TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to show that fixed‐mobile convergence (FMC) has gathered much interest in the telecommunications industry lately. Integrated operators (who own both fixed and mobile networks), are keen to exploit FMC benefits in order to save costs and generate new revenues. This paper aims to analyze the effects of converged network and service environment on the business of existing telecommunication operators.Design/methodology/approach–After an introduction to the regulatory, market, and technology related issues of convergence, the authors focus on analyzing the role of FMC technologies and services in their businesses of an integrated operator with existing fixed and mobile operations in a large Western European country.Findings–Results reveal that an integrated operator can benefit from cost savings, customer retention and prevent revenue erosion by migrating to FMC.Originality/value–This paper examines the effects of fixed‐mobile convergence to an integrated operator.
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SN  - 1463-6697
DO  - 10.1108/14636690910954999
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14636690910954999
AU  - Rokkas Theodoros
AU  - Varoutas Dimitris
AU  - Katsianis Dimitris
AU  - Smura Timo
AU  - Renjish Kumar
AU  - Heikkinen Mikko
AU  - Harno Jarmo
AU  - Kind Mario
AU  - Von Hugo Dirk
AU  - Monath Thomas
ED  - Dimitris Varoutas
ED  - Heikki Hämmäinen
ED  - Ilari Welling
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - On the economics of fixed‐mobile convergence
T2  - info
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 75
EP  - 86
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -