Wireless Watch 630: Multivendor NFV focus

• NTT Docomo glimpses NFV’s holy grail – multivendor interoperability 2
• AT&T’s ECOMP threatens further fragmentation in NFV orchestration 5
• SDN adoption drives growth of network as-a-service 10

• Inrix, GM and Ford in auto industry backlash against Apple and Google 12
• Sprint faces more challenges, Softbank may bid in 600 MHz auction 15
• Contrasting fortunes for France’s two quad play disruptors 18
• Intel and Qualcomm extend further into 3D and VR platforms 19
• Price wars could halve the number of operators in India, says Airtel 21
• OneM2M and M2.COM seek to bring harmony to the IoT 22

Start-Up Watch:
$20bn in VC funds for mobile and telcos vanishes overnight 24

M&A Watch:
Hutchison offers 30% of capacity to sweeten O2 UK deal, EC wants more 25

4G Watch:
LTE infrastructure revenues peak as subscriptions cross 1bn barrier 27

IoT Watch:
Smart lighting takes center stage at CeBIT show 28

Mobile Apps and Content:
More video on mobiles, with Japan blazing the trail 30

Standards Watch:
Bluetooth SIG adds transport discovery, looks ahead to mesh 31

Operator Watch:
Musical chairs: Swantee lands at Sunrise, Elop at Telstra 32