Wireless Watch 617

Key Issues: Wireless IoT at the Edge
HP Enterprise and Cisco gather allies for attacks on the IoT ‘fog’ 2

• HPE leverages Aruba and Intel to push its IoT control to the edge 2
• OpenFog must work with ETSI MEC to make Cisco’s vision real 6

Comment:

• Xiaomi deal: Qualcomm’s licensing business will stabilize in 2016 10
• Softbank or Verizon might eye Yahoo mobile assets in a break-up 13
• Samsung’s mobile chief must accelerate shift towards software 16
• Will Verizon avert a capacity crisis by 2020? 18
• Qualcomm’s Renduchintala moves to Intel, and a mighty challenge 21
• Battery breakthroughs promised, but as always they lag behind market need 22

4G Watch:
Airtel to spend $9bn on Indian networks, may pull back from Africa 26
5G Watch:

• MIMO and millimeter wave at heart of latest pre-5G tests 27
• Mobile Apps and Content:
• Google pledges 70% data savings on mobile Chrome 28

Spectrum Watch:
Regulatory apathy is wasting the potential of LTE450 29
Operator Watch:
Telefonica’s Online Telco plan has echoes of Orange Essentials 2020 31