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Pressure building for 5G to use 28GHz band as the standard
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South Korea, US and Japan have agreed to back it


A row is brewing over which frequency will be used for 5G.

Windows 10 demo was on Snapdragon 821
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 09:58

Windows 10 demo was on Snapdragon 821


Qualcomm president confirms multiple chipset support
 

Just five days ago, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 has full support for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs and everyone jumped to the conclusion expecting that only the Snapdragon 835 and the future SoCs are supported. It turns out that the device on stage was based on Snapdragon 821 confirming that Windows 10 runs on the current generation too.

KT Telecom to launch commercial 5G in 2019
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 16:35

KT Telecom to launch commercial 5G in 2019


Ahead of original plans

The Snapdragon X50 is a chipset that might speed up the introduction of 5G worldwide. The 5G is going to influence us in so many ways that even the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has mentioned 5G EU plans and deployment by 2020.

AT&T to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion
Published in News
Monday, 24 October 2016 20:04

AT&T to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion


End to end solution

Some big things are happening in the US media and communication market as AT&T just agreed to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion.

5G will have multiple Gigabit upload speeds
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 21 October 2016 13:35

5G will have multiple Gigabit upload speeds


Qualcomm CTO confirms to Fudzilla

Everyone was excited about 5G's promised 5Gbps download speed, but most have ignored the upload component. Qualcomm's CTO Matt Grob has confirmed to Fudzilla that you can expect to see multiple Gbps upload speeds.

Qualcomm ahead on 5G
Published in IoT
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 12:27

Qualcomm ahead on 5G


Will sort out Internet of Things don’t ya know?

Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf has been telling the world how it is going to win the 5G war which will bring about a bold new world based around the Internet of Things.

EU boss promises 5G by 2020
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 15 September 2016 11:29

EU boss promises 5G by 2020


Uninterrupted 5G coverage by 2025

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker made some bold statement about the future of 5G in his State of the Union 2016 speech. 

Intel concentrates on 5G's backend
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 22 August 2016 14:02

Intel concentrates on 5G's backend


Never mind the front, lets look at the back

Fresh after scoring a reasonably sized contract for the iPhone, Intel is getting more excited about its mobile business and is talking about its 5G plans.

Qualcomm CEO claims it leads in 5G
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 13:38

Qualcomm CEO claims it leads in 5G


As Intel, Samsung, MediaTek claims the same.

Last week we scratched the surface and pointed out why Intel has a very slim chance to dominate in 5G. Samsung and MediaTek have made similar claims. 

Intel won’t dominate in 5G
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 03 August 2016 23:06

Intel won’t dominate in 5G


Here is why

Intel, Samsung, MediaTek, Huawei and Qualcomm all claim the leadership for 5G and most of them will have a tough time to deliver on this promise. Nokia, Huawei and Ericsson - from the networking component standpoint - claim they can do great things with 5G.