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RFM 2019 – Top 5 at CES.

2019 demands delivery not more hype. Automotive & infotainment CES 2019 is likely to be even more dominated by automotive than it was last year and, in that vein, the...

Research Publication – Automotive Ecosystems – Sitting Ducks – Thematic Update

January 4th 2019: Radio Free Mobile updates its Automotive Ecosystem research product with the publication of Automotive Ecosystems – Sitting Ducks – Thematic Update.   RFM research subscribers will receive their copy...

5G – Barrel scraping

Ericsson is scraping the bottom of the barrel for a use case. Ericsson has had to use cloud-based virtual reality to demonstrate the benefits of 5G over 4G which clearly...

Lyft – Gift horse

Lyft should accept the gift Uber is offering. Lyft has filed confidential documents with the SEC signaling its intent to go public in 2019 but given the state of its...

Volvo & Ericsson – Scroogled?

Google’s automotive deals may be coming unstuck. Volvo and Ericsson have signed a 5-year digital automotive deal that leaves me wondering whether all the fanfare about Volvo using Android in...

Autonomous driving – Trouble at the top.

The rest must be in a real pickle. Waymo is taking a step backwards in terms of the commercial readiness of its autonomous driving offering by reinstalling safety drivers and...

Tencent & Uber – Soul searching.

Both Tencent and Uber have some thinking to do. Uber Q3 18 Uber’s Q3 18 results show that it is not really capitalising on its dominance which increases my fear...

Faraday Future – The wrong man pt. II.

Red flags everywhere The saga of Faraday Future continues with further evidence of terrible financial management which serves to underpin my view that while Jia Yueting has control, the venture...

Google and Toyota – Dominoes.

Toyota could trigger an industry cave-in to Google.  It looks like Toyota (see here) is about to allow Android Auto access to the infotainment units in its vehicles in a...

Sirius XM – Pandora’s box

Paying cash would open Pandora’s box.  Sirius XM has agreed to buy Pandora in a move the ensures Pandora’s long-term survival as well as gives Sirius XM an insurance policy...