But widespread adoption of FMC will take time, says Mr Merry, because it requires technologies and business models to be brought into a new alignment.

但是，要使人们广泛地接受固定-移动的融合还需要一段时间，梅丽先生说到：因为新的商业合作需要科技与新的商业模式支持。

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This is called "fixed-mobile convergence" (FMC), and there have been many failed attempts at it over the years.

这种所谓“固定-移动的融合”(FMC)的尝试试验虽然在过去的几年里失败了很多次。

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Some FMC systems, for example, allow calls from mobile phones to be routed through a company's central switchboard. This makes outgoing calls, particularly international ones, much cheaper.

固定-移动电话系统可以让移动电话通话经由公司内部的中央电话交换机来连接，这样可以大大减少打电话的支出，尤其是国际电话。

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FMC-Tech has developed a system that delivers dramatically improved network performance at lower cost.

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Plus, FMC sells recession-resistant chemicals like coatings for pills, and a third of its revenue comes from specialty chemicals, including lithium, the raw material for the next generation of electric-vehicle batteries ( click here for related story).

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Meanwhile, DuPont has surged 21 percent and Philadelphia-based chemical giant FMC Corporation is up 9 percent.

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