The death of FMC spreads

Brilliant minds think alike. In the UK, DialaPhone's mobile phone blog [1] has joined with FierceVoIP in toasting the death of FMC and the emergence of Mobile Unified Communications as the Next Big Thing.

When it comes to FMC, femtocell technology, and unified communications, there's a lot of confusion as to what it means for the customer and what it means to people within the industry trying to promote the different flavors of technology. From a purist standpoint, people are confusing FMC and what it can do (single-number access, dual-mode phone use within the enterprise, pipe calls on WiFi within the enterprise to keep things cheap) with femtocell technology (extending the reach of the cellular network within the home by using a mini-base station plugged into a home broadband connection, no dual-mode phone required).

UC takes the cake and all the layers by uniting all forms of communication, including voice, email, fax, VoIP, conferencing, and desktop applications.  The FMC camp is rebranding themselves as "agents of Mobile Unified Communications."

For more:
- DialaPhone's Discussion [1] on the Death of FMC
- FierceVoIP's Mobile UC replaces FMC [2] manifesto

Related articles:
Cisco and Nokia crow on mobile UC [3]
Converging out of CTIA [4]
XO Hosting Mobile UC [5]