Fixed-Mobile Convergence And Its Application Prospect In China

With the development of human society and the communication technology, the customs' demands for correspondence grow up continuously. Facing so many kinds of different communication services, what the customers expect is that one terminal, one bill, one number, one address and one kind of authorization, which will cause the communication service to be even more personalized and convenient. Obviously the sole infrastructure can not meet all of these needs above; it's the customers' demands for correspondence that promote FMC process. To customers, the convergence of the wired network and the wireless network could enable communication anytime and anywhere. Furthermore, customers could have more choices and flexibility as well as many new services which are brought on the account of FMC. FMC could also bring more opportunities to expand the service scope, service type, and meet more demands. Moreover, FMC can also improve network coverage and quality, which also will promote the customers' satisfaction level.At the same time, the substitution of the mobile voice service and the VoIP service to the fixed voice service, has led to FMC appearance at last. The integrated service operator chooses FMC, because they want to alleviate the downward tendency of revenue and churn out rate by the means of promoting competivity by differentiation of FMC. The substitution of the mobile service to the fixed service, especially the voice service by cell phone, is the key of FMC which may expand the mobile operators' market. As for the individual customer market, they may provide the 3G video communication to PC or the television customer through the gateway equipment. And in the enterprise market, they may provide surmounts fixed and mobile network services. In brief, the huge pressure from competition enables FMC to become one of hot spots of the global telecommunication industry. By FMC, Operators seek the enhancement of the property using ratio, investment save, operation cost reduction, network and service uses promotion, coverage expansion, service usability enhancement, expansion of the multimedia service crossing fixed network and mobile network.Chapter One of this paper begins with the present situation about FMC, detailed elaborates FMC development tendency in the use of economic analysis and game theory. And then I analyzes the drivers and the impels of FMC comprehensively, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the telecommunication operator in implementing FMC. As a consequence, I put forward the development strategy about FMC in China. In the following Chapter, I made a comprehensive research to FMC, including the concept and the classification, the development phase, the influencing factors and the present solutions about FMC. In the third chapter, it describes the development overseas, including UK, France, US, Japan and Korea, and makes the systematic summary. In the Fourth chapter, it establish advantages analysis to the integrated service operator, the fixed operator and the mobile operator about FMC comprehensively; establishes the economic analysis model about FMC; and analysis to the manner of three kinds of operators to FMC by the game theory. In the fifth chapter, it analyzes the influence factors on FMC development. In the sixth chapter, it mainly analyzes the development situation about FMC in China, and puts forward the development strategy about FMC in China. Finally I make a summary and the forecast to the situation about FMC.