"5G is not a buzzword anymore, it is a reality. 5G is here!" is what Ignacio Contreras from Qualcomm told me when I said 5G is a big buzzword at the Mobile World Congress 2019. Truth be told, he was right. There were some 5-7 devices all primed and ready to go to market, all with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem and the latest 855 chip inside. So, how did it all of this happen so fast? How did Qualcomm manage to bring 5G into this world way before they said they would. And what is 5G in 2019 all about? I'll try to explain what I could gather from my conversations with Qualcomm at MWC 2019, read on. Most of the major manufacturers have already announced their devices which will launch within this year, in countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and so on. This year, as consumers, the people in these countries will be able to enjoy 5G, the latest standard of connectivity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIVDBGLFa-Q At a fundamental level, 5G is going to become the fabric of connectivity for not just our personal devices, like smartphones or laptops but impersonal devices too, like for example cars, external speakers which are personality ...
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Conversations with Qualcomm – How 5G became a reality in 2019
"5G is not a buzzword anymore, it is a reality. 5G is here!" is what Ignacio Contreras from Qualcomm told me when I said 5G is a big buzzword at the Mobile World Congress 2019. Truth be told, he was right. There were some 5-7 devices all primed and ready to go to market, all with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem and the latest 855 chip inside. So, how did it all of this happen so fast? How did Qualcomm manage to bring 5G into this world way before they said they would. And what is 5G in 2019 all about? I'll try to explain what I could gather from my conversations with Qualcomm at MWC 2019, read on. Most of the major manufacturers have already announced their devices which will launch within this year, in countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and so on. This year, as consumers, the people in these countries will be able to enjoy 5G, the latest standard of connectivity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIVDBGLFa-Q At a fundamental level, 5G is going to become the fabric of connectivity for not just our personal devices, like smartphones or laptops but impersonal devices too, like for example cars, external speakers which are personality ...
