Qualcomm

  The investment will be made via the chipmaker’s investment arm Qualcomm Ventures Qualcomm has led a RMB100 million ($14.55 million) Series B+ round in Baicells Technologies, a Chinese small cell company, for the development of 5G technologies. The investment, …

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 …

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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

5G branding gets a chilly reception from some AT&T activated a limited, standards-based mobile 5G service in parts of 12 markets last month; the launch device is a mobile hot spot that can connect to the carrier’s millimeter wave spectrum …

With indoor 5G expected to be a major part of opening up new enterprise and industrial use cases and seen as essential to operators’ 5G competitiveness, Rohde & Schwarz featured an indoor 5G demonstration in partnership with network planning company iBwave …

Qualcomm alleging infringement of intellectual property In the past two weeks judges in China and Germany have, to varying extent, agreed with Qualcomm’s allegation that some Apple iPhone models contain technology that infringes on Qualcomm intellectual property. Both courts ruled …

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 …

3GPP working on 5G NR for 5 GHz and 6 GHz The use of unlicensed spectrum with LTE deployments has had a significant impact on the telecoms industry–operators can use Licensed Assisted Access to bolster network capacity and non-carrier interests …

  The demo used a mobile smartphone form-factor test device powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem Ericsson, SK Telecom and Qualcomm Technologies said they have successfully carried out a 5G New Radio data call on mid-band spectrum over …

Qualcomm has launched its long-awaited 9205 LTE modem for internet-of-things (IoT) applications, combining cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity, and support for IoT developers. Module makers Telit and Quectel were quick to announce products based on the 9205 …

  The Italian telco carried out the 5G call in collaboration with Qualcomm and Ericsson Italian telco TIM said it has completed what it claims to be the first European 5G New Radio video call in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies …

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 …

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, and last week announced a new compute platform it sees …

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 …

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 …

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 wave spectrum. And, in 2019, expect the launch of a …

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 message from a trio of execs during a roundtable meeting …

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 Amon laying out how commercialization of 5G represents a transition …

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. For Penrose, the key is that business is repeatable, and …

  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 of the largest wireless ecosystem events in the world, hosted …

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 service that it is already rolling out. Verizon said that …

  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 Fund to invest up to $100 million in startups focusing …

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 the San Diego-based company announced it has further reduced the …

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 mobile ecosystem is working together to address the challenges and …

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 continues to be advanced in parallel with the latest iteration, …