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Mobile Ecosystem Report Timeline

The Current Analysis Mobile Ecosystem service delivers a complete picture of what is driving, limiting, or otherwise shaping the evolution of the business environment for mobile offerings; and the issues coming from adjacent markets that vendors, operators, and other players in the industry need to track.
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Feb 2012

			Alcatel-Lucent’s Patent Licensing Move: Will It Drive Mobile Broadband?


			Preparing for Dual Use (Corporate and Personal) Mobile Devices

			Spectrum Watch: 2011 in Review (Spectrum Assets Flourish)


			Alcatel-Lucent’s Public Safety Reorganization: A Perception Problem in the Making

			Does Ting Spell the End of Tethering and Mobile Hotspot Premiums for Non-MVNO Rivals?

			IBM Votes with HTML5 for Mobile Enterprise Applications; Picks Up Worklight for Support

			OS Innovation Watch: The Feature Phone is Dead – Long Live the Sort-of-Smartphone

			Sumitomo Expands LTE Radio Portfolio – Points to Shifting Network Opportunities

Jan 2012

			M2M & Wireless Health Watch: The Rise of the Platform

			Intel Buys RealNetworks IP and Software to Gain Real Video Assets


			LightSquared: What Can It Teach Us About MVNO Opportunities?


			CES 2012: The Mobile Ecosystem Perspective


			Clearwire and China Mobile Get Cozier on TD-LTE

			CurrentCast: CES 2012 – The Mobile Messages, The Mobile Themes, The Mobile Devices

			Global Standards Bodies Push for M2M Standardization: Can Everyone Agree?

			Top Trends in 2012: Control and Competition


			CES 2012: Intel Finally Gets Smartphone/Tablet Endorsement


			CES 2012, Day Zero: AT&T’s 2012 Developer Summit (Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is)

			Verizon Wireless Puts M2M Front and Center with nPhase Buy

			LTE Innovation Update: January 9, 2012 – We’re All Still Figuring LTE Out

			MetroPCS Teams Up With Broadcasters for Mobile TV – But Who Needs Who More?

			Standards Watch: LTE Carrier Aggregation, a Cornerstone of LTE-Advanced


			Mindspeed Picks Up Picochip: Femtocell Silicon Now a ‘Big Boys’ Game Only

			SK Telecom on Bleeding Edge of WiFi Integration: Where Are the Vendors?

			2012: The Mobile Ecosystem vs. the End of the World

Dec 2011

			Does DoCoMo + Five = New Mobile Silicon Player?


			Spectrum Watch: November 2011 (Spectrum Critical to Government Goals)

			AT&T – T-Mobile USA = New Opportunities for Network and Spectrum Management?


			Crown Castle + NextG = Reminder of Small Cell Importance

			LTE Innovation Update: December 19, 2011 – It’s All About Disruptions

			Alvarion Tells Us What We Already Knew – New Business Strategy and the Importance of WiFi

			HP Confirms Open Source is Where OSs Go to Die

			Do LTE and Femtocells Need One Another?


			Avren’s Femtocell and Het Net Americas Conferences: LTE is Coming, Sort Of

			Qualcomm Looks to Push Snapdragon into Low-Cost 3G Smartphone Realm

			CurrentCast: Qualcomm’s 2011 Americas Summit – More Silicon, Standards and Services

			CurrentCast: Spectrum Re-farming Creates New Telecom Vendor Service Opportunities


			LTE Innovation Update: December 2, 2011 – The Dominance of LTE in Strategy and Marketing

			Verizon Wireless Pulls Spectrum Coup with Acquisition from SpectrumCo

Nov 2011

			ARM’s New Free SDK – Driven by Competition or Multi-core Devices?

			The Mobile Packet Core: Scalability, Services, and a Foundation for Mobile Innovation


			2011: A Year in the Life of the Mobile Ecosystem

			NSN’s New Formula for Success: Redefinition of Core Strategy as Mobile Broadband and Services


			Trend Watch: Mobile Operating Systems

			Google Music: Lacking Some Features, but Supporting Android with Must-Haves


			LTE Innovation Update: November 4, 2011 – The Universal Diversity of LTE

			Qualcomm Raises Its Snapdragon Game

			Spectrum Watch: October 2011 (Spectrum Optimization Waxes)

			BelAir’s GigXone: These Are Not the Gateways You’re Looking For

			Qualcomm Treks Gobi into LTE Territory

			Sprint Moves on Enterprise Femtocells – Charts a Course for LTE


			Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Tablet: The Primacy of Software over Hardware

			LTE Innovation Update: November 10, 2011

			Standards Watch: LTE Roaming – Requirement or Red Herring?

