Most organisations are looking for practical and workable solutions that can be deployed quickly and bring real benefits and returns on investments. Some of the loudest noise in this sector is coming from the field of fixed mobile convergence. One option is for an organisation is to deploy its own FMC solution. The organisation can take advantage of the improved communications and reduced mobile call costs.

This paper looks at how and why FMC is right for business now, and how the potential of FMC can be realised through private GSM Networks. Based on industry standard technology and available for deployment today, a private GSM allows organisations to integrate mobile handsets with the telephony infrastructure and create a unified FMC solution with the minimum of capital investment or organisational change.