• Innovation in Unprecedented Times

    Reflections on the keynote at GSMA's Thrive "Innovation in Unprecedented Times" felt like an appropriate opening keynote session to the GSMA's Thrive virtual conference. CCS Insight has studied not only ...

  • US Tightens Restrictions on Chinese Telecom Giants

    FCC's product ban further escalates a technological Cold War Just a few years back, Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE were ambitiously working to break into the US telecom market, ...

  • Better Silicon Will Lift Wearables to the Next Level

    Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Wear chips signal richer experiences Smartwatches are getting better all the time. When I look at our research, what stands out is just how important these devices ...

  • The Significance of Apple’s Silicon Shift

    Reasons for a move from Intel to Arm are not single-threaded On Monday, Apple kicked off its 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Apple was forced ...

  • Making Waves

    Millimetre wave addresses the growth and change in mobile traffic The mobile industry has seen significant growth in recent years as the advent of 4G and now 5G has created ...

  • Arm’s New Programme for Custom Chips

    With the financial muscle of a new parent, Arm is adapting to competition Last week, Arm made several intellectual property announcements unveiling its new chipset core designs, including the Arm ...

  • Virtual RAN: Separating Fact from Fiction

    Agility and flexibility rather than "one size fits all" It's hard to escape the hype for 5G, but there's another area where industry attention is now almost as palpable: the ...

  • Wi-Fi 6E Will Complement 5G

    US Federal Communications Commission to vote on Wi-Fi 6E The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote before the end of April 2020 on a plan that would ...

  • System-Led Success in 5G

    New design approach helps 5G device ecosystem flourish We've written in the past about the various elements in a modern smartphone and the added complexity that 5G is bringing. To ...

  • A 5G Chipset Reality Check

    Qualcomm rivals need more than bold claims to close the gap The mobile industry is used to bold claims of leadership and heated debate about whose chipset, device or network ...