Tech that refuses to stay inside one border. Global markets, cross-border deals, and the geopolitics increasingly deciding where hardware gets built and sold. My own work is transatlantic, so that is the lens most of this takes.
On April 30, 2026, OPPO announced the integration of OnePlus and Realme into a unified product center, led by Pete Lau. This consolidation optimizes…
In April 2026, Nothing launched the Phone (4a) simultaneously in India and Japan, marking its first direct entry into Japan's competitive market. The midrange…
In 2026, storage prices are rising due to DRAM and NAND shortages, pushing some companies toward failure. Most brands are assemblers rather than manufacturers,…
Nothing has launched its first Indian flagship store in Bengaluru, transforming retail into a community experience space. The store emphasizes local culture and engages…
OnePlus has faced a dramatic decline in India's premium smartphone market, dropping from 6.1% in 2023 to 2.9% in 2025, mainly due to trust…
Nothing's third community investment round closed with 13,000 total investors across 80 countries, having raised $16M since 2021. The real value was never the…
CMF spun off as an independent subsidiary in September 2025, establishing its headquarters in India and forming a $100M manufacturing JV with Optiemus Infracom.…
Nothing closed a $200M Series C at a $1.3B valuation in September 2025, led by Tiger Global with Qualcomm Ventures and Nikhil Kamath as…
AT&T's recent $14 billion deal with Ericsson marks a significant commitment to Open RAN, aiming to shift 70% of wireless traffic to open platforms…
In the past year, Europe has taken significant steps towards Open RAN, highlighted by a joint declaration from major operators like Telefónica and Vodafone.…
The saga of France's 5G rollout was characterized by prolonged debates over spectrum auctions and frustation, while neighboring countries advanced. Delays stemmed from political…
The O-RAN Alliance, founded in 2018 by AT&T and China Mobile, has shifted discussions from cost and vendor independence to sovereignty concerns. As governments…
On January 14 the US Department of Defense added Xiaomi to its list of “Communist Chinese Military Companies,” and within a day it became…
Xiaomi shipped 46.5 million phones in a quarter, growing 45% year over year, becoming the third-largest smartphone maker due to US sanctions on Huawei.…
An e-commerce company just switched on a national mobile network, fully virtualized Open RAN on commodity servers, in the middle of a pandemic. The…