Qualcomm

Qualcomm highlighted improved battery life, 1 Gb/s download data rates and a good CPU performance for its new budget-level Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chip, which it claimed would make 5G accessible to billions of smartphone users worldwide.

Durga Malladi, SVP and GM for technology planning and edge solutions with Qualcomm Technologies, inevitably made the case for AI being placed on devices rather than the cloud during the company’s analyst and media workshop in June, as he argued current focus on the technology is not another false dawn.

Vodafone Group booked downlink data rate improvements in a trial of 1024 QAM technology conducted with Qualcomm and Xiaomi, as the operator continues to seek improvements in the performance of its 5G infrastructure.

BT Group, Nokia and Qualcomm combined for what was claimed as the first test of 5G carrier aggregation using five components in Europe, a technology expected to achieve improved capacity and greater downlink speeds for users in high demand areas.

Qualcomm CFO and COO Akash Palkhiwala hailed the impact AI will have across all the industries it now targets, highlighting new use cases particularly in the automotive sector.

Aramco inked an MoU with Qualcomm to develop an industrial 4G, 5G and IoT ecosystem across Saudi Arabia for digital transformation services.

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon was bullish about his company’s prospects for 2024 due to robust demand for premium and AI-enabled devices.