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minus-squareTwelveSilverSwords@alien.topOPBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThere are 4 companies in the world that make 5G modems: Qualcomm. Samsung. Mediatek. Huawei.
minus-squareRare-Page4407@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago 5G modems: Qualcomm. Samsung. Mediatek. Huawei. For UE’s. Other companies make the big antenna equivalents used in BTSes.
minus-squareBurnoutEyes@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNXP makes some. There are software defined radio solutions like srsRAN as well.
minus-squarepinealgIand@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoDon’t forget Broadcom. Apple actually just signed a deal with them to be the sole provider of modems for their phones. I recently started working for them. https://epsnews.com/2023/06/07/apple-broadcom-deal-disrupts-wireless-chip-market/#:~:text=In late May%2C Apple and,especially cellular modems%2C from Qualcomm.
minus-squaredhruvz@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat’s everything Wireless except the 2G/3G/4G/5G part. So what you are referring to is WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.
minus-squareryker7777@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago Unisoc, GCT, Sequans, ASR Micro, Sony Semiconductor. Huawei
minus-squarehackenclaw@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agofeels like only Qualcomm & Huawei among the 4 that is well ahead of everyone else.
minus-squareAleblanco1987@alien.topBlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agodidn’t nokia make 5g stuff too?
There are 4 companies in the world that make 5G modems:
Qualcomm.
Samsung.
Mediatek.
Huawei.
For UE’s. Other companies make the big antenna equivalents used in BTSes.
NXP makes some. There are software defined radio solutions like srsRAN as well.
Don’t forget Broadcom. Apple actually just signed a deal with them to be the sole provider of modems for their phones. I recently started working for them.
https://epsnews.com/2023/06/07/apple-broadcom-deal-disrupts-wireless-chip-market/#:~:text=In late May%2C Apple and,especially cellular modems%2C from Qualcomm.
That’s everything Wireless except the 2G/3G/4G/5G part. So what you are referring to is WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.
feels like only Qualcomm & Huawei among the 4 that is well ahead of everyone else.
didn’t nokia make 5g stuff too?