			Streaming Media West: Limelight Streamlines Content Delivery to Mobile Devices

			republic wireless: Like Skype with Handover or Needed Mobile Innovation?


			Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent Take Femtos to the UK Wilds: More Biz Than Tech Innovation


			Urban Airship + SimpleGeo = The Economics of Location and Engagement

Oct 2011

			AT&T Teams with Harris to Counter Verizon’s LTE Public Safety Efforts: Too Little, Too Late?


			LTE Innovation Update: October 24, 2011

			Spectrum Watch: September 2011

			Google and Samsung Buy Us an Ice Cream Sandwich

			* CurrentCast: CTIA Enterprise and Applications 2011: The Year Enterprise Deserved the Name


			RIM Unveils its Next-generation Platform Equation: QNX + BB = BBX. Will It Blend?

			BelAir Bundles WiFi with 3G and LTE and Backhaul – For a First (of sorts)


			LTE Innovation Update: October 12, 2011

			Standards Watch: VoLTE – Enabling More than Just Voice

			Trend Watch: Carrier WiFi


			Sprint Jumps on the LTE Train, Glossing over the Business and Spectrum Complexity

			* CurrentCast: The Sprint Network Vision Strategy Update: Initial Thoughts


			* CurrentCast: The iPhone 4S: Consumers and Carriers, Distribution and Disappointment (or Not)


			Spectrum Watch: August 2011


			Acme Packet and ip.access Get Closer

			LightSquared + Sharp = Tablets and Devices for a Future LTE Network?


			Intel Finds Its Place in Telmap Acquisition

Sep 2011

			Don’t Call It a Fire Sale: Amazon Sets Out to Shake Apple’s Dominance with Kindle Fire

			From the Ashes of Meego, Tizen Has Risen

			Intel’s Newest ISTC Focuses on Pervasive Computing Breakthroughs

			LTE Innovation Update: September 27, 2011


			*CurrentCast: Huawei’s GigaSite – The Beginning of a Marketing Theme


			AT&T Brings More LTE to the U.S.: Let the Competition Begin?

			Opera Moves Forward on Apps Strategy with Handster Buy

			*CurrentCast: Takeaways and Surprises from the 2011 IBC Show

			Microsoft Build: Microsoft Generates Excitement for Windows 8

			*CurrentCast: The AT&T Palo Alto Foundry Grand Opening: Our Thoughts


			Alcatel-Lucent Adds an Important LTE Reference - Telefonica

			Verizon Wireless Revamps & Extends App Store – Will Developers Follow?

			LTE Innovation Update: September 13, 2011

			Qualcomm Tackles the Enterprise Femtocell Space, Fumbles on Specious Capacity Claims


			Marvell Claims Industry First with Multi-RAT “World Modem”


			The Mobile Device Patent Wars: Parsing a Quagmire

			Baidu Searches for Its Place in Mobile with Yi OS; Now, We Wait for an Ecosystem

			Picochip Primes TD-SCDMA Femto Opportunity – How Long Can it Stay Primed?

			Standards Watch: LTE-Advanced - More than the Path to “True 4G”


			* CurrentCast: AT&T and T-Mobile vs. the Department of Justice

Aug 2011

			Bytemobile Distances Itself from Video Optimization Specialists with T3000 Launch

			Cisco and NEC Team on LTE – Win-Win or Credibility Buster?

			LTE Innovation Update: August 29, 2011

			RIM Ticks Another “Must-Have” Box with Cloud Music Service: BBM Music

			Dish Throws Its Hat into the LTE Ring – Maybe, Someday, Hopefully

			*Korean Government Looks to Bolster Fortunes of Domestic Manufacturers via Mobile OS Efforts


			Motorola Solutions Slims Down, Tightens Focus, Gains Cash with Canopy and Orthogon Divestiture


			*CurrentCast: Charting Tectonic Shifts in the Mobile Device Ecosystem: Google, Motorola, HP and More

			HP Puts the Future of webOS Up for Grabs

			Trend Watch: Location-Based Services (LBS)


			LTE Innovation Update: August 19, 2011


			Spectrum Watch: July 2011


			Google + Motorola Mobility = Lots of Conflicts and a Reminder about IPR


			Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader Showcases HTML5 App Store Workaround

			Mobile Ecosystem Roundup: U.S. Consumer Devices


			Standards Watch: Bluetooth v4.0 – Promising High Speed and Low Energy Breakthroughs


			Intel Labs’ Newest ISTCs Promise New Embedded Computing and Cloud Innovations


			LTE Innovation Watch: August 3, 2011

Jul 2011

			LightSquared and Sprint: Long on Potential, Short on Key Details

			Sprint and LightSquared Sign a Network Sharing Deal - Infrastructure Vendors Could be the Big Winners


			*CurrentCast – The Dramatic Influence of Government on Telecom Vendor Services and the Mobile Ecosystem


			Small Cells: What We’re Not Hearing from Vendors (but Need To)


			Can Kbiz’s SME Consortium Challenge Operator LTE Services?


