Wireless Watch 675: Key Issues: MWC 2017

Key Issues: MWC 2017

• MWC: Pressure to accelerate 5G mounts; ITU shares its requirements 2
• MWC: Intel and Qualcomm duke it out in 5G trials and 4G realities 8

Key Issues: The ‘new AT&T’

• Broadcom/AT&T alliance highlights the new network hardware value chain 13
• The ‘new, open AT&T’ scores big win as ECOMP swallows OPEN-O 18

Comment:

• Verizon announces 5G customer trials as mmWave fever spreads to UK 22
• Mobile broadcast latest: LTE-B remains divisive, MobiTV has a last chance 24
• Apple joins Wireless Power Consortium, kicking the sector up a gear 29

M&A Watch:

Arris to pay $800m to buy Ruckus from Broadcom/Brocade 33

5G Watch:

Huawei and BT apply slicing to emergency networks 34

IoT Watch:

Telefonica integrates Sigfox into its IoT platform 35

Mobile Video Watch:

Mobile video surge spurs growth of location-based targeting 37

Devices and Components:

Sequans adds NB-IoT support, hard on Altair’s heels 39