
- What strategies are the market' s central players adopting?
- What impact is fixed-mobile convergence having on competition between
operators?
- What challenges does FMC pose for regulators?
Who should read this report?
Operators (fixed, integrated, mobile)
- Analyse the strategies being rolled out by the different types of operators
- Identify opportunities in terms of positioning and offer
- Understand the competitive positions being taken by the different players
in their national market
- Identify opportunities open to MVNOs
Equipment manufacturers
- Identify the players involved in the market, and their strategies
- Assess investment opportunities
Regulators
- Identify the questions raised by the development of FMC offers, and assess
the impact of this convergence on
- competition mechanisms (markets, players)
- Understand the consequences for the regulatory framework
Investors and analysts
- Identify the central technical and strategic aspects, to better understand
the way that the fixed-mobile convergence
market is developing, and the stakes and challenges involved
- Understand the specificities of the different national markets
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