What does FMS stand for?

The understanding that the survey sought was in terms of engagement with telecom services and products, fixed mobile substitution, messaging voice substitution and use of social networking.

However the fixed-line market is shrinking due to fixed mobile substitution, leaving most operators shifting focus to broadband and convergence services.

The understanding that the survey sought was in terms of engagement with telecom services and products, fixed mobile substitution, messaging voice substitution and use of social networking.

With more mobile Internet options available from Clearwire (XOHM) and T-Mobile, fixed mobile substitution for data services encroaches on traditional broadband.

Operators enjoy significant benefits as well, such as targeted home zone pricing that enables fixed mobile substitution, opportunities to drive premium services and a reduction in backhaul costs through use of broadband connections to access the services from the network.

However new entrants are competing in a shrinking fixed-line market as fixed line numbers fall due to fixed mobile substitution.

Content Outline: Executive Summary Introduction FMC Orange/France Telecom British Telecom TeliaSonera Telecom Italia T-Mobile Others Consumer Demand for FMC Fixed Mobile Substitution Demand for FMS Femtocells Market Analysis FMC Market Segment FMS Market Segment Fixed-Mobile Substitution Femtocells Convergence Market Segment The Android Effect The Ultimate Winner Methodology Acronyms Related Reports List of Tables Table 1.

This could be highly disruptive for telcos, already sandbagging against the combined threats of fixed mobile substitution and VoIP offered by rival telcos, cable operators and third parties.