Wireless Watch 645 July 4: 5G World special

Key Issues: 5G World and MWC Shanghai

• Despite robots and ‘cell-less networks’, 5G is coming rapidly out of the labs 2
• Verizon, KT and Telefonica – on three continents, operators prepare for 5G 10

Comment:

• Despite Freewheel failure, US cablecos poised for MNO onslaught 12
• Qualcomm readies offensive as 3GPP finishes NB-IoT spec 15
• Orange’s stake in BandwidthX could signal further disruption in France 17
• Cisco endorses LoRa for Industrial IoT, as KPN and SKT take it nationwide 19
• Dish’s spectrum hopes at risk from MNO apathy and new 5G licensing ideas 22
• Is Huawei still planning its own mobile operating system? 26

Start-Up Watch:

Resin.io aims to fill gaping hole in industrial IoT – device updates 27

4G Watch:

Nokia enters Diameter market with VoLTE-optimized cloud solution 28

4G/5G Watch:

Researchers claim hybrid networks will offset downsides of full duplex 31

IoT Watch:

HERE pushes car-to-cloud spec as global V2X standard 33

Mobile Apps and Content:

Apple thwarts competition in App Store, claims Spotify 35

Spectrum Watch:

So much of 600 MHz is for sale, that some will be left on the shelf 37

WiFi Watch:

Comcast building Smart WiFi to stay ahead of broadband rivals 38