Wireless Watch 662; Facebook TIP hurls rocks as Mobile Infrastructure

Key Issues:

• Facebook TIP starts to hurl real rocks at mobile infrastructure model 2
• Race for US fiber assets heats up with Level 3 and Earthlink acquisitions 11

Comment: 

• Nokia and Ericsson make contrasting responses to core business decline 19
• Radisys makes its play to provide vEPC platform for M-CORD 22
• WiGig battles to overcome chipmaker lethargy and 5 GHz advances 26
• US telecoms industry weighs up the Trump effect 30

M&A Watch:

Samsung to buy Harman, but no plans to make its own car 31

5G Watch:

Ericsson predicts early 5G adoption, Qualcomm ready to pounce 33

IoT Watch:

Sigfox drives down IoT costs with $2 modules 36

Connected Car Watch:

BlackBerry signs direct deal with Ford for QNX software 37

Standards Watch:

Will move beyond the home spell merger for Thread and ZigBee? 38