Merkel sets out condition for Huawei's 5G participation
This might miff the US
While the US is leaning on its allies to cut all ties to Chinese companies and get Huawei blacklisted from lucrative 5G projects, the Germans appear to be being more pragmatic.
Xilinx had a record quarter
Things to get better
Xilinx is a company that makes great products and technology but in the past didn’t manage to penetrate the mainstream IT media’s due to the complexity of its products. That is all changing now, the company with its Datacenter, AI, 5G and Automotive aspirations managed to grab a lot of attention and score 34 percent year on year growth.
Intel still losing money on Apple modem
Aicha Evans, EVP of mobile, confirmed to FTC
Intel is in the middle of quite a nasty fight where the Federal Trade commission in USA attacked Qualcomm for its business and licensing strategy. Aicha Evans, an EVP and general manager of mobile, who left Intel days after testimony confirmed that even in 2018, Intel's modem business unit was not profitable.
Banning Huawei could damage 5G development
Chinese warning
China’s envoy to the European Union warned that excluding Chinese tech group Huawei could hamper new 5G mobile networks.
O2 and Vodafone include 5G in their UK sharing deal
Look out BT
O2 and Vodafone have turned the thumbscrews on the British market leader BT by extending their network sharing deal to cover 5G.
5G will cost users a fair bit more
$75 more in China
China's vendors are likely to adopt a pricing strategy selling their 5G smartphones at about $74 more than their current price ranges to increase profitability in 2019.
Qualcomm has 30+ 5G designs
Qualcomm RF front end too
CES 2019 press conferences are firing in series and this is traditionally one of the business weeks in the year. Qualcomm took the time to announce quite a few Automotive breakthroughs and the fact that they power 30+ 5G designs expected in 2019.
5G looking like a fiasco over the pond
Numbers and marketing going to make everything look rubbish
It is starting to look like 5G is not providing the expected improvements and the first launches of the technology are mostly on paper - at least over the pond.
5G will take years to become popular
Taiwan IoT Technology and Industry Association warning
Taiwan IoT Technology and Industry Association (TwIoTA). Chairman Frank Huang has warned that it will take years before 5G applications to become popular.
5G to XR glasses demo is impressive
100s of Mbps needed
One of the big questions for many 5G sceptics is how it works in real life, and Qualcomm has been pushing for the need for higher data rates, low latency and eXtended Reality.