Fixed Mobile Convergence

[January 15, 2010] 'Sagem taps Mobiles Republic, Cellmania for Puma phone' Jan 15, 2010 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- French customised mobile phone designer Sagem Wireless has formed a partnership with Mobiles Republic and Cellmania to create a platform allowing Sagem Wireless to deliver a customisable online experience for consumer brands and mobile operators. Sagem Wireless will use the Appy mobile apps player from Mobiles Republic and a content management platform from Cellmania in a phone to be released in the second quarter for German sports brand Puma. Puma phone users will be able to download Puma apps, interact with multimedia content from Puma.com and access Puma products through m-commerce services. Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications (www.m2.com) [ Back to the Fixed Mobile Convergence Community's Homepage ]

encompasses a wide range of mobile services that converge elements of fixed communications infrastructure to complement the core mobile service. In most cases fixed mobile convergence (FMC) services allow the user or the network to take advantage of higher speed, cheaper local unlicensed access networks in local environments for lower value, high volume transactions.

BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (BlackBerry MVS) converges office desk phones and BlackBerry® smartphones, allowing users to access standard enterprise voice features whether at their desks or on the go*. BlackBerry MVS encompasses BlackBerry® MVS Client software for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry MVS Services of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, and the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite.

With BlackBerry MVS, BlackBerry smartphone users can access enterprise desk phone options directly from the menu interface of the BlackBerry phone application, while at the same time securely authenticating to the organization’s enterprise telephony system (PBX). BlackBerry MVS also gives IT administrators the control to set voice policies on the BlackBerry smartphone, so that inbound and outbound calls use the enterprise line. This allows for all mobile calls to be logged or recorded for compliance with regulatory or corporate standards.
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