SK Telecom to launch a 5-Band CA
700 Mbps speeds today, GigabitLTE in 2018
SK Telecom is Korea's largest wireless carrier and the company promised to start 5G trials in early 2018 and align with Fa ebruary start in Korea’s own PyeongChang 2018. Before that happens, the company is getting ready to roll out the 5-Band CA next month.
Qualcomm hints Snapdragon PCs are coming
Windows with no hint of x86
Qualcomm has dropped a huge hint that we will see ARM based PCs in the shops in the fourth quarter.
Apple paid royalties to Qualcomm
Despite the law suits
Shareholders in Qualcomm breathed a sigh of relief after it was revealed that the fruity cargo cult Apple had been paying some of the money it owed for royalties.
Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ SoCs compared
Exynos 8895 vs. Snapdragon 835
Both the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ will be available with two SoCs, Samsung's own Exynos 8895 chipset and Qualcomm's pride and joy, the Snapdragon 835 chipset, and now, both of them have been pitted against each other in a couple of benchmarks.
Xiaomi officially unveils the new Mi 6 smartphone
Snapdragon 835 SoC, 5.15-inch screen and no headphone jack
As expected and announced earlier, Xiaomi has unveiled its newest flagship smartphone, the Mi 6, at an event in China.
Xiaomi Mi6 gets top GeekBench score
Beats Samsung Galaxy S8
Xiaomi Mi6 is launching in the coming week and the most of the details about the new Snapdragon 835 based phone have been revealed.
T-Mobile US spent $8 billion on 4G network
Buys you 1,500 wireless licenses
It is not a big secret that Verizon is the biggest network in the US, followed by AT&T and T-Mobile, but T-Mobile is doing a great job in catching up and now the outfit has announced that it plans to spend $8 billion to improve its 4G network.
Blackberry wins arbitration case against Qualcomm
Claims it was overcharged.
BlackBerry shares surged 18 per cent after the troubled phone maker won a $815 million award from Qualcomm.
Qualcomm files counterclaims to Apple lawsuit
Fight fire with fire
Qualcomm’s executives were untraditionally vocal after the Apple lawsuit. Now they've came up with counterclaims and answers to back up their case against Apple.
MediaTek in trouble
MediaTek expects a poor first quarter
MediaTek thinks that its smartphone chip shipments will fall below 100 million units in the first quarter of 2017 and rebound only slightly to 110-120 million in the second quarter.