			* CurrentCast: Optimizing Total Network Bandwidth & Progress of IP/Optical Integration

			LTE Innovation Watch: July 19, 2011

			Spectrum Watch: June 2011


			* CurrentCast: Observations and Thoughts from Huawei’s 2011 Global WiMAX & LTE Development Forum

			Nokia Siemens Networks Sees Brighter M2M Future in GSM Signaling


			Making the Case for Service Innovation in North America

			Google's Android Market Changes More Than Cosmetic


			Standards Watch: 802.11u – Automating Hotspot Connectivity via WiFi


			Cisco Asserts its Support for Wi-Fi Offload and Application Integration - Kind Of

			* CurrentCast: Diameter: The Measure of Long-Term Success for Operators

			eBay hopes to turn a Payments Startup into “King Zong”


			HTC Buys S3 Graphics to Boost Device Differentiation and IPR Assets


			LTE Innovation Update: July 1, 2011

			Spain Looks to Get on the LTE Spectrum Auction Money Train

Jun 2011

			Trend Watch: Femtocells


			Spectrum Watch: May 2011


			LightSquared Aims to Square GPS Interference Challenges – But at What Cost?


			* Are the Mobile Cloud and Mobile Data Caps Mutually Exclusive?

			UK Payments Initiative Points to Strength in Numbers - and Ecosystem


			Company Watch: Altair Semiconductor

			ip.access’ OysterCatcher Highlights Importance of Tight Femtocell Network Planning, Needs Proof Beyond AT&T


			Qualcomm Atheros Wants to Make M2M Communications Smarter with AR4100

			T-Mobile’s “More For Me” - Second Time a Charm for Homegrown Innovation?



			* CurrentCast - Telecom Vendor Services: Why New Managed Service Deals Can Have a Dramatic Impact on the Mobile Ecosystem


			Apple’s iCloud: Storage and Sync vs. Streaming and Collaboration

			Apple’s iOS 5 Brings Features, and a Recognition of Competitors


			Carrier Application Developer Programs: Who Benefits?


			Contela’s 2nd Generation Femtocell for SKT – A Data Offload Proof Point?


			COMPUTEX 2011: Qualcomm Gains Connectivity Credibility with WCN3660 Chipset

			* Google Wallet: Here at Last, but Not About Money

May 2011

			BT and Everything Everywhere Aim at Rural Field of Dreams

			Cox's Shutdown of 3G Network Leaves AWS and 700 MHz Spectrum in Limbo


			* Mobile Ecosystem Roundup: U.S. Wireless Carriers


			Spectrum Watch: April 2011


			ILS Hops on the nPhase ONE Bandwagon

			* CurrentCast Net Neutrality: Europe, Regulation and the Other Side of Innovation

			Trend Watch: Applications and Application Development


			Airhop and Wazco Point to the Fast-evolving Base Station Landscape

			Google’s Anti-Fragmentation Efforts – Substance vs. Window Dressing?


			Music Beta by Google Is Here; It's Just Not That Exciting

			Microsoft Wins and Picks Up Skype – Its Opportunities and Challenges


			Ubiquisys + TI Promise Dual-Mode (3G/4G) Small Cells – Let the Marketing Begin!


			Trend Watch: Mobile Device Silicon

			foursquare Chases a Silly Idea with NFC-based Check-ins


			NVIDIA Gets Down to Baseband/RF Basics with Icera Acquisition


			* Intel Hopes to Revolutionize Silicon with 3-D Transistor Design

			Trend Watch: M2M Communications


			Motorola and Bel Air Look to Give Cable Operators WiFi/Pico High

			Greenpacket Sends a Message: Device-Based Offload is Coming

Apr 2011

			MIPS Seeks Honeycomb of Opportunity with Support of Android 3.0

			* Standards Watch: High Quality Mobile Experience (HQME)


			Ericsson, M2M and Telenor Connexion: Platform Acquisition or Customer Acquisition?

