Can only be used in small pockets of dense urban environments

T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray has warned that 5G mobile networks are going to be a waste of cash because will never materially scale beyond small pockets of 5G hotspots in dense urban environments.

5G car module with “high speed and high quality”

China’s Huawei has released the world’s first 5G communications hardware for the automotive industry.

7nm octa-core SoC with 1+1+6 configuration

While Qualcomm has only recently unveiled the Snapdragon 730 SoC, alleged specifications of the Snapdragon 735 have leaked online, showing rather interesting core configuration.

Apple to go alternatives

In a surprising twist of events, Intel has just announced that it plans to exit the 5G Smartphone modem business. The surprising announcement happened just hours after Apple announced that it had settled its years of legal battles against Qualcomm.

Mooving ahead of the herd

While Britons mull Russian propaganda which claims 5G is a health risk, a herd of UK dairy cows have said “pull the udder one” and have moved ahead of the rest of the UK when it comes to 5G connectivity.

Deutsche Telekom moans that operators and punters pay price for 5G auction

The CEO of Deutsche Telekom has slammed the amount companies will have to pay to get fifth generation mobile internet spectrum in Germany as the amount of total bids approached five billion euro ($5.6 billion).

Just a design concept for now

It appears that Asus is considering a dual-slider design for its upcoming flagship smartphone, which is a neat concept that could provide a high screen-to-body ratio.

Intel can make it

Intel has canceled its 8060 5G modem to speed up things with its new all mode XMM 8160 solution. Intel is likely to sample the 8160 modem later this year which should be more than enough time for Apple to incorporate it in the iPhone 2020 (iPhone 20 anyone?).   

Stealing the march

Samsung has begun mass production for its 5G chips in a cunning plan to have an early impact in the shaping the next generation network.

The first country to commercially roll out the tech

South Korea is the first country to commercially launch fifth-generation (5G) services.