Unpacking Ericsson's acquisition of Cradlepoint
On September 18th, 2020, Ericsson, the Swedish mobile communications networking giant, announced plans to acquire Cradlepoint for a...
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Shiv Putcha
- Jul 10, 2020
- 8 min
Notes on India, 5G and ORAN…
India, in recent weeks, has had a lot of news flow. After nearly three months of Covid19 induced lockdown, the country is taking its...
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Shiv Putcha
- Apr 22, 2020
- 8 min
Unpacking Facebook’s Deal with Reliance Jio Platforms
The day opened with the news of Facebook’s mega-investment into Jio Platforms, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited...
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Shiv Putcha
- Apr 21, 2020
- 9 min
The impact of Covid19 on an emerging market, Crocodile Dundee and other musings
By now, pretty much anyone reading this, regardless of your location, has been under some form of lockdown. Partial. Total. Local. The...
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Shiv Putcha
- Nov 29, 2019
- 10 min
A sneak peek into emerging tech in Finland — Varjo
This piece, a slightly longer read than usual, captures my observations about Varjo.
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Shiv Putcha
- Nov 28, 2019
- 6 min
A sneak peek into Finnish emerging tech — Hatch
Recently, I had the opportunity to be in Finland to attend Nokia’s Global Analyst Forum. For those interested, my reflections on that...
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Shiv Putcha
- Nov 26, 2019
- 7 min
Nokia Sticks to the "Plan"
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Finland to spend three days with Nokia at their Global Analyst Forum. It was an eventful few...
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Shiv Putcha
- Oct 15, 2019
- 5 min
Fixed Wireless Access gets a massive boost from Qualcomm
Fixed wireless access (FWA) is definitely hot again!!! FWA has already had a couple of adoption cycles in the past but it is now being...
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Shiv Putcha
- Oct 6, 2019
- 6 min
The New Cloudera and the emerging data analytics story
Recently, I attended the Cloudera Global Analyst Event in New York. The event, held near Hudson Yards, was well attended with analysts...
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Shiv Putcha
- Jul 7, 2019
- 8 min
The week that was: notes on Mobile World Congress Shanghai, China and more…
During the last week of June 2019, we attended a couple of events in Shanghai, China. First up was a Nokia Analyst Day summit for mostly...
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Shiv Putcha
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
The Case for 5G in India
A conversation with Rao Yallapragada, Director, Advanced Technologies, Intel by Shiv Putcha, Mandala Insights 5G is here. 2019 has seen...
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Shiv Putcha
- Apr 23, 2019
- 10 min
Do emerging markets like India need 5G? Absolutely…
2018 has seen several murmurings from communication service providers (CoSPs) and the vendor community about the rapidly accelerating...
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Shiv Putcha
- Mar 7, 2019
- 8 min
Mobile World Congress 2019 Roundup: #5G is Here
Another year, another roundup from the crazy whirlwind that is Mobile World Congress. The show continues to impress, with nearly 110,000...
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Shiv Putcha
- Feb 4, 2019
- 6 min
Huawei doubles down on 5G ahead of Mobile World Congress
One of the perks of being an industry analyst covering the tech and telecommunications industries is that we get to visit multiple...
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Shiv Putcha
- Mar 16, 2018
- 8 min
Mobile World Congress 2018 roundup
It’s been two weeks after the annual mayhem of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The hectic pace of the event, coupled with the...
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Shiv Putcha
- Feb 15, 2018
- 5 min
Mobile World Congress 2018 — themes and what to expect
It’s that time of year again. A veritable who’s who of the industry will again converge on (some would say invade) the sylvan shores of...
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Shiv Putcha
- Feb 9, 2018
- 5 min
Hike launches Total and builds a new on-ramp for the Next Billion
On January 16th, Hike, an Indian messaging and payments platform, announced a new product called “Total, built by Hike” (Total). Total is...
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Shiv Putcha
- Jan 8, 2018
- 3 min
A “centralized Internet” will be damaging for India and other emerging markets
I came across an important article today, a long read by Roger McNamee, an early Facebook investor and mentor to Mark Zuckerberg. The...
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Shiv Putcha
- Jan 2, 2018
- 2 min
Beyond the Next Billion — origins
With new beginnings, it's important to lay out the origin story first. As this blog takes shape, I felt it was important not only to...
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