• Cracking the Code

    FDM CCS Insight Survey Identifies Changes in Mobile-Buying Behaviour FDM CCS Insight's inaugural survey into how people buy mobile phones and subscriptions revealed fascinating insights. Here we briefly reflect on ...

  • First to Fold

    Royole's Flexible-Display Phone Is a Sign of Things to Come Someone has to be first and it may as well be Royole. According to its website, Royole is a company ...

  • Japanese Mobile Operators Take a Hit

    Under Government Pressure, NTT DoCoMo Plans Service Price Cuts On 31 October, the market value of Japan's wireless operators, NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank, took a hit of more than ...

  • Open Season: IBM Buys Red Hat

    Will Acquisition Bring IBM into the Open Source and Cloud Era? Last Sunday, IBM announced that it's acquiring open-source software company Red Hat for $33 billion. The transaction is IBM's ...

  • Direct Hit

    AT&T's Weak DirecTV Numbers Bring Entertainment Strategy into Question Last week, AT&T reported its results for the third quarter of 2018. The numbers were mixed, with the wireless business generally ...

  • One for All

    OnePlus Seeks to Break into the US with Carrier Support On Monday, at an event in New York City, OnePlus, a five-year-old smartphone maker from China, announced the availability of ...

  • Moto Maker

    Motorola Partners with iFixit for DIY Repair Kits Last week, Motorola became the first major smartphone manufacturer to supply official components to customers, allowing them to repair or update their ...

  • 5G and the Data-Driven Economy

    Connectivity Is One of a Potent Quartet of Technologies I recently delivered the opening keynote at FDM CCS Insight's annual predictions event in London, where we hosted several hundred guests ...

  • On the Cusp of 5G

    Plenty of Firsts and a Few Challenges This week I spent several days at Qualcomm's 4G/5G summit in Hong Kong. The event brings together all the major participants in the ...

  • Orange and Google Collaborate on Intercontinental Cable

    Supporting a Surge in Data Traffic between Europe and the US Earlier this month, French telecom operator Orange announced that it is collaborating with Alphabet subsidiary Google on a 6,600 ...