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Published every fortnight, ‘Juniper Research Insights’ provide impact analysis on breaking and disruptive industry news. This includes notable product launches, industry event takeaways, unpredicted company results or specific services disrupting traditional digital ecosystems.

Insights is complimentary to all clients with a current research subscription. Clients can access all Insights documents once signed into their Juniper Research account.

IoT Insights - Intel Acquires Moovit

May 2020

Intel has announced that it is acquiring Israeli urban transit data start-up Moovit for $900 million ($840 million net of existing Intel equity position in the firm). Moovit will remain an independent subsidiary and work with Intel’s Mobileye team. Moovit’s CEO, Nir Erez, will remain in place and take up additional roles as Executive Vice President at Mobileye and Vice President at Intel. Moovit’s existing partnerships will remain in place.

Fintech Insights - N26 Raises Additional $100 Million in Series D Extension

May 2020

This week, digital-only bank N26 announced it had raised an additional $100 million in funding in an extension of its Series D funding round, bringing the total raised in that round to $570 million. The extension was raised via existing investors and maintains N26’s existing valuation at $3.5 billion. N26 also confirmed it had reached over 5 million customers. N26 highlighted that the funding would be used for ‘consolidating our presence in our 24 European markets and the US to introduce even more people to N26’.

IoT Insights - The Recent Impacts of IoT Legislation

April 2020

Effective immediately from 1st January 2020, the California IoT Security Law is now in place. The act is in direct response to a series of hacking incidents regarding Internet of Things devices. Presently, Amazon and home security subsidiary Ring are facing 26 federal lawsuits in California; alleging that lax security standards led to the incidents.

Telco Insights - SAP Considering Streamlining Services in Response to Volatile Market Conditions

April 2020

The future of SAP’s Digital Interconnect division is uncertain, as a report by Bloomberg suggests that the company is exploring different options to combat the current stock market decline. Due to the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19, SAP is reportedly assessing the market and identifying potential buyers for its Digital Interconnect unit. SAP Digital Interconnect provides APIs that enable businesses to offer multi-channel messaging.

Fintech Insights - Google is Set to Launch its Debit Card

April 2020

It has been reported this week that Google is developing both physical and virtual debit cards in collaboration with established financial services players such as Citigroup and Stanford Federal Credit Union. The as-yet-unnamed card will be connected to the user’s Google or Google Pay account and linked to its own debit account, which will enable card users to purchase goods instore as well as online. The card was initially expected to launch in the early part of 2020 but has not yet been released; an actual launch date has not yet been announced.

Telco Insights - China Mobile Announces it Will Use Huawei and ZTE for Roll-out of its 5G Network

April 2020

China Mobile has announced that it will use Huawei and ZTE for the majority of its 5G network roll-out. The company will also use Ericsson and a small network vendor based in China. The roll-out will include the deployment of over 200,000 new basestations in 2020. Huawei will provide over 55% of these basestations, whilst ZTE will provide over 25% of basestations.

IoT Insights - Thales, Telstra, Microsoft and Arduino Partner to Implement GSMA SAFE Standard in IoT

April 2020

Following the release of the SAFE standard by the GSMA in December 2019, a variety of companies have announced their implementation of the specification. The latest and largest of these has been the collaboration between Thales, Telstra, Microsoft and Arduino, to provide a fully end‑to‑end security solution for IoT deployments.

Fintech Insights - SoFi Acquires Galileo Financial Technologies in $1.2 Billion Deal, Despite Corona

April 2020

This week, consumer financial services platform SoFi announced that it was acquiring API vendor Galileo Financial Services in a $1.2 billion deal, including cash and stock, subject to approval by regulators. In the press release, SoFi outlined the rationale behind the acquisition as being that ‘Galileo and SoFi will work together to accelerate the pace of technology innovation to offer Galileo’s partners, and subsequently consumers everywhere, even more value’. Galileo will continue to operate as a separate entity.

Telco Insights - Impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus on the Telecommunications Industry

March 2020

As the number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 475,000 worldwide, measures to slow the spread of the virus are being implemented on a global scale. Businesses are closing their physical locations, forcing employees to adopt remote working practices.

IoT Insights - Coronavirus Pandemic is Wake Up Call for the Use of IoT & Telemedicine in Healthcare

March 2020

In recent weeks, the scale of the Coronavirus outbreak has increased to pandemic status, prompting a series of measures from governments around the world to sure up financial markets and healthcare systems. This has put the spotlight on healthcare systems which are uniquely stressed by this situation. Of particular concern is the poor state of adoption of IoT technologies in healthcare, especially telemedicine and remote patient monitoring.

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