Wireless Watch 610

Key Issues:

• Qualcomm throws heavy weapons at Intel with first server SoC 2
• Dell/EMC would offer carriers a powerful new integrated supplier option 7

Comment:

• Can carriers steal a march on Google in disruptive network architectures? 10
• Intel becomes a belated CDMA challenger to Qualcomm, with VIA buy 14
• VoLTE may be ‘killer app’ for virtualized IMS 15
• WiFi Alliance aims to be gatekeeper of 5 GHz with LTE-U coexistence tests 17
• Dish joins the web giants to push satellite into 5G debate 18
• ALU to provide LTE portion of European aviation network 20

M&A Watch:
Qualcomm sells augmented reality unit to PTC 21
4G/5G Watch:
Swisscom’s hectic schedule – three LTE-A stages, then 5G, all by 2020 22
IoT Watch:
Turin’s smart city project adopts OneM2M and M-Bus 23
Standards Watch:
Docomo and DT test new MIMO approaches 24
IPR Watch:
Apple faces IPR damages for A7 chip, and Samsung Supreme Court appeal 25
Operator Watch:
Vodafone extends its broadband reach in UK 27