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Apple's New Watch and AirPods: The Biggest Changes Are on the Inside

Ramon T. Llamas — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

On September 12, Apple revealed its new Watch Series 12, Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5. Externally, none of the three devices looks different from the models they replace. Internally, Apple made its biggest investment yet in health sensing and a new Audio Intelligence feature set for Apple Watch, while AirPods 5 largely inherits acoustic hardware and software that debuted a generation earlier on AirPods Pro. These will keep Apple in good stead against the rising competition, serving as the go-to wearables for Apple enthusiasts.

Enterprise IT highlights from Apple's September launch event: a foldable iPhone, and the official release of Apple's new device management framework

Phil Hochmuth — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Enterprise Network Consulting and Integration Services, 2026

Leslie Rosenberg — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the worldwide enterprise network consulting and integration services (NCIS) market. It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a technology buyer perspective, a market outlook, and IDC's advice for technology suppliers/service providers.

"The enterprise network will continue to rise in importance as high-speed, low-latency performance becomes a requirement for success in the agentic AI era. These demands, coupled with increased network complexity and skill scarcity, require that organizations leverage resources from their NCIS partners to accelerate successful network initiatives," said Leslie Rosenberg, research vice president, Network Life-Cycle and Infrastructure Services at IDC.

Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Smartphone, 2026

Francisco Jeronimo, Ramon T. Llamas, Nabila Popal — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the smartphone market. It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a tech leader perspective, a market outlook, and IDC's advice for technology suppliers/service providers.

"2026 is a year of retrenchment for the worldwide smartphone market due to the memory crisis, yet beneath the surface are multiple key trends shaping the landscape for future years, including advances in AI by key players, shifts in customer tastes and preferences, and rising competition from emerging vendors. Companies throughout the ecosystem will benefit from the data in this report to compete today and thrive tomorrow." — Ramon T. Llamas, research director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR, IDC

Worldwide Wi-Fi-Enabled Products Forecast, 2026–2030

Phil Solis — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Pivot Table deliverable includes yearly data from 2014 to 2030 for the worldwide Wi-Fi-enabled products market. This is a look at all the systems or end products that contain Wi-Fi integrated into an SoC, a Wi-Fi chip, or a Wi-Fi module.

The data includes pivot tables arranged in multiple ways (same pivot data) comprised of:

System/product categorization: 11 "level 1" market categorizations, over 50 "level 2" categorizations, over 85 "level 3" categorizations, about 150 "level 4" categorizations
Wi-Fi protocol segmentation: Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8, "other" (WiGig, WAVE, HaLow)
IEEE protocol segmentation: 802.11n single band (Wi-Fi 4), 802.11n dual band (Wi-Fi 4), 802.11n/ac (Wi-Fi 5), 802.11n/ac/ad (Wi-Fi 5), 802.11ax without 6GHz (Wi-Fi 6), 802.11ax with 6GHz (Wi-Fi 6E), 802.11ax/ay (Wi-Fi 6), 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7), 802.11be/ay (Wi-Fi 7), 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8) 802.11ad (WiGig), 802.11ay (WiGig), 802.11ah (HaLow), 802.11p (WAVE)
System landscape: Primary client, physical AI, IoT/endpoint, edge infrastructure (light), edge infrastructure (heavy), network infrastructure, storage mechanism

CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026: AI Agent and OT Device Security Carry Consequences for Device Management Vendors and Buyers

Phil Hochmuth — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This year's news from CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026 skewed, predictably, toward security operations (SecOps) and agentic AI — but the endpoint's expanding definition and role have direct implications for unified endpoint management (UEM), patch management, and IT operations strategy.

CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026: AI Agent and OT Device Security Carry Consequences for Device Management Vendors and Buyers

Phil Hochmuth — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

IDC Market Glance: Japan Network Services, 3Q26

Yoko Ono — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、企業から個人まで、ますます不可欠になるネットワークサービスについて、国内における主要ベンダーのマップを提供するものである。ネットワークサービス市場を「WAN services」「Global WAN services」「Wavelength services」「Interconnection services」「Internet exchange services」「Fixed broadband & internet access services」「Mobile network services」「Mobile virtual network services」「IoT connectivity services」「Satellite communications services」の10のセグメントに分類し、市場定義を提供している。

Market Forecast: Worldwide Telco Cloud Infrastructure Software (NFVI, VNF, and CNF) Forecast, 2026–2030

Ajeet Das — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study presents how communication service providers are increasingly adopting cloud-native network functions, which not only offer benefits but also introduce challenges like a lack of in-house expertise, complex security, and managing multiple infrastructure types.

U.S. MVNO Earnings Analysis for 2Q26

Jitesh Gera, Jason Leigh — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note discusses how cable is pulling away in the U.S. MVNO race. Comcast, Charter, and Optimum together added 904,000 wireless lines in 2Q26 and are increasingly building their own Wi-Fi and CBRS network capacity — plus a bigger business wireless opportunity via a new T-Mobile agreement — to reduce their dependence on wholesale hosts. EchoStar’s Boost Mobile is heading in the opposite direction, shedding subscribers as it winds down its own network and shifts to AT&T’s under a new hybrid MNO model, trading growth for margin.

“Cable operators are no longer content to just rent capacity from the big three — they’re building their own Wi-Fi and CBRS networks and pushing into business wireless to control more of their own destiny,” said Jitesh Gera, research manager, Wireless Services, IDC. “EchoStar’s retreat from network ownership is the cautionary tale on the other side: owning a network and owning a customer relationship are different businesses, and Boost Mobile is learning that the hard way.”