Wireless Watch 614

• No more mobile players – Ericsson/Cisco pact redefines the market 2
•  What about a software merger for isolated Juniper? 8
• TechCon: ARM sharpens its weapons against Intel’s C-RAN and IoT assaults 11

• Superfluidity project to address NFV shortcomings and 5G disconnect 18
• NB-IoT get its own Forum, but Nokia wants to unify far more than the RAN 21
• Vodafone CEO fears ‘remonopolization’ will hit its ongoing recovery 25
• T-Mobile extends ‘Uncarrier’ to video, claims $45bn in data “overbuying” 28
• Bluetooth previews key new features to fend off Thread 31
• Microsoft CEO defines the firm’s “very specific” mobile role 33

4G Watch:
Telstra demonstrates five-band carrier aggregation 34

IoT Watch:

• Google opens up Brillo and Weave 35
• Mobile Apps and Content:
• Opera signs 14 Android handset vendors for Max compression app 37

WiFi Watch:
Telefonica and Liberty take new approach to WiFi gateways 38

Devices and Components:
Apple’s R&D spend will keep iPhones on sale in Indonesia 40