Today's Top Stories China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, could be looking to acquire a U.S.-based carrier to gain a foothold in the lucrative U.S. market. Chairman Xi Guohua has expressed interest in exploring expansion opportunities in North America and Europe, notes Erik Heinrich in a Fortune article. But to get a foothold in any of those markets, including the U.S., China Mobile would need to acquire an existing carrier, buy spectrum or enter the market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), Julian Watson, an analyst at IHS Technology, tells Fortune. An MVNO buys wholesale access to network service from an existing carrier and resells service to retail customers. One U.S. carrier that could be up for grabs is T-Mobile US. Japan's Softbank is bidding for T-Mobile, but since Softbank has already acquired Sprint, such an acquisition could face opposition from U.S. regulators. That could open the door for China Mobile, Heinrich notes. Another option would be for China Mobile to participate--either alone or with a U.S. partner--in the 600 MHz spectrum auction the Federal Communications Commission has set for 2015. China Mobile recently launched its 4G LTE network that uses the TD-LTE standard, which works with the U.S. FD-LTE standard. "The benefit of TD-LTE is to complement FD-LTE to increase capacity in peak hours and in congested cells," Sandy Shen, research director in Gartner's Shanghai office, tells Fortune. Shen notes that China Mobile could also set up an MVNO arrangement with a U.S. carrier and serve consumers and business that have a connection to China. Whichever approach China Mobile chooses, its presence in the U.S. market will be felt by established players Verizon and AT&T.
For more:
- check out the Forbes article
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Imagine a world in which wearable devices are connected by an open platform and healthcare product manufacturers cooperate for the sake of improved health monitoring. Samsung envisions just such a reality, and in the very near future. This week the electronics giant unveiled its vision for the future of wearable devices at an event in San Francisco. According to an article at Wireless Week, the company has released an open reference design platform called Simband, which it foresees as a blueprint for building advanced health monitoring devices. "Devices based on the platform, which includes sensors and other technology, would enable users to collect biodata and store it in the cloud, where it could be analyzed by a doctor or other medical professional," the article notes. "Samsung envisions a future where wearable devices could also alert users to potential health problems before they reach a critical stage." One of the goals for wearables announced by Samsung would be the ability to create monitors so comfortable that people would wear them all the time, even when they are sleeping. That would potentially enable a device to capture an enormous amount of data at different times and under different circumstances. "Samsung's Digital Health Initiative provides an exciting opportunity for the brightest minds in the technology world to come together to develop the products that will, for the first time, put individuals in the driver's seat in understanding their own health and wellness," Young Sohn, president and chief strategy officer of Device Solutions for Samsung Electronics was quoted as saying.
For more:
- check out the Wireless Week article
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Beyond Verbal--a startup based in Tel Aviv--is developing a technology that recognizes human emotion behind words, according to an article in GigaOm. Innovation like this could shake things up in the enterprise--particularly for customer service. With $3.8 million in venture funding, Beyond Verbal has created algorithms and software that "can detect both human emotion, intent and also elements of personality" based solely on how a person speaks into the technology, according to the article. Imagine using this technology to detect the emotions of a customer calling in for assistance with a product. GigaOm suggests that the app could be used for "sentiment analysis across phone calls to gauge how a large business is doing when it comes to customer service, or even flagging interactions that might cause problems later for business." Dan Emodi, the vice president of marketing for Beyond Verbal, explains that the technology can be tested on an iOS app called "Moodies." You simply press a button on your screen and talk for at least 20 seconds so that the app can register your mood. I've tested it out and below are screenshots of my results. Odd and fascinating. It is available for free at the App Store.  
The challenge, according to Emodi, is selling Beyond Verbal to companies. He hopes that business leaders tinker with the technology and decide to acquire it for themselves. This would lead to those firms leveraging new ways to use emotion recognition in the enterprise. Beyond Verbal is a finalist in GigaOm's Structured Launchpad competition--an event designed to show off startups driving innovation within IT.
For more:
- read the GigaOm article
- see the Structure Launchpad competition page
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