Qualcomm Inc said on Friday it will put fifth-generation, or 5G, technology into...
Analysts believe the new 5G networks will spur many consumers to upgrade their phones after years of market stagnation. Qualcomm, the world’s biggest supplier of mobile phone chips, was early to the market with 5G modem chips to connect phones to networks but faces intense competition.
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has plans for a new high-end smart phone, the Mate 30, which will feature 5G capabilities but will use a Kirin 990 chip developed by Huawei’s on subsidiary HiSilicon. That phone’s prospects are colored by whether it can use Alphabet Inc’s official Android operating system in light of Huawei’s blacklisting by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.Qualcomm is hoping that broad compatibility with telecom carrier networks will help its chips compete.
Qualcomm’s chip handles the two variants of 5G networks, so-called sub-6 and millimeter-wave bands. That means that phones using its chip will work on any carrier’s 5G networks, especially in the United States. Chips such as MediaTek’s are only capable of handling the sub-6 bands, which keeps the cost and complexity of the chips and phone designs down. However, it means the phones cannot take full advantage of networks from U.S. carriers such as Verizon Communications Inc (
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