Wi-Fi can’t do what mmWave 5G can and "enterprises want that,” Verizon VP of Device Technology says
MAUI—Coinciding with Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Verizon deployed a mmWave 5G network on-site at the Grand Wailea that has been consistently pushing download speeds north of...
With strategic branded technology partnerships and its Snapdragon Insiders program, Qualcomm is quickly developing its consumer-facing Snapdragon brand
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with Snapdragon Summit.
MAUI—In July 2021, Don McGuire was appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer...
As Qualcomm leverages mobile tech to grow automotive, compute, IoT and XR businesses, AI is seemingly the tie that binds
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Summit.
MAUI—The Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit is in its seventh year. Looking back...
Latest Qualcomm flagship mobile platform uses AI to power camera, connectivity, gaming, security and sound
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Summit.
MAUI—At its annual Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm today unveiled its latest flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen...
Network design and services firm Betacom has struck a channel sales deal (“integrated delivery model”) with Qualcomm whereby enterprise customers in the Industry 4.0 space will be able to link Betacom’s private 5G network design and management service with Qualcomm’s RAN automation and management...
On September 30, 2022, Qualcomm Inc. quietly filed a counterclaim to Arm’s lawsuit against Qualcomm/Nuvia. It was a long-awaited rebuttal as it seemed Qualcomm had gone dark after the company’s General Counsel, Ann Chaplin, released a brief retort shortly after Arm went very public...
mmWave 5G Standalone tests saw 7.1 Gbps download, 3.6 millisecond latency
Chinese network equipment vendors CICT Mobile, Nokia Shanghai Bell and ZTE have tested the performance of mmWave 5G Standalone using devices equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System. According to a press...
The new automotive platforms would be based on Snapdragon digital chassis solutions from Qualcomm Technologies
Renault Group and Qualcomm Technologies announced that the companies intend to further expand their technology collaboration, aiming to deliver a centralized compute architecture for Renault’s next-generation of software-defined vehicles.
Known as...
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iPad sales strong...
In my last blog post, I described how we’re in an exciting time to harness the low latency and high capacity of 5G to enable a new era of distributed computing — where workloads can be split between the device, edge cloud, and cloud to enable the...
3GPP approved its Rel. 18 5G Advanced package at the December 2021 RAN plenary meeting
3GPP's Release 18 (Rel.18) will certainly set the initial phase towards 5G-Advanced as the mid-point of 5G standardization. Indeed, the 3GPP has already announced its decision to recognize Rel.18 as...
5G is going mainstream across the globe, and this is an exciting time to harness the low latency, high capacity, high reliability, and flexibility of 5G to enable emerging applications like boundless XR for more immersive AR and VR experiences. These applications distribute processing...
Japanese IT firm Fujitsu is to start testing private 5G for equipment inspection at its major data centre in Yokohama, in the Kanagawa prefecture, as a springboard to drive “operational resilience and process automation” in the broader data centre market. The Fujitsu project, to...
An inventory glut and weak handset demand will impact the current quarter, the company said
Qualcomm on Wednesday reported Q4 results in line with Wall Street consensus estimates: The company recorded adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.13, with $11.39 billion in adjusted revenue. Revenue grew 22%...
Vodafone said that its 5G Standalone network is currently available to nearly 20 million people across Germany
Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is already providing coverage to 60 million people across the country.
In a release, the telco said it has already deployed a total...
It has been a few years since I last discussed how 3GPP contribution counting is a flawed practice and why it should not be used to evaluate a company’s leadership in technology innovations.
The key point is that 3GPP specifications are not based on the direct acceptance...
The new center in Atlanta is just the first of several planned for North America, Cognizant said
Qualcomm and technology services and consulting company Cognizant have announced plans to establish a 5G experience center in Atlanta, Georgia called the 5G Experience Center for Digital Transformation. Designed...
As automotive architectures evolve to support electrification, Qualcomm focused on automated driving, digital cockpit and vehicle connectivity
Vehicles are evolving very quickly and along multiple vectors—complex systems of cameras, LIDAR, radar and other sensors are being employed for assisted and autonomous driving; digital cockpits are...
Executives from BMW, General Motors, Great Wall Motor, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis talk tech partnerships with Qualcomm
At a recent Automotive Investor Day event in New York City, Qualcomm executives updated the company's automotive design win pipeline to $30 billion, and took a deep dive into...
The handheld gaming console will feature Qualcomm’s gaming-specific Snapdragon G3X Gen 1 system-on-chip
Verizon and computer hardware manufacturer Razer are teaming up on the development and release of what they called the world’s first 5G mobile gaming console. Details were scare when the Android device...
In July 2021, Three Austria had started trials of a 5G standalone network in Vienna
Austrian telco Three (Drei) launched its 5G Standalone (SA) network in the country, the telco said in a release.
The new 5G SA network was launched under the 5G+ brand and...
Qualcomm and Telefónica will leverage Snapdragon Spaces and the carrier's network infrastructure
In a new collaboration, Telefónica and Qualcomm Technologies will work to expand the XR ecosystem in preparation for the metaverse. The pair will leverage the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform and Telefónica’s fixed...
Mercedes-Benz taps Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis for digital cockpit and automotive connectivity
Providing its Snapdragon Digital Chassis to the automotive industry has been a major driver of Qualcomm expanding its total addressable market to $700 billion by the end of the decade. Just two months...
As the journey toward intelligently connecting virtually everyone and everything to the cloud continues, the need to create innovative wireless technologies that enable high-performance connectivity is paramount.
Current 5G systems operate primarily on a network-to-device communication model, on which all data transmissions flow between the...
