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A brief history of UC&C, part five: Fixed mobile convergence

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A brief history of UC&C, part five: Fixed mobile convergence
Today we'll add the fifth dimension to our brief historical review as we discuss how fixed mobile convergence (FMC) has become integral to unified communications and collaboration (UC&C). Read More


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