True fixed/mobile phone convergence seen years off | Breaking City News | Reuters.co.uk

It will be years before the much-hyped blending of services that run seamlessly over both fixed and mobile phone networks will allow consumers to communicate freely on any device, industry executives say.

Operators have trouble finding customers for combined deals offering fixed and mobile services, which are complicated to set up and lack choice in handsets, industry executives said at a convergence conference in Amsterdam that runs until Thursday.