Qualcomm

Qualcomm is becoming a major customer of Samsung, tapping the Korean conglomerate to produce its next-generation Snapdragon processors for smartphones. Samsung replaces Taiwan’s TSMC, Qualcomm’s longtime manufacturing partner. The move represents a role reversal for the two companies as Samsung …

Two multi-billion deals are set to impact the wireless industry as chipmakers become increasingly focused on the “Internet of Things.” Qualcomm plans to invest up to $3 billion in a joint venture with Japan’s TDK Corporation to integrate RF front-end …

LAS VEGAS – Ericsson announced a partnership with AT&T on a sustainable city initiative designed to bring connectivity to the city of Atlanta’s water supply. The trials are said to allow the organization overseeing the Chattahoochee River Basin, which is …

New York City has made good on its pledge to begin construction of its free public Wi-Fi network in 2015. Installation began this week on LinkNYC’s first public access points at 15th Street and 3rd Avenue, near Union Square. LinkNYC …

Wireless workforce: What will 2016 bring? A look at hiring trends for carriers, equipment vendors, infrastructure service providers, and chip vendors.

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside the recent IEEE Globecom showcase held in San Diego. In the first segment, Kinney is joined by Ed Tiedemann, IEEE Globecom general chairman and …

It is common wisdom these days to say that there is a “spectrum crunch.” That is, that we, the consuming public, are consuming more and more wireless data, and that the companies that provide us access to this data (the …

Matt Grob, EVP and CTO of Qualcomm Technologies, gives keynote at IEEE Globecom SAN DIEGO–Qualcomm EVP and CTO Matt Grob this week told attendees at the IEEE Globecom conference that the telecom industry, since he started in 1991, is still …

Complementary coexistence or incongruous competitor? The making of mobile standards can be a convoluted business. There’s the pure technology aspect, but that’s often just the tip of the iceberg. Underneath lies a pile of patent issues, lobbying efforts, regional requirements …

Qualcomm will license cellular patents to Chinese smartphone juggernaut Xiaomi, the rising star that has quintupled its worldwide market share during the last three years. The San Diego chipmaker’s agreement with Xiaomi follows patent licensing agreements with three other Chinese …

Wireless infrastructure is part of Hillary Clinton’s $275 billion dollar plan to invest public funds in key sectors of the American economy. The leading Democrat in the Presidential race said this week she wants to “build on the Obama Administration’s …

Are LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi really pitted against one another from a technological perspective, or has the debate been hijacked by parties protecting business interests? Depending on who you ask, LTE-U is either a new system leveraging unlicensed spectrum that will …

Qualcomm has been laying out its vision for a “5G” world in recent weeks, including a workshop in San Diego focused on its 5G vision that included demonstrating a 28 GHz millimeter wave system. Rasmus Hellberg, senior director of technical marketing for …

Trial blends licensed and unlicensed spectrum; reached access speeds of more than 274 Mbps Mobile operator Vodafone Netherlands said it carried out a trial delivering LTE services on a commercial network by aggregating both licensed and unlicensed bands. The trial …

Dueling test results for LTE-Unlicensed/Wi-Fi coexistence continue with a newly released data set from Qualcomm developed with input from CableLabs, which Qualcomm says confirm fair coexistence between LTE-U and Wi-Fi. However, CableLabs described the interaction as merely a “brief technical engagement” and …

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 …

The Thread Group, an organization composed of in-home “Internet of Things” device manufacturers, announced the first phase of its product certification program called Thread 1.0. Thread, along with security testing partner UL, plans to use software stacks from ARM, Freescale and Silicon …

LTE operating in unlicensed spectrum interferes with Wi-Fi performance WASHINGTON – In a recent blog post, nonprofit research consortium CableLabs said it has found a variety of issues that may impact Wi-Fi and LTE-U coexistence. From the post: “If our …

New chip supports seamless handoff between LTE, LTE-U and Wi-Fi networks NEW YORK – Qualcomm is looking to make a splash with its new Snapdragon 820 processor, a chipset that could be used in an array of mobile devices all …

A recent Wi-Fi Alliance workshop on the relationship of Wi-Fi and LTE over unlicensed spectrum continued the industry dialog on how the two technologies can co-exist with one another, and meanwhile, a new round of skeptical testing by CableLabs and an update …

“Internet of Things” is a red-hot buzzword in the telecom industry. While use cases involving consumer wearables tend to dominate the discourse, there’s another, much less flashy IoT optimized for low power, low throughput applications that is quietly taking shape. …

LOS ANGELES – Analyst Chetan Sharma held the attention of his late-afternoon audience at this year’s HetNet Expo without even discussing small cells or DAS. An adviser to wireless players ranging from China Mobile to Qualcomm, and to new players …

1. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure describes Sprint as “one of the most difficult turnarounds, probably, in the world.” Claure told The Wall Street Journal he plans to fix Sprint’s “structural challenges” one by one, and he has already stemmed the …

Wi-Fi will support voice, IoT and more. Will it be regulated? The future of unregulatd Wi-Fi could depend on the work underway in an Austin office park. Nestled between a small Microsoft office and a soccer field, the Wi-Fi Alliance …

1. Sprint said that roughly 750 of its Educational Broadband Services licensees have moved their customers to LTE ahead of the scheduled shutdown of Sprint’s WiMAX network. EBS licensees hold valuable 2.5 gigahertz spectrum that has been set aside for accredited educational …