Wireless Watch 673: Nokia's pre-MWC reveal

Key Issues: Nokia’s pre-MWC reveal

• A worldwide IoT grid – Nokia’s ambitious promise may ruffle MNO feathers 2
• Nokia’s Cloud Packet Core is a cornerstone of its IoT push 5

Key Issues: The US spectrum landscape

• Hutchison’s 3UK and Google push 3.5 GHz on both sides of the pond 10
• Verizon and AT&T seek to seize mmWave initiative back from WiGig 18

Comment:

• Beamforming and bickering; wireless giants get to grips with automotive 24
• IBM and Ericsson squeeze mmWave phased array antennas into tiny module 26
• Huawei to supply virtualized EPC for Telefonica’s huge Unica program 28
• Nokia buys Comptel to improve its SDN orchestration story 29
• OpenFog publishes Reference Architecture, with eyes on AI and IoT 31

5G Watch:

Japanese terahertz project claims to end fiber microwave trade-off 33

IoT Watch:

Can Android Wear really revive interest in smartwatches? 34

Spectrum Watch:

UK and Sweden publish plans for 5G spectrum allocations 36

WiFi Watch:

Qualcomm unveils pre-standard 802.11ax silicon 37