IoT module maker Sierra Wireless has announced a new family of embedded 5G modules, compliant with the latest Release 16 (R16) version of the 5G standard, for routers, gateways, and industrial IoT devices. The forthcoming EM92 series will bring the cost of 5G-based IoT...
Industrial-grade enhancements coming to 5G with 3GPP Releases 16 and 17
Initial 5G network deployments, beginning in 2018 and continuing today, have largely been focused on providing consumers with an enhanced mobile broadband experience. However, as operators continue to invest in network capabilities enabled by...
Industrial-grade enhancements coming to 5G with 3GPP Releases 16 and 17
Initial 5G network deployments, beginning in 2018 and continuing today, have largely been focused on providing consumers with an enhanced mobile broadband experience. However, as operators continue to invest in network capabilities enabled by...
"Qualcomm enters the 5G era with our whole company stronger and more resilient," outgoing CEO Steve Mollenkopf says
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf kicked off the company's Q2 earnings call this week, reporting year-over-year increases in earnings per share and revenue, before handing things over...
In general, FDD is considered better for coverage and TDD better for capacity
Mobile operators are looking to carrier aggregation (CA), which allows them to use multiple sub-6 GHz spectrum channels simultaneously, as a method of increasing the bandwidth and speeds of their 5G networks....
UK-based vehicle battery manufacturer Hyperbat has claimed a “world-first” industrial virtual reality (VR) solution for manufacturing using a private 5G network. It is working with BT and Ericsson on the network setup. Qualcomm is providing its Snapdragon XR2 platform into the VR headset, plus...
The FTC believes that Qualcomm’s licensing practices demonstrate anticompetitive behavior
In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for a rehearing of the August 2020 decision of a panel of that court in siding with Qualcomm on...
It is election time at the 3GPP, and last week was the ballot for the chairmanship of the prestigious RAN Technical Specification Group (TSG). Dr. Wanshi Chen of Qualcomm came out as a winner after a hard-fought race. I caught up with Wanshi right...
Congratulations to both Qualcomm and Dr. Wanshi Chen who has been selected the next Chair of 3GPP TSG RAN Plenary. This is great recognition of wireless industry leadership for both Qualcomm and Dr. Chen. Qualcomm leadership in 3GPP brings the mobile industry toward a...
The most recent Apple phones have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 modem
Several publications, including Fast Company and Bloomberg, have reported that Apple is working on the development of its own custom 5G modem. The modem, said to have been in the works since 2020, following the...
Airspan Networks plans to go public in the third quarter of this year via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company and use $166 million from the transaction to fuel its 5G ambitions in the midst of a global inflection point in 5G and...
Over the last several decades, Qualcomm has been and remains one of the most powerful and important companies in the global wireless space. As a leader in 5G, Qualcomm sees strong growth ahead for many years to comes as the world upgrades its wireless...
The Qualcomm platform tackles audio from the phone to the earbud
Qualcomm is hoping to address consumer wireless audio frustrations with the announcement of Snapdragon Sound, a new end-to-end optimized audio platform. According to the company’s VP & GM, Voice & Music and Wearables James...
Our R&D focus to unlock the next chapter of 5G and the 5G technology demonstrations you can expect to see at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2021
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The past 12 months has seen many challenges, and the mobile ecosystem had to adapt to new working environments...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Bonus Episode)
In this episode, Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., come back to provide an update on how U.S. policymakers are working to address the digital...
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies announced a collaboration for accelerating 5G development in India.
Recently, Airtel became India’s first telco to demonstrate 5G over a live commercial network in the city of Hyderabad.
Through Airtel’s network vendors and device partners, Airtel will utilize...
Oskar, nine: '1G is like the parents and 5G is like the kids, so kids are faster and smarter'
Towards the end of 2019, Ericsson embarked on the silly and self-prescribed “crazy” task of explaining 5G to young children. Ultimately, the kids, all children of...
Around one-third of the global population doesn't have access to the internet and some that do don't have reliable access. While cable and fiber could solve this, the economics of that aren't tenable. 5G is viewed as another candidate for expanding home internet access,...
Qualcomm 4th generation 5G modem-RF system sampling now; device launches potentially coming this year
For several days Qualcomm reps have been teasing new product announcements, asking "What's next in 5G?" The question was answered this morning with the announcement of the X65 5G Modem-RF System,...
Qualcomm's fiscal 2021 is off to a strong start with company executives reporting this week that first quarter revenues are up 63% year-over-year to $8.2 billion. The company has seen its 5G strategy play out "largely as expected," according to CEO Steven Mollenkopf, with...
On this week's episode, Qualcomm Technologies VP of Technology Dr. Marta Karczewicz explains Versatile Video Coding and how it will contribute to future video streaming applications.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 can aggregate T-Mobile's 600 MHz and 2.5 GHz 5G bands
Samsung this week debuted its latest flagship, the Galaxy S21, with across-the-board feature advancements and, of course, support for non-standalone and standalone 5G both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave. Of interest n...
2021 will see more cell site deployments and the transition to standalone 5G
At CES 2021, Dan Littmann from Deloitte Consulting spoke with AT&T Business’ CEO Anne Chow and Qualcomm’s Senior VP of Corporate Engineering Alejandro Holcman about 5G’s first year, as well as what’s...
After more than a decade of advanced R&D and ecosystem trials, commercial 5G mmWave service is now available in more than 55 U.S. cities and 160 areas in Japan. Looking forward, we expect 5G mmWave to expand into new geographic regions across the globe,...