			NAB 2011 Wireless Perspective: Mobile DTV, Content Management and Content Ownership

			T-Mobile USA Fights Back at OTT with Bobsled

			eBay Gets Hyper-local with WHERE Acquisition

			Spectrum Watch: March 2011

			Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom Flag ‘Smart Partnership’ with Streamlined Procurement
			Cardagin Networks

			Mobile Ecosystem: Silicon Planning Priorities and Trends

			NAB 2011: Verizon’s Digital Media Services Points to Complexity of Multi-Platform Content Delivery and Ownership

			Google Pushes Further into Music with PushLife Buy

			Intel Puts the Pedal to the Metal with Atom Platform Development

			Polaris Wireless

			ISIS Pipes Up on First Launch Market – Congratulations, Salt Lake City

			Standards Watch: HD Voice

			The Mobile Ecosystem Imperative

			TI Powers Through on $6.5 Billion Acquisition of National Semiconductor

			Verizon Wireless + Opera Mini = Today’s User Experience vs. Tomorrow’s Smartphone Adoption

Mar 2011

			CTIA 2011: More Offload, More Google, More Commerce & Marketing (Like MWC, Part 2)

			RIM’s Android Tie-up: Growing PlayBook Relevance or Dissuading Developers?

			Leap Does LTE – With Partners and On Its Own

			CTIA 2011: For the Enterprise, Operators Focus on M2M

			WiMAX Coexistence: Going Forward in an LTE World

			Femtocell Services: North America and the State of the Industry

			* CTIA 2011: Altair Semiconductor Bands Together with Alcatel-Lucent

			* AT&T’s T-Mobile USA Acquisition - The Ecosystem Implications

			* Mobile Spectrum Watch: February 2011

			RIM Points to “Cloud Fever” and Consumerization of IT

			* ZTE’s 2010 Presages Moves into (and Across) Entire Ecosystem

			Mobile Video Optimization: The Problems and the Technology Landscape

			Mobile Video Optimization: Vendor Overview and Buying Criteria

			Opera Argues for “The More, The Merrier” with New App Store

			Nokia Keeps Qt Ecosystem Happy with Digia Licensing Deal

			CurrentCast: The Important MWC 2011 Trends and Events

			MWC 2011: The Mobile Ecosystem Roundup

			* AT&T’s ShopAlerts: Bringing Location to Mobile Advertising

Feb 2011

			Liquavista (Samsung)

			* Standards Watch: Near Field Communications (NFC)

			India Gears Up for 700MHz Auction in 2012

			Motorola Solutions and Verizon Wireless Partner in Public Safety as Private LMR Nets Evolve to Next Gen LTE

			MWC 2011: E-Plus Gets on Converged TD-LTE/LTE FDD Bandwagon

			MWC 2011: Can 3LM Use the Android Platform to Achieve E2E Mobile Management Headway?

			Mobile Spectrum Watch: January 2011

			MWC 2011: Marvell Harbors 3G Global Ambitions

			MWC 2011: Can Nokia and Microsoft Cross Bridge Over Freezing Waters?

			Obama’s National Wireless Initiative Laudable, but Far from a Done Deal

			MWC 2011: Nokia Siemens Networks Launches Multivendor LTE Certification Program

			MWC 2011: Qualcomm Goes Big on P2P Networking – But Do We Need a New Tech?

			CurrentCast: What to Expect from Mobile World Congress – IP Services Infrastructure

			CurrentCast: What to Expect from Mobile World Congress – Mobile Access Infrastructure

			Mobile Ecosystem Roundup: Mobile Application Processor Platforms

			MWC 2011: Nokia Siemens Networks Enhances its End-to-End Energy Solutions Offering

			O2 WiFi: Free + WiFi + Ads = Innovative Business or Buzzword Bingo?

			TI Dramatically Raises Competitive Stakes for Mobile Application Platforms with OMAP 5

			Atos Origin Takes on French Mobile Commerce (Fragmentation) with Buyster

			CurrentCast: What to Expect from Mobile World Congress 2011

			Mobile Ecosystem Roundup: Mobile Device Silicon Suppliers

			MWC 2011: Openwave Places Bets on the Browser with Amplicity

			Telcordia Harnesses Service Delivery and Charging Solution for Prepaid Services Growth

			CEVA Achieves DSP Milestone in Mobile Baseband Processor Realm

Jan 2011

			Sony First to Announce Quad ARM Cortex, Mobile Application Processor

			FCC Enshrines LTE as Public Safety Standard – Nobody’s Surprised

			Ubiquisys’ Attocell Stirs Up Interest – Likely Not Much Else

			Ixia Bets on LTE Femtocells – But Comes Up Short with Operators

			Sprint Opts for Consistency, Adding Premium Data Access Fee to All Smartphones

			The Verizon Wireless iPhone: It’s Real

			NVIDIA vs. Intel: Ongoing Dispute is Equitability Resolved

			Qualcomm Snaps Up Atheros for Nifty $3.1 Billion