Today at its 5G Summit in San Diego California, Qualcomm announced it has achieved a significant milestone in the evolution of 5G wireless network connectivity, and the future of wireless broadband services everywhere. Powered by the company’s new Snapdragon X70 5G modem-RF system that was recently announced at Mobile World Congress in February, Qualcomm demonstrated the world’s first 5G Standalone mmWave (Millimeter Wave) connection, with blistering 10Gbps (Gigabit per second) peak download speeds. However, this announcement was significant in many other ways, