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FMC: another emergency communications tool on horizon
By WDavidStephenson | November 29, 2007
Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) is yet another commercial technology advance on the horizon that can double as a critical tool for emergency communications.
As the name 
implies, FMC describesunified fixed and mobile communications. Information Week reports the technology has a lot of promise — especially the potential to be able to reach employees and others through a single phone number no matter whether they’re at their desks or on the road — but is still in the early stages of development, so it’s uncertain who the winners and losers will be and how the field will actually develop.
You can imagine how critical FMC could be for communications during emergencies, when it’s likely that people won’t be at their desks.
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