5G networks are expected to start coming on line en masse next year and there is a lot to be done in the meantime. Later this year the first big standards-compliant 5G network trials are expected to roll out, but […]
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One of the interesting stories that virtually no one is telling is how four huge vendors are quietly working together to bring connected autonomous cars to market. They really don’t even talk about each other much but, individually, none of
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I’m still at the Qualcomm press and analyst event this week. Let me tell you, doing this in Hawaii has been great, I wish everyone did their events here. One of the more interesting keynotes came on the last day
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This week T-Mobile and Qualcomm updated us on the rollout of their Gigabit LTE technology. On stage, they showcased smartphone data speeds that rival what many of us currently have at home with our wired connections. This is interesting for
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Apple and Qualcomm are at war, but Apple is dangerously close to looking like the bully who complains about his victim’s violence because the bully’s knuckles are bloody. “Look what that guy’s face did to my hand!” The base cause
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That Silicon Valley loves anything new is clear in everything from the IT industry’s vigorous promotion of emerging trends and products to its enthusiastic drumbeating for sometimes vaporous start-ups. The value of this Super Lotto culture is seldom questioned, especially
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Apple has apparently been trying to force Qualcomm to lower its licensing prices recently—talking its ODMs (original design manufacturers) into stopping payment to Qualcomm and agreeing to pay the ODM’s legal fees if they are sued, which they recently were.
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I’m wading through the Qualcomm answer to Apple’s lawsuit against it and when I hit page 46 (item 4 bullet 4) I had an “oh crap” moment. Qualcomm is alleging that Apple is intentionally crippling certain iPhones so that users
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A handful of vendors really stepped it up at Mobile World Congress in Spain this year. That’s bad news because this means there will be a lot of us buying new smartphones, new smartwatches, and new PCs or even tablets
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This last week Qualcomm announced their next generation system-on-a-chip (SoC), the Snapdragon 835 and oh there are features that make the list of things that are lust-worthy. The top of the list is a combination of 27 percent higher performance
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