Overview of Fixed Cellular Technology. Fixed Cellular Terminals (FCTs) Also known as GSM Gateways or Premicells What do they do? FCTs route Landline to.

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Fixed Cellular Technology

Fixed Cellular Terminals(FCTs)

Also known as GSM Gateways or “Premicells”

What do they do?

FCT’s route Landline to Mobile calls via the GSM Network to enable users to benefit from cheaper calling.

How do FCTs work?Network Provider

Mobile Phone

Office Telephone

Average of 12p per minute

*Typical examples only. Subject to fixed line and mobile operators’ tariffs

How do FCTs work?

Network Provider

Mobile Phone

Office Telephone

Average of 9p per minute

*Typical examples only. Subject to fixed line and mobile operators’ tariffs

FCT

4.5p per minute*

The Portfolio

Analogue BRI ISDN2e

Multi-port Analogue FCT

The Portfolio, Continued

VoiceBlue

Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP)

BlueStar PRI ISDN30e

StarGate PRI ISDN30e (IP version available)

BlueTower PRI ISDN30e

Some of the features available on 2N FCTs

Pass Thru – We can install on to Analogue, ISDN2 and ISDN30 lines as a “Pass thru” device. No PBX programming or capacity required.

Interim Disaster Recovery – We can offer resilience by enabling a secondary route out for landline to landline calls in case of PSTN / ISDN / ADSL failure

SIM Management – This enables us to stop using SIMS to route calls when the bundled minutes have been used up – No expensive, out of bundle, X-Net minutes to worry about.

Automatic Network SIM update –When Mobile Network Operators send SMS updates to their SIMS they often require a SIM reset or even take the SIM offline rendering it useless until rebooted. 2N PRI devices are Network SIM update compatible.

The Benefits of Dial-thru

PBXPSTN

The Benefits of Dial-thru

• No dedicated ports on the PBX required

• Often no PBX programming required as routing carried out by FCT

PBX 2N FCT

PSTN

GSM

All calls to Mobiles

All calls to Landline

The Benefits of Dial-thru

• No dedicated ports on the PBX required

• Often no PBX programming required as routing carried out by FCT

• Disaster Recovery solution (PRI) on PSTN Failure

PBX 2N FCT

PSTN

GSM

All calls automatically route via GSM

EasyGate - Analogue “Dedicated”

Connects to a dedicated analogue trunk port on PABXTakes 1 SIM Card so enables 1 callBasic entry level product particularly sold to very small companies who want cheap unmanaged solution

SmartGate - Analogue “Pass Thru”

Can sit “pass thru” on an analogue line before it reaches the PBXCan connect to dedicated FXO or FXS port Takes 1 SIM Card so enables 1 callSold to small companies who use up to 1200 mins landline to mobile a month

Multi-port Analogue

Omikron - AnalogueUp to 8 Lines MonitoredUp to 8 Ports (concurrent calls)Up to 8 SIMSDial-thru featureSIM Management

BRI FCT

ISDN2 ‘T’ or ‘S’ BusUp to 2 Ports (Concurrent calls)Up to 2 SIMSDial Thru FeatureSIM Management

VoIP (SIP)

VoiceBlue Lite (SIP) VoiceBlue Enterprise (SIP / H.323)2 or 4 Ports (simultaneous calls) 2 or 4 SIMSSIM ManagementSMS Capability on Voice Blue EnterpriseSits as a static IP Address on the LAN

BlueTower

Entry-level PRI (ISDN30e) FCTModular from 2 – 8 PortsUp to 32 SIMSUp to approx 14,000 mins a monthSIM ManagementLAN ConnectivityLite version available (Max 2 Ports)Disaster recovery functionAutomatic Network SIM update

BlueStar

Modular up to 16 PortsUp to 64 SIMSUp to Approx 60,000 mins a monthSIM ManagementLAN ConnectivityRack mountableDisaster recovery functionAutomatic Network SIM update

StarGate

Modular up to 32 PortsUp to 256 SIMSUp to Approx 250,000 mins a monthSIM ManagementLAN ConnectivityRack mountableIP Version availableDisaster recovery functionAutomatic Network SIM update

Recommended Minutes per month : Ports

Up to 4,000 mins : 2 ports4,000 - 6,000 mins : 4 ports6,000 - 9,000 mins : 6 ports9,000 - 14,000 mins : 8 ports14,000 - 20,000 mins : 10 ports20,000 - 30,000 mins : 12 ports30,000 - 45,000 mins : 14 ports45,000 - 60,000 mins : 16 ports

3 Core questions

The type of FCT to be supplied can be determined by the following information…

Type of connectivity (ISDN2, ISDN30 etc)Volume of current landline to GSM trafficexisting expenditure from landline to mobile (this enables us to present an ROI)

Signal Strength site survey available on request.

Examples 1

Customer using 6,000 minutes / month @ 9p

Current monthly call charge £ 540.00Current analogue lines x 2 £ 28.00Current monthly total £ 568.00

Proposed 6,000 minutes £ 138.00Kit lease £ 130.00Monthly saving £ 300.00

Examples 2

Customer using 10,000 minutes / month @ 9p

Current monthly call charge £ 900.00Current analogue lines x 4 £ 56.00Current monthly total £ 956.00

Proposed 10,500 minutes £ 246.00Proposed lines and equipment £ 200.00Total monthly cost £ 446.00Monthly saving £ 510.00

Examples 3

Customer using 50,000 minutes / month @ 9p

Current monthly call charge £ 4,500.00Current analogue lines x 17 £ 238.00Current monthly total £ 4,738.00

Proposed 51,000 minutes £ 1,157.00Proposed lines and equipment £ 1,100.00Total monthly cost £ 2,257.00Monthly saving £ 2,481.00