Wireless Watch 639:Small Cells World Summit report part 1

Key Issues: Small Cells World Summit show report 1

• The industry has adapted to radical change, but some themes stay the same 2
• SON growing up rapidly as an essential enabler of the HetNet 10

Comment:

• Microsoft offloads featurephones, Nokia re-enters handset market via HMD 17
• ARM boosts embedded computer vision effort with Apical buy 20
• Vodafone returns to underlying growth, as Project Spring winds down 22
• US retail giants may be latest casualties of m-payments bloodbath 24
• Ofcom accelerates the release of new UK wireless spectrum 26

M&A Watch:

• Apple invests $1bn in Chinese Uber rival, but motives are unclear 28

IoT Watch:

• LoPy triple-PHY board boosts funds – is a unified IoT radio chipset in the offing? 30

WiFi Watch:

• Charter deal creates new WiFi powerhouse; Comcast takes to the road 31