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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...

Apple FQ1 19 – Much ado about nothing.

An echo of Nokia between 2003 and 2006. Apple has ensured an exciting start to the year with its first profit warning for more than 10 years that I think...

Apple vs. Qualcomm – Pressure cooker pt. III.

A Christmas present from Germany. Qualcomm has struck another blow against Apple with a permanent injunction being granted against Apple which can only serve to further increase pressure on Apple...

Google – Toothless in Europe pt. V.

Better products, not ineffective regulation needed. The regulations being imposed upon Google by a seemingly hapless EU appear to be having the opposite effect to that intended in yet another...

Apple – Silly season.

Not everyone at Tesla does cars. Apple is recruiting people from Tesla again which I think has nothing to do with cars and everything to do with augmented reality. Commentators...

Augmented Reality – Crunch time.

The shake-out begins. Osterhout Design Group (ODG) looks to be in the process of being wound up in what I suspect is going to be a procession of small companies...

Apple vs. Qualcomm – Pressure cooker pt. II

The injunction has teeth. In a surprising admission of weakness, Apple has admitted that if the injunction remains in force, it will be forced to settle with Qualcomm which I...

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...

Verizon – Vitriolic Oath

A packet-pushing future awaits Verizon confirms my long-held belief that the one good thing that Marissa Meyer did for long-suffering Yahoo shareholders was to sell the Yahoo core business to...