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Goodbye 3G transitional, 4G is finally coming to your device
A lot of people remain confused about 4G because of the fierce 4G marketing war among the four US carriers at CES in Las Vegas back in 2010: it had to do with bragging about their great WiMAX 802.16e,...
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VoLTE: An IHS Markit RootMetrics primer
This blog post originally appeared on rootmetrics.com.If you haven’t heard the term VoLTE bandied about, you probably will in short order. VoLTE is the next big advancement in mobile calling. Operators...
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The iPhone 7 costs more to make, but Apple’s margin remains high
Apple spent more than ever before to make the iPhone 7, but the company still enjoys higher “hardware” margins than chief rival Samsung, according to a new IHS Markit teardown analysis on Apple’s...
View ArticleRough-and-tumble action in India’s spectrum auction
Has India finally settled down? After a series of false starts, we think so. Last year was looking really good in India with mobile broadband investment going gangbusters, but LTE deployments that...
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Hanjin disruption will hurt display market in peak season
Trouble with South Korea's largest shipping company is affecting the global display industry and the country's largest display suppliers, Samsung and LG, in particular. Now under court receivership,...
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The real prize behind smart appliances
Everyone is making a smart fridge. Appliance companies—ranging from Germany’s BSH and Miele, Electrolux from Sweden and China’s Haier and Midea, through to the major consumer vendors like LG and...
View ArticleDisney and Netflix: a "Mouse of Cards"
The rumour mill is churning with the possibility of the takeover of Netflix by US studio major Disney. On the surface, the acquisition of a high-potential service such as Netflix seems appealing, but...
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Cellular IoT module vendors contend with a soft first half
Now that results are in from the first six months of the year for vendors of cellular IoT—or Internet of Things—modules, one thing is clear: the first half was slightly weaker than expected. In turn,...
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China’s BOE benefits from Korean makers producing fewer IT panels
For some time now Korean displays have dominated the information technology (IT) market, in the form of panels mainly for notebook PCs and LCD monitors. But this changed in 2016—not only because of the...
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“Modi-fied” India: ample growth for industrial automation
For years India has held the alluring potential of becoming a global leader in industrial manufacturing. However, the country’s glorious promise has been thwarted by a convoluted tax system and...
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QLED: Quantum Dot OLED or Quantum Dot LCD with LED backlight, or both?
Recently interest in quantum-dot light-emitting diode (QLED) TVs has been increasing, particularly in the quantum dot (QD) market. The QLED TV is not a new concept. For years, there has been...
View ArticleWhat the AT&T-Time Warner deal means
Editor's note: This blog features two separate but complementary analytical insights. Analysis from Seth Wallis-Jones, Senior Analyst for Operators, IHS MarkitAT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time...
View ArticleNew chip technologies and IoT devices lead to new hacking threats—and solutions
As more connected devices link up to the ever-expanding universe known as the Internet of Things (IoT), the wide array of new products envisioned to support the IoT is sure to provide people with...
View ArticleDown to the wire: what’s a telco?
It all looked so certain a couple of years ago. Google Fiber, the company’s gigabit consumer fiber network, had been extended from its initial deployment in the Kansas City metropolitan area into...
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Done with smartphones, let’s move to cars!
This was inevitable and predicted six years ago: smartphone penetration has reached its peak and smartphone growth is stalling, and mobile networks are essentially built out on this planet. Last year,...
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A new approach to connecting the IoT
Recently, I spoke with Usman Haque, the founder and CEO of a London-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup called Thingful. Many of you may already be familiar with Usman, if not with his newest...
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New touch-panel structures bode well for flexible OLED
For manufacturers of smartphone organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, especially Samsung Display, advances continue to be made to integrate touch-panel structures into displays in order to...
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Is another Gen 7 TFT-LCD fab closure imminent in Korea?
The price of liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV panels has been rapidly recovering since the third quarter of 2016 after being depressed since the second half of 2015, causing concerns about the market...
View ArticleUHD: nightmares for broadcasters and early adopters alike?
It’s risky being an early adopter: the kudos of being first has to be balanced against the risk of owning an immature product that is rapidly obsolete. Connectivity is the biggest risk, in that newer...
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Apple MacBook to diversify panel sources during product transition
The new 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, weighing a mere 3 lbs. and measuring a scant 14.9 millimeters in thickness—is slimmer and lighter than the previous model, offering greater mobility to customers who also...
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