While the final decision on the FTC vs. Qualcomm case is still pending from the last two months, the new developments have put the very premise of FTC’s case in question. The details revealed during the Apple vs. Qualcomm trial and the ensuing settlement...
5G iPhone slated for 2020 release, report says
Now that Qualcomm and Apple have settled ongoing litigation and agreed to a six-year patent licensing and supplier deal, one analyst says the iPhone-maker will have a commercial 5G product in 2020.
According to a research note...
Qualcomm and Apple agree to six-year patent and chipset supply
A long-brewing, global battle between Qualcomm and Apple ended yesterday with the two companies agreeing to end all ongoing litigation related to allegations from Apple that Qualcomm took a monopolistic stance with a "no...
If you are not already tired of Apple vs. Qualcomm lawsuits, there is another big one coming soon to the U.S. Southern California District Court in San Diego, starting from April 15, 2019. This battle is the mother of all, with up to $27...
Distributed AI part of unlocking 5G value
Some of the primary enhancements associated with 5G are major increases to cellular speed and similarly significant reductions to latency. This combination is seen as the enabler of applications like mobile augmented and virtual reality, as well as...
A significant win for Qualcomm for its non-SEPs against Apple in a trail San Diego
The jury said yes. I mean they agreed that Apple has infringed Qualcomm’s three patents that increase battery-life and decrease the cost of iPhones. The jury also agreed to the...
Sequans works with aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin to adapt LTE chips to communicate with satellite systems
Sequans is modifying its LTE chipsets to be able to directly communicate with satellite systems, in a partnership with Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed developed an LTE-to-satellite specification, and Sequans...
Intel and Xilinx reportedly tried to acquire Mellanox
The confluence of several technology mega-trends--5G, artificial intelligence and big data analytics--require the support of cloud computing and data centers to efficiently run an increasingly diverse set of workloads. To keep pace with this type of demand,...
The Chinese vendor also unveiled 5G-based products during MWC 2019
BARCELONA- ZTE announced it is carrying out a demonstration of a 5G network services based on an end-to-end sub-6 GHz commercial system in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies.
The Chinese vendor said that the demonstration over an 5G...
Chip company Xilinx is forging ahead with the next two generations of its radio frequency system-on-chip to support 5G deployments, massive multiple-input-multiple-output and advanced cable networks.
The Zync UltraScale+ radio frequency SOC Gen2 and Gen3 can be reprogrammed to target multiple markets -- so Xilinx...
Airspan building in support for massive MIMO, vRAN
Radio access network infrastructure vendor Airspan, perhaps best known for its work with Sprint on the Magic Box small cell, has tapped Qualcomm's 10-nanometer FSM100xx 5G New Radio chipset for small cells and remote radio units. The...
Qualcomm X55 5G modem extends support to both millimeter wave and sub-6 GHz frequencies
With Mobile World Congress Barcelona set to get underway next week, expect to see a number of 5G New Radio capable device launches to support early operator deployments. Almost all of...
This week the Intel Board of Directors announced that Bob Swam, the former chief financial officer and interim CEO since mid-2018, has taken on the top job permanently. Vice President of Finance and Director of Corporate Planning Todd Underwood will take on the CFO...
5G handsets, RF front-end business among expected Qualcomm growth drivers
During a Q1 2019 earnings call this week, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, speaking from the company's offices in China, identified three 2019 priorities he expects to drive growth and earnings throughout 2019: the transition to...
Lawyers for Qualcomm and the Federal Trade Commission, after weeks of arguments, have both rested their cases in a trial that could very well inform technological innovation, and America's role in that innovation, for years to come.
The key issue in the case is the...
Analyzing the long term impacts of FTC’s activist litigation
In all the chaos of allegations, counter allegations, scores of testimonies, rebuttals, cross-examinations, and others, I humbly request that Judge Koh and the FTC pause for a moment and ponder this question: “If Qualcomm loses this...
Huawei says new 5G chipset supports sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequencies
2019 is set to be a big year for 5G smartphones. Right now device availability is quite limited--Verizon has a CPE to support its 5G Home residential broadband service and AT&T's mobile service...
Snow Ridge SoC designed for combo of edge computing and 5G
Taking advantage of the massive throughput and low latency of 5G requires a new approach to building telecom networks. Often described as born in the cloud, 5G will require not just workload support associated...
Ericsson said that the 5G data call was made at its lab in Kista, Sweden
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies said they have achieved a non-standalone 5G New Radio data call at 2.6 GHz, adding a new frequency band to those successfully tested for commercial deployment.
Ericsson...
Qualcomm and Apple are involved in an ongoing patent infringement case
Last month courts in China and Germany agreed with Qualcomm’s allegation that some Apple iPhone models contain technology that infringes on Qualcomm intellectual property. Both courts ruled that Apple has to stop importing, selling...
Have you heard the phrase “converting poison into medicine?” Well, that’s kind of what is happening to the PC industry now. Let me explain. Not too long ago, the rise of powerful smartphones and tablets, which were primarily powered by ARM processors, decimated the...
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 2019. In a conversation with RCR Wireless News during the company's Snapdragon Tech Summit in...
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 OEMs like Samsung and OnePlus, which will hit the market in the first half of...
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 Snapdragon 855, and day two got down into the nuts and bolts. In kicking off...
