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5G NR-U can serve operator, enterprise and industrial demands In the context of LTE, the use of Licensed Assisted Access to aggregate licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands is key to …

“Cars are the ultimate mobile device,” said AT&T this week, as it announced another two million connected cars in Q3, as well as an expanded deal to supply connectivity to …

5G smartphone reference design unveiled at Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit Millimeter wave frequencies are central to realizing the vision of ultra-fast, multi-gigabit-per-second 5G mobile connections. Case in point, Verizon and AT&T …

Snapdragon 675 designed to bring premium features to mid-tier smartphones The premium smartphones of 2015 are now the mid-range smartphones of 2018, Qualcomm SVP and GM of Mobile Alex Katouzian …

Qualcomm talks planning 5G coverage in 3.5 GHz and millimeter wave bands HONG KONG–While each operator has a different approach based on their particular spectrum portfolio, there’s consensus that delivering …

Small cells will be key to enterprise, industrial 5G applications HONG KONG–During its annual 4G/5G Summit, Qualcomm executives repeatedly called out the role 5G could play in opening up new …

“5G is ready for business,” Ericsson exec says HONG KONG–Qualcomm Technologies President Cristiano Amon opened up the company’s 4G/5G Summit by telling the assembled crowd that 5G “will be a …

But flagship 5G Android devices are due out in 2019 HONG KONG—“We believe that we are poised to really transform the world, reinvent whole new industries and enrich lives with …

Qualcomm, telcos and automakers testing C-V2X With U.S. regulators questioning the value of setting aside the 5.9 GHz band for direct short range communications, a long-gestating but not widely adopted …

Terragraph uses 60 GHz band for high-speed wireless As it continues to develop wireless network solutions via the Telecom Infra Project, Facebook is building momentum around its Terragraph solution. At …

Calls 802.11ay Wi-Fi for the 5G era While the IEEE 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard got a boost this month with its rebranding as Wi-Fi 6, now 802.11ay, which can provide multi-gigabit-per-second …

Editor’s note: On June 22, RCR Wireless News published a contributed piece from analyst Mike Krell of James Brehm & Associates LLC titled “Analyst Angle: 5 reasons Qualcomm is soon …

Verizon hits 1.45 Gbps using six-channel carrier aggregation Verizon is launching its first 5G service, a residential broadband offering, today in select markets. While this is a fixed wireless play …

Editor’s note: On June 22, RCR Wireless News published a contributed piece from analyst Mike Krell of James Brehm & Associates LLC titled “Analyst Angle: 5 reasons Qualcomm is soon …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

If you are, think again! In the cellular value chain, the most conservative and last holdouts in making any kind of public announcements are usually operators. Vendors could make all …

Qualcomm and Ericsson make 5G-NR call with test smartphone Amidst a barrage of unending announcements of “5G firsts” that we have heard and keep hearing, there was a gem,  announced …

Millimeter wave calls compliant with 5G New Radio standard Testing out millimeter wave transmission compliant with 3GPP’s 5G NR specification, infrastructure vendors Nokia and Ericsson, along with partners, both claimed …

7 nm Kirin 980 5G-ready with support for 1.4 Gbps As operators work with infrastructure vendors to deploy 5G with commercial activations slated to start in the U.S. later this …

Qualcomm stock passes $69 per share With the close of an initial round of stock repurchases at midnight Aug. 27, Qualcomm is set to spend $5.1 billion to buyback more …

Is new 5G SoC a first look at Snapdragon 855? As it continues to drive device support for 5G, Qualcomm this week announced it is sampling its next-generation 5G SoC …

Licensing rate capped at €3 per 5G NR device Standardized telecommunications technologies are developed collaboratively, through bodies like the 3GPP, based on the input of stakeholders from the industry. As technology …

Smartphones are getting smarter using artificial intelligence, which means smartphone-processor vendors must improve their AI platforms. To do so, the latest round of premium smartphones implement hardware-based AI accelerators, including …

5G modem based on 3GPP Rel. 15, Samsung says In the run-up to 5G service launches in the U.S. later this year, we’ve seen a wave of ecosystem announcements geared …

If you are in the telecom world and have not heard about the recent announcement of the Motorola z3, and more importantly, its Moto Mod 5G add-on, you must be …