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IoT drives merger of UK retailers

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons announce £3.8bn merger to save costs and take an early position in connected devices By Caroline Gabriel  There is plenty of discussion about how the internet...

IoT drives merger of UK retailers

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons announce £3.8bn merger to save costs and take an early position in connected devices By Caroline Gabriel  There is plenty of discussion about how the internet...

Cisco steadies the ship despite weak carrier demand

Company is putting brakes on revenue decline, but has "bumps along the way" as it pursues growth in IoT, cloud and mobile By: Caroline Gabriel  Cisco steadied the ship in...

Cisco steadies the ship despite weak carrier demand

Company is putting brakes on revenue decline, but has "bumps along the way" as it pursues growth in IoT, cloud and mobile By: Caroline Gabriel  Cisco steadied the ship in...

SHF bands to solve metrocell’s backhaul spectrum puzzle

By Luis Reyes Figueroa, Spectrum Analyst, Maravedis-Rethink Managing the surge of mobile data demand, particularly in dense urban areas, continues to cause headaches to carriers. The nature of cellular networks...

SHF bands to solve metrocell’s backhaul spectrum puzzle

By Luis Reyes Figueroa, Spectrum Analyst, Maravedis-Rethink Managing the surge of mobile data demand, particularly in dense urban areas, continues to cause headaches to carriers. The nature of cellular networks...

Syniverse buys Aicent as IPX market consolidates

With carriers like Vodafone threatening to squeeze independents, the carrier services specialist is building scale and a broad offering By Caroline Gabriel  With LTE build-outs accelerating in many regions, the...

Syniverse buys Aicent as IPX market consolidates

With carriers like Vodafone threatening to squeeze independents, the carrier services specialist is building scale and a broad offering By Caroline Gabriel  With LTE build-outs accelerating in many regions, the...

Chinese cellcos to get FDD LTE spectrum this month?

If Unicom and Telecom get FDD licences this month, China Mobile's 4G headstart would be severely reduced By Caroline Gabriel  China Mobile appeared to have played a blinder when it...

Chinese cellcos to get FDD LTE spectrum this month?

If Unicom and Telecom get FDD licences this month, China Mobile's 4G headstart would be severely reduced By Caroline Gabriel  China Mobile appeared to have played a blinder when it...

Qualcomm set to pounce on WiGig pioneer Wilocity

Reported $300m acquisition would help the US firm stay at the cutting edge in devices, and also get closer to Cisco in small cells By Caroline Gabriel Ever-higher frequency bands...

Qualcomm set to pounce on WiGig pioneer Wilocity

Reported $300m acquisition would help the US firm stay at the cutting edge in devices, and also get closer to Cisco in small cells By Caroline Gabriel Ever-higher frequency bands...

Apple poised to buy Beats for music streaming

Pressure on iTunes will force Apple to embrace streaming whole-heartedly at last, and start buying larger companies By Caroline Gabriel  Ever since Apple launched iTunes and made a star of...

Apple poised to buy Beats for music streaming

Pressure on iTunes will force Apple to embrace streaming whole-heartedly at last, and start buying larger companies By Caroline Gabriel  Ever since Apple launched iTunes and made a star of...

GE adds security firm to Industrial Internet

The same cybersecurity issues which threaten consumer and enterprise services will now move to industrial sensor networks By Caroline Gabriel  The evolution of the internet of things will certainly rely...

GE adds security firm to Industrial Internet

The same cybersecurity issues which threaten consumer and enterprise services will now move to industrial sensor networks By Caroline Gabriel  The evolution of the internet of things will certainly rely...

Intel scores in Chromebooks, squeezed in Surface

Microsoft may use Snapdragon for ARM-based Surface, enhancing Qualcomm's post-PC position, but Intel leaps ahead in Chrome By Caroline Gabriel It's fair to assume that Intel will never seriously weaken...

Intel scores in Chromebooks, squeezed in Surface

Microsoft may use Snapdragon for ARM-based Surface, enhancing Qualcomm's post-PC position, but Intel leaps ahead in Chrome By Caroline Gabriel It's fair to assume that Intel will never seriously weaken...

Virgin at center of latest French mobile shake-up

SFR or Bouygues Telecom may bid for controlling stake in large MVNO, as they arm themselves against Free  By Caroline Gabriel The merry-go-round of French mobile communications continues. No sooner...

Virgin at center of latest French mobile shake-up

SFR or Bouygues Telecom may bid for controlling stake in large MVNO, as they arm themselves against Free  By Caroline Gabriel The merry-go-round of French mobile communications continues. No sooner...

Apple should go after Google directly, says patent jury

Latest Apple-Samsung trial ends in marginal victory for the iPhone maker, while Google may not be able to stay in the shadows forever By Caroline Gabriel The jury in the...

Apple should go after Google directly, says patent jury

Latest Apple-Samsung trial ends in marginal victory for the iPhone maker, while Google may not be able to stay in the shadows forever By Caroline Gabriel The jury in the...

Qualcomm gears up for 'hyper-dense' networks

By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Public access small cell deployments may still be limited in number and scope, but with the technology set to gain scale this year, industry...

Qualcomm gears up for 'hyper-dense' networks

By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Public access small cell deployments may still be limited in number and scope, but with the technology set to gain scale this year, industry...