A few weeks ago, Honeywell unveiled a set of new solutions for plant control rooms at the 2013 Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas Symposium. Two new technologies were introduced: the Cyber Security Dashboard and the Premium platform for Experion Virtualization Solutions. The other two technologies on show were updated versions of the Experion Collaboration Station and Honeywell’s OneWireless Network.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has once more revealed its intention to re-enter the smartphone market. A senior executive within the company’s consumer PC and media tablet division revealed the goal to an Indian newspaper, The Indian Express. No clear timetable, target segment or device form-factor were mentioned, however, she admitted it would be “silly” to deny any rumours of a new smartphone product. The PC computing company launched its first Android media tablet, HP Slate 7, in late April of this year, and sales have so far been less than ideal. How the company expects to pave a successful way into the smartphone market remains an interesting dilemma.

Vectoring technology is gaining interest among DSL broadband operators in many countries. Recently, German operator Deutsche Telekom and Italian operator, Telecom Italia have decided to deploy vectored technology to upgrade its copper network. More operators are testing vectoring in their copper networks to make decisions for deployment. U.K. operator British Telecom is one of those testing vectored VDSL2.

It is rumored that Rossiya Bank might buy 30% of Tele2 from VTB Group, which had bought the whole Tele2 business on March 27, 2013, but the transaction has not yet been finalized. The rumor that Rossiya Bank would be the intermediary buyer to sell its stake to Rostelecom, the fifth largest Russian Carrier in terms of subscription, had also been widespread.

At Mobile Asia Expo, in Shanghai, China Mobile provided additional insight into its Small Cells strategy. While China Mobile has a diverse strata of mobile subscribers, the operator very much sees Small Cells – both cellular and WiFi – playing a pivotal role in building out its capacity. At present, the operator has 6 million public WiFi hotspots. In addition the operator has been taking a lead on developing a hybrid cellular-WiFi capable Small Cell solution that very specifically meets its needs.

On June 24, Alcatel-Lucent announced a three year agreement with Telenor which includes:

I had the delight of attending at this year’s Augmented Reality Summit yesterday, presenting on the findings of our latest AR research and getting the latest insights from a good mix of technical and commercial experts. In general, I’d say that AR is coming of age in the sense that in get-togethers like this you’re starting to hear more commentary and opinions about what sorts of use cases actually make sense in real life. In the industry briefings and discussions I had, for instance, some two years ago, the focus was more about the technical enablement and the applications themselves weren’t really a concern. Being cool and new was enough.

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, has set the cat amongst the pigeons, by saying that Huawei were considering acquiring Nokia; “We are considering these sorts of acquisitions; maybe the combination has some synergies but depends on the willingness of Nokia. We are open-minded,” he stated during a launch event in London, UK, for Huawei's Ascend P6 smartphone.

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