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Thursday 30 June 2016
MediaTek joins China Mobile 5G project
MediaTek has announced its participation in China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center project.
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Industry integration, 5G and IoT applications: Q&A with Qualcomm president Derek Aberle
Qualcomm president Derek Aberle spared his time with Digitimes for an exclusive interview recently and shared his insights into a number of major issues facing the global...
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Qualcomm eyes future roll out of 5G SoC solutions
Qualcomm aims to roll out the world's first 5G SoC solution, as 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is expected to finalize 5G technology standards sometime in 2018, according...
Wednesday 22 June 2016
MediaTek to unveil 5G solution as early as 2018
MediaTek is looking to debut the first generation of its 5G chip solutions as early as 2018. The Taiwan-based IC design house has expanded an R&D team engaged in the development...
Friday 17 June 2016
FET to cooperate with Ericsson to set up 5G lab in Taiwan
Mobile telecom carrier Far EasToneTelecommunications (FET) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ericsson to set up the first 5G laboratory in Taiwan.
Wednesday 1 June 2016
Intel to cooperate with Foxconn on 5G technology
Intel, on May 31 at Computex Taipei 2016, announced an agreement with Foxconn Electronics to collaborate on developing network infrastructure technologies to make it easier for mobile...
Wednesday 13 April 2016
Worldwide 5G service revenues to reach US$247 billion in 2025, says ABI Research
ABI Research projects that mobile broadband operators will reap 5G revenues of US$247 billion in 2025 with North America, Asia-Pacific, and Western Europe being the top markets. Specifically,...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Taiwan government to set aside budget of NT$2.4 billion for R&D of 5G technologies in 2017-2020
The Taiwan government has decided to set aside an annual budget of NT$600 million (US$18.2 million) for R&D of 5G technologies each year between 2017-2020, with recipients of...
Monday 14 March 2016
Taiwan to have difficulty starting 5G commercial operations by 2020, says NCC chairman
Chairman Howard Shyr for Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to whether Taiwan can begin commercial operations for 5G mobile communication services in 2020...
Friday 4 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Smartphone APs to face fierce competition in China in 2016
Observing China's mobile market in 2016, Digitimes Research expects smartphone AP price competition to grow fiercer, while Qualcomm and MediaTek will continue to push Internet of...
Thursday 24 September 2015
Foxconn to focus on small cell, RRH, Cloud RAN applications for 5G industry
Commenting on Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) current plans for the 5G industry during the 12th Cross-Strait Information Industry and Technology Standards Forum,...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Taiwan poised to develop 5G technology
The Taiwan government has set aside a two-year budget of US$50 million specifically to boost Taiwan's participation in international specification of 5G technology standards.
Thursday 30 July 2015
Imagination joins 5G Innovation Centre to drive development of next-generation mobile data networks
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) is joining the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey to collaborate with leading companies both in the UK and globally in exploring,...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Huawei Technologies, ZTE invest in 5G R&D
China-based telecom equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE, in an attempt to lead in international development of 5G mobile communication technology and application, will invest...
Thursday 2 July 2015
Xilinx tapes out MPSoC on TSMC 16nm FF+ process
Xilinx has taped out what the company claims is the industry's first all programmable multiprocessor system-on-chips (MPSoC) using TSMC's 16FF+ process.