US telcos telling porkies about 5G coverage
Less available than COVID-19, report claims
US mobile phone companies have taken to making up figures about their 5G coverage according to new data released by OpenSignal.
Tensor might have 5G implications
PCMag ruminates
Google's Pixel 6 phone will be powered by a Tensor processor which PCMag UK believes is "clearly designed to accelerate machine learning and AI".
MediaTek brings 5G to the midrange
Two new chipsets
MediaTek has released two new chipsets which could be instrumental in bringing 5G to the midrange.
Apple moves to 5G next year
On all ranges
The fruity cargo cult Apple will have finally got all its gear working on 5G by next year.
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 888+ 5G SoC
Cortex-X1 almost hits 3GHz
Qualcomm has kicked off the first day of Mobile World Congress with its higher-clocked Snapdragon 888+ 5G SoC, which is pretty much identical as the Snapdragon 888 but with a higher clocked Cortex-X1 core.
Intel and Qualcomm team up
Compute and coms side by side
Intel CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger and Qualcomm CEO-elect Cristiano Amon are locked in meetings to see if there are areas they can work together.
5G Technology shift arrives in automotive
Qualcomm remains committed to helping Europe
A week ago, Alex Rogers, executive vice president and president of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), was one of the keynote speakers at the Beyond the Mobile Phone virtual conference.
Canada begins 5G auction
Delayed by pandemic
Canada is to start the auction of the mobile telecommunications bandwidth necessary for 5G rollout, one that was delayed more than a year by the pandemic.
Ericsson doing well on the back of 5G
Would have been better if it had not been for that pesky Samsung
Sweden's Ericsson reported first-quarter core earnings above market estimates as strong 5G equipment sales offset a loss of royalty income due to a patent fight with Samsung Electronics.
Mavenir and Xilinx have started a 5G focused collaboration
To bring Open RAN Massive MIMO portfolio
Mavenir and Xilinx have formed a collaboration to accelerate the Open RAN ecosystem with a leading Open RAN massive MIMO 5G portfolio. The partnership will hopefully result in a successfully integrated Massive MIMO end-to-end using Open RAN principles, and it will introduce the first Massive MIMO 64TRX product expected in late 2021.