Cisco attempts to make FMC attractive to developers

Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick say in their Convergence and VoIP newsletter that Cisco’s fixed mobile convergence strategy (along with its new product, the Cisco 3300 Series MSE) bring the company to an already crowded table. FMC suppliers include Siemens Enterprise Communications, Aastra, NEC, Tango, Agito, and others. To top that off, true to Cisco's form, the MSE's premium price tag will make it attractive only to bigger customers -- the mid-sized enterprise and beyond. However, the writers think that by providing an open API as part of the package, "Cisco takes a positive step to encourage applications developers that can bring more to FMC than straight-forward handoffs between the Wi-Fi and mobile network."

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