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Private 5G and WiFi 6E networks are taking off, but who will benefit?
Private 5G networks are on the verge of rapid take-off to generate a surge in annual revenues for network equipment providers. Read more…
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ARM buys NB-IoT expertise to beef up its IP portfolio
ARM acquires two NB-IoT specialists to aid its push into fully integrated radio-to-software solutions With Softbank’s resources behind it, ARM can accelerate its recent acquisitions spree to bolster its position in the Internet of Things. Read more…
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Reliance Jio may not survive the mobile M&A shake-up that it started
Reliance Jio, India’s newest mobile operator, has not had quite the disruptive impact of Free Mobile in France, with which it is often compared. Not yet anyway. But it has initiated a price war in Read more…
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It’s time to admit the old spectrum auction model is broken
Are we finally nearing the end of spectrum allocation as we know it? One of the most anticipated US auctions ever has flopped, while the guardian of licensed spectrum technology, Qualcomm, has spawned a technology, Read more…
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The Qualcomm/Apple row is a chance to modernize licensing for the 5G era
Will the Apple lawsuit against Qualcomm really signal the end of the intellectual property licensing norms which have, by and large, governed the cellular industry since the dawn of GSM? Qualcomm epitomizes that system, and Read more…
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Nokia wisely banks on software to offset hardware decline
Nokia has been the most advanced of the major OEMs in embracing software-driven networks – even before SDN entered carriers’ daily conversations, it had Liquid Net and Liquid Apps, and back in 2011, it was Read more…
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RCS is still not dead: Sprint launches Google version of RCS messaging
The GSMA’s Rich Communications Services (RCS) platform was meant to be the de facto standard which made MNO-provided voice and messaging relevant in the age of Skype. However, years of trials resulted in only a Read more…
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ATTN vendors: the future of mobile is software, not hardware
Samsung’s exploding handsets aside, Ericsson’s crisis shows the need for all players to accelerate their shift towards software and services. It’s been a month of exploding smartphones and the growing fall-out from the problems with Read more…
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India spectrum auction postmortem: where it all went wrong
India’s largest ever spectrum auction closes with 40% of the airwaves on the shelf, and making less than one-eighth of target government revenues Critics of the high reserve prices imposed for India’s largest ever spectrum auction Read more…