Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Fixed-mobile convergence and substitution
Chart 1.1: Mobile-only households in selected countries, Q4 2005
Chart 1.2: Traffic originating on the fixed network, 2004-2005
1.1.2 Telcos are slowing erosion through bundled offerings
1.2.2 FMC opportunities for service providers
1.2 Scope of this Report
Chapter 2 UMA overview
2.1 Wireless unlicensed frequencies applied to cellular telephony
Table 2.1: Number of hotspots and users worldwide, 2005-2011
2.2 The UMA network controller
Figure 2.1: UMA network architecture
2.3 UMA market opportunities
2.4 UMA deployments
2.4.1 BT Fusion
2.4.2 TeliaSonera
2.4.3 Saunalahti
2.4.4 T-Mobile
2.4.5 Hello
2.4.6 Others
Chapter 3 IMS/VCC technical focus
3.1 IMS
3.2 SIP and SS7
Chart 3.1: SIP vs SS7 voice call traffic, 2007-2012
3.3 IMS network architecture
Table 3.1: Key IMS network components and their features
Figure 3.1: IMS network architecture
3.3.1 The Control layer
3.3.1.1 The proxy-cscf
3.3.1.2 The interrogating cscf
3.3.1.3 The serving cscf
3.3.2 The user layer
3.3.3 The application layer
3.3.3.1 The Home Subscriber Server
3.4 Why VCC is needed
Table 3.2: VCC market drivers
3.5 Comparative analysis of UMA and VCC
Chart 3.2: Percentage of mobile phone calls made from vicinity of wireless hotspot
Table 3.3: Comparison of VCC vs UMA strengths and weaknesses
3.6 VCC network elements
Figure 3.1: VCC network architecture
3.7 VCC and the IMS Controlled Static Approach (ICSA)
Table 3.4: Features of the ICSA approach
3.8 Customised Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) and VCC
Table 3.5: Standards supported by each CAMEL phase
3.9 Example of VCC operation
Figure 3.2: Example of VCC handover functionality
3.10 VCC handover policy
Chart 3.3: IMS subscribers worldwide, 2006-2011
3.11 QoS in FMC networks
3.12 Billing in FMC
3.13 QoS during the VCC handover process
3.14 Multimedia Independent handover
Figure 3.3: The multimedia independent handover function
3.14.1 Enhancing VCC with multimedia independent handover
Chapter 4 The IMS/VCC standardisation progress
4.1 3GPP and the IMS
4.2 VCC Functionality and 3GPP Release 7
4.3 VCC supplementary services and 3GPPRelease 7
Table 4.1: Significant IMS/VCC features introduced by each 3GPP Release
4.4 3GPP Release 8
4.5 3GPP2 and the IMS
4.6 TISPAN
4.7 PacketCable
4.8 Summary of the works of standardisation bodies in relation to IMS/VCC
Table 4.2: Works of standardisation bodies in relation to IMS/VCC
4.9 Future aims of standardisation bodies
Figure 4.1: Future IMS-based telecoms networks
Chapter 5 IMS/VCC handsets
5.1 UMA handset forecast
5.1.1 A growing variety of handsets is increasing UMA's appeal
Chart 5.1: Global UMA handset shipments, 2006-2011
5.2 UMA subscriber forecast
Chart 5.2: Global UMA subscribers, 2006-2011
5.3 Available UMA handsets
Table 5.1: Available UMA handsets
5.4 UMA mobile client software
5.5 UMA handsets that support UMTS and WiMAX networks
5.6 SIP and UMA
5.7 IMS/VCC handsets
Chart 5.3: SIP-enabled global handset shipments, 2006-2011
Chart 5.4: IMS handset shipments, 2006-2011
Chart 5.5: VCC compliant handset shipments, 2006-2011
Chart 5.6: VCC subscribers worldwide, 2006-2011
5.8 Multimedia and dual-mode handset components and prices
Chart 5.7: Hardware components of multimedia handsets and share of total hardware costs (%)
5.9 IMS/VCC handset implementation issues
Table 5.2: IMS/VCC handset considerations
5.9.1 Battery Life
5.9.2 Complex RF environment
5.9.3 Powerful processors
5.9.4 Mobile VCC client software solutions
5.9.5 The VCC user experience
5.10 VCC mobile client software vendors
5.10.1 FirstHand Technologies
5.10.2 HelloSoft
5.10.3 Kyocera Wireless
5.10.3.1 Kyocera and NewStep Networks
5.11 Nokia VCC enabled handsets
5.12 Multimedia handoff and handsets
5.12.1 Vendor strategies on media independent handover
5.12.2 Potential of media independent handover
Chapter 6 VCC products and strategies
6.1 Nortel Networks
6.2 Alcatel
6.3 Siemens
6.3.1 Siemens and the Time Warner Cable trial
6.4 Motorola
6.5 Ericsson
6.6 VCC solution providers
Table 6.1: VCC vendor solutions
6.6.1 Bridgeport Networks
6.6.2 Outsmart
6.6.3 Telcordia
6.6.4 NewStep Networks
6.7 Longboard and multimedia handover
6.8 MobileIgnite
6.9 Vendor strategies to IMS/VCC
Table 6.2: VCC compliant services as defined by 3GPP
6.10 Operator strategies to IMS/VCC
6.10.1 Deployment timeline
Table 6.3: Global pre-VCC and VCC trials
Chart 6.1: VCC trials by service provider type
Chart 6.2: VCC deployments, 2007 and 2008
Chart 6.3: VCC trials by region
6.11 Summary of factors affecting rapid IMS/VCC deployment
Table 6.4: Barriers to IMS/VCC deployments
Table 6.3: Factors driving IMS/VCC deployments
Chapter 7 Market opportunities
7.1 General FMC/VCC market benefits
Chart 7.1: Number of 3G, GSM and Internet users by region
7.2 Residential benefits realised through the deployment of FMC/VCC technology
Table 7.1: Macrocells vs femtocells
7.3 Enterprise benefits realised through the deployment of IMS/VCC technology
Table 7.2: IP vs TDM/PCM PBX shipments (%), 2005-2011
7.4 Benefits wireless operators can realise through FMC/VCC
7.5 Benefits fixed line operators can realise through FMC/VCC
7.6 Benefits cable operators can realise through FMC/VCC
7.7 The North American Market for FMC/VCC
Table 7.1: Networks operated by US mobile operators
7.8 European Market for FMC/VCC
Chart 7.2: Western European mobile service revenues, 2002-2005
Chapter 8 Conclusions
Appendix A Lead author’s profile
Appendix B About visiongain
Appendix C Report evaluation form