In early December, 3GPP has reached a consensus on the scope of 5G NR Release 18. This is a significant milestone marking the beginning of 5G Advanced — the second wave of wireless innovations that will fulfill the 5G vision. Release 18 will build on...
At CES 2022, Qualcomm’s VP of economic strategy claims that the green outlook for 5G greatly surpasses that of previous generations of cellular technology
LAS VEGAS - During a panel discussion at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Kirti Gupta, VP of economic strategy at...
LAS VEGAS – During a CES 2022 press event Tuesday, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon presented several new partnerships spanning several markets, proving once again, that “there is more to Qualcomm” than its mobility technology. Most notably, though, were the company’s announcements around its continued...
MPEG LA and Unified Patents have just launched their Alium patent pool program that seeks to license 4G LTE and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs) for a minimum charge of $10 per Open RAN Radio Unit (RU). Previously, attention to licensing and royalty charges for...
Using carrier aggregation, the companies achieved an upload peak rate of 986 Mbps in a live 5G demo
Telstra, Ericsson and Qualcomm are claiming their third record-breaking data speed of late. In 2015, they broke the 1 Gbps barrier on 4G, followed by a new 5G...
RCR Wireless News · Powering the Future of Wireless Connectivity Podcast: (Ep. 2) Beyond Mobile—Compute, XR, and gaming
Qualcomm’s leadership in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth continues to be an integral part of its mobile platforms via the Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6900 sub-system which is included in the...
Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--Aside from being the most fun, informative and collaborative annual technology event, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit is also one of the most important. While the focus is primarily on...
Qualcomm sees AI as instrumental to its expansion beyond smartphones
Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--“The concept is this,” Qualcomm VP of Technology Jeff Gehlhaar told me in the press lounge at the Fairmont Orchid....
Booz Allen opened the 5G lab in Annapolis Junction, Maryland to support mission-critical applications
Information technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton earlier this week opened a 5G lab in Annapolis Junction, Maryland to support mission-critical client work. In addition to providing Booz Allen’s cloud, network...
Fourth-generation Qualcomm X65 Modem-RF System features mmWave/sub-6 GHz aggregation, supports 3.5 Gbps uplink speed
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has...
We envision a world where virtually all devices are much more intelligent, simplifying and enriching our daily lives. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is delivering enhanced experiences and new capabilities to our society in more ways than ever. AI not only provides the ability for...
Diversification and the market moving towards mobile make “the time of Qualcomm right now”
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s message to investors at an event in New York City today was crystal clear. “This is the time of Qualcomm right now. We’re truly diversifying. The market...
Bell Labs Consulting sees short-term return and revenue increase from 5G mmWave network services
With deployment ongoing or planned in major global markets, 5G mmWave investment is positioned to ramp up in public and private mobile networks, as well as to support fixed wireless access...
T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom have signed up as official launch partners for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Spaces platform
Qualcomm has announced the launch of its new Augmented Reality developer platform, the Snapdragon Spaces XR (extended reality) Developer Platform, and T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom are...
Qualcomm and NEC want to 'drive the transition towards modern networks' by simplifying deployments and lowering the total cost of ownership
Qualcomm Technologies and NEC last week announced that they are jointly developing a 5G open and virtualized distributed unit (DU). Powered by the Qualcomm...
Qualcomm reported quarterly revenue of $9.3 billion beating analysts’ projections
Qualcomm this week reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectation in terms of total revenue and earnings per share. The San Diego-based company reported quarterly revenue of $9.3 billion with the chips business growing 56%...
Qualcomm insists on calling its product offering a “Modem-RF System” highlighting the importance of RF in achieving excellent smartphone performance, as well as the tight integration between modem and RF subsystems that can take the performance even further.
Despite the rapid expansion of its RF...
Qualcomm CEO: 'We’re working with our partners and customers to reduce emissions footprints, conserve resources and harness the sustainability benefits of 5G'
With the ongoing UN COP26 summit as a backdrop, Qualcomm has announced a new sustainability pledge, in which the chipmaker will achieve net-zero emissions...
'Low cost for massive deployment is the name of the game,' Verizon Business’ Chief Revenue Officer said during a Mobile World Congress LA keynote
LOS ANGELES – Verizon Business’ Chief Revenue Officer Sampath Sowmyanarayan took to the Mobile World Congress Los Angeles (MWC LA) keynote...
Has Verizon cracked the code on the NB-IoT business case?
LOS ANGELES--During Mobile World Congress Los Angeles this week, Verizon Business made a major upgrade to its Internet of Things (IoT) offering in an effort to capture new revenue from enterprise digitalization investments in manufacturing,...
This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT challenges 1-5 – which is available here. Both articles are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available...
Italian mobile operator TIM has drafted in local networking outfit Athonet and local system integrator Alsacom, alongside US pair JMA Wireless and Qualcomm, to establish a private 5G test network at the BI-REX centre, one the Italian government’s eight competence centres for Industry 4.0....
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon gave the keynote address at the auto show, IAA Mobility 2021: How 5G is Driving Connected Automotive Intelligence. His presentation focused on how the automotive world is getting not only faster and smarter, but also connected using 5G wireless technology.
He...
US IoT platform provider Zyter is working with Qualcomm, and other Qualcomm partners in the San Diego-based chipmakers smart cities accelerator project, on a couple of private LTE installations in the CBRS band. One is to support a smart warehouse solution for video conferencing...
