Wireless Watch 643 June 20: ETSI's chance to shape IoT

Key Issues:

• ETSI could end LPWAN fragmentation, enabling a true IoT HetNet 2
• Ericsson promotes a rosy view of 5G migration with ‘plug-ins’ … 14
• …But its Industrial 5G moves and network slicing will have more impact 17

Comment:

• WWDC: Apple fails to stir up its usual storm as it plays catch-up 21
• Samsung’s Joyent buy is a riposte to Huawei first, but also to Google 25
• FCC wins major victory as Appeals Court upholds its neutrality rules 29
• Nokia scores $1.53bn China Mobile deal and confidence boost for cloud offer 32
• Cisco, Juniper and Arris wrongfooted by Nokia’s cable acquisition 34

M&A Watch:

Microsoft buys Wand and LinkedIn, in bid to reinvent mobile experience 36

5G Watch:

EU seeks harmonized approach across all verticals to assert 5G leadership 38

IoT Watch:

Bluetooth 5.0 on the horizon, but still playing catch-up in mesh 40

IPR Watch:

Baili gives Apple a taste of its own design patent medicine 42

Operator Watch:

Orange and Free to end roaming, but too late to limit Iliad’s disruption 43