Qualcomm

Qualcomm SVP discusses SoC development cycle, maintaining competitive advantage Earlier this month, Qualcomm detailed its new premium-tier mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 855, which will power numerous Android smartphone launches throughout …

Always-connected PCs to get boost with Snapdragon 8cx While Qualcomm is best known for powering smartphones, the chip vendor has been fine-tuning its approach to what it calls “always-connected” PCs, …

Current portfolio supports sub-6 GHz TDD bands and NSA 5G NR Wailea, HAWAII–Qualcomm this week launched its new premium-tier mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 855, that will power 5G smartphones from …

Snapdragon 855 marked by gains in connectivity, performance, artificial intelligence, imaging and entertainment Wailea, HAWAII–The first day of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit teased the chipmaker’s new premium-tier mobile platform, the …

Nicki Palmer stresses first mover advantage Verizon has on 5G Wailea, HAWAII–Verizon in October launched its 5G Home service, a fixed wireless residential broadband offering that uses the carrier’s millimeter …

AT&T highlights plans to offer Samsung 5G handsets, plural, in 2019 Wailea, MAUI–AT&T will launch mobile, standards-based 5G in a dozen markets by the end of 2018. That was the …

Early network launches are consumer-facing but 5G will drive value across the board Wailea, MAUI—Qualcomm kicked off its third annual Snapdragon Tech Summit today in Maui with company President Cristiano …

The greatest challenge for Chris Penrose, president of IoT solutions at AT&T, is just to order and manage the multiplying opportunities afforded by the advancement of machine connectivity and intelligence. …

  What coverage and capacity can we expect and what are the best deployment practices? Just last month, I had the pleasure to speak at the 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, one …

Verizon and Samsung are planning their first 5G smartphone release in the first half of 2019, signaling the carrier’s plans for mobile 5G in addition to the fixed wireless access …

  Qualcomm said investment will be mainly oriented to startups focusing on autonomous cars, robotics and machine learning   Qualcomm has announced the launch of a new Qualcomm Ventures AI …

Millimeter wave devices Back in July, Qualcomm successfully miniaturized its QTM052 millimeter wave antenna module to a point where multiple modules can fit into a smartphone form factor. In October …

Discussing the best practices for optimizing 5G NR network deployments. As we march towards the first commercial 5G NR launches with smartphones in the first half of 2019, the entire …

ABI Research projects 1 billion Wi-Fi 6 chipsets to be shipped annually in 2022 Although 5G is the leading the current telecoms hype cycle, it’s important to remember that Wi-Fi …

5G will cover 40% of the population in six years The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects 5G will achieve global scale more quickly than previous generations of cellular, reaching 1.5 …

The 5G test used Telstra’s spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Australian carrier Telstra said it has achieved what it claims to be Australia’s first live 5G connection using a …

5G networks and devices expected to take off next year Despite traction around spectrum allocation, network commercialization and device-side support, operators don’t necessarily expect any increase in attendant service revenues …

In my stint as an analyst, as well as in my long career as an engineer and a marketer in large corporations, I have developed a believability yardstick: believe less …

Verizon is giving consumers a chance to get their hands on 5G technology and try it out, opening two 5G Experience Labs in Sacramento, California and Indianapolis, Indiana to showcase …

Swiss carrier Swisscom has expanded the number of 5G test locations to six with Lucerne, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne and Geneva joining its initial site in Burgdorf. The European telco announced …

Initial slate of Android-based 5G handsets will use Qualcomm X50 modem Operators around the world are gearing up to launch commercial 5G networks throughout 2019 and beyond, and device makers …

In the race to 5G, does it matter who wins? WASHINGTON, D.C.–There has been a great deal of debate over which country is winning, or will win, the global race …

5G will drive growth in fiscal 2019, Qualcomm CEO says Qualcomm has three priorities going into 2019, CEO Steve Mollenkopf said this week on an earnings call. Those priorities are …

  The two companies are working to develop both roadside units and onboard units supporting this technology   Chinese vendor ZTE is strengthening its strategic investments into the transportation and …

China leading the way on deploying C-V2X Cars that can talk to each other, smart infrastructure and even pedestrians, access cloud services for navigation and infotainment and tap cellular networks …