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Can you bill for FMC? Without a sophisticated billing system, the full potential of fixed-mobile convergence will not be realised.(The broadband business case)(fixed-mobile communications )

Publication: Telecommunications (International Edition)
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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After years of talk, fixed-mobile communications (FMC) is at last becoming a reality. However, there are significant challenges ahead: development of new routes to market, new applications and key business re-education will all need to be addressed if FMC is to be successful.

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...the core billing solution is also changing. No longer just one single element of customer lifecycle management, it is evolving to encompass more 'business critical' dynamics. Quite simply, the billing system--with its customer interfaces and the management of multiprovider services--will determine the extent of commercial FMC success.

Not just a number

Traditionally the mass-market consumer has been just a phone number and it has only been through post-paid (contractual) payment methods that a richer knowledge of the communications individual...

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