FMC
FMC is a bright new horizon for cable operators
The triple play of cable, telephone and high-speed Internet was a natural for cable system operators. This bundling of services made perfect sense - operators could generate additional revenue streams that built on existing infrastructure, thereby holding the line on costs. Passing on these savings to the customer, operators could offer more services at competitive rates, securing more subscribers and improving profits. Today, fixed mobile convergence (FMC) promises to turn the triple play into a quadruple play by allowing operators to offer cell phone service. FMC solutions take advantage of the fact that more and more cell phone users make calls on their mobile phone from home. By offering cell phone service with dual mode handsets that communicate with an MSO-provided wireless access point within the home, operators can secure additional business from subscribers while offering customers even greater value in their communication services. For products that allow MSOs to easily implement FMC on a scalable basis, consider the solutions from ARRIS.
ARRIS FMC provides scalability for quadruple play
By allowing operators to add mobility to their lineup of services, the FMC solution from ARRIS helps improve profits, retain customers and increase market share. With the ARRIS solution, subscribers gain greater mobility - they can roam seamlessly between cellular and wi-fi access points. Because it can easily scale to the needs of any size system, the ARRIS solution allows operators to start with a modest investment and then grow as the number of subscribers increases. This cost-effective FMC system works within GSM and CDMA mobile network environments, and includes an FMC Application Server, Signaling Gateway, HLR/VLR servers and handsets that operate in dual-mode. Integration with existing networks is simple, and the ARRIS solution will evolve to comply with evolving PacketCable 2.0 standards and IMS infrastructure.
Beyond FMC: additional solutions for MSOs
Cable operators worldwide depend today on the kind of next-generation, standards-based solutions that ARRIS provides. From voice, video, data and now FMC, ARRIS products are cost-effective tested at scale to deliver highly stable and reliable solutions that improve subscriber satisfaction, offer new services to attract and retain customers, and increase profits by attracting more customers. Offerings from ARRIS include FlexPath™ Packet Channel Bonding, now in trials worldwide; wireless communication technology; VoIP phone equipment for cable VoIP services; T1-E1 EMTA solutions for cost-effective backhaul solutions over DOCSIS; and more.
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