Qualcomm's new X55 standalone modem chip supports 5G in all major frequency bands as well as FDD and TDD modes. Support for FDD makes it the first chip to support T-Mobile's planned 5G network in the ...

To get 5G hardware into the marketplace more rapidly, standards organization 3GPP and leading hardware makers launched “non-standalone 5G” — a version of 5G that can achieve much faster download ...

Intel has a disastrous history with smartphones. It fumbled a chance to be in Apple’s first iPhone, and then quit making its Atom smartphone chip to focus on modems. But the company is now set to ship ...

A pair of teardowns have confirmed speculation that Apple used multiple vendors for cellular modems in the iPhone 7 family, with an Intel-made wireless modem found in a model for AT&T and T-Mobile. A ...