Wireless Watch 549: Google I/O Special

Key Issues:

Google I/O:

• Android risks splintering as it expands onto every screen 2
• Nest buys Dropcam, as Google’s smart home platform takes shape 9
• Chrome OS creeps ever closer to Android at I/O 12

‘5G’ solutions – ZTE pushes software defined mesh, Google 60GHz 15


Comment:

• Sprint must stop talking technology and start appealing to consumers 19
• Two layers, three architectures – the new-look LTE network 23
• Wind River broadens Intel’s reach in key markets – NFV and IoT 26
• Opera stars in Nokia X2’s enhanced experience 28
• Glimmers of hope as BlackBerry beats forecasts 30
• ALU invests in wireless fronthaul firm to boost Cloud-RAN 31
• Mozilla prepares Chromecast clone, running Firefox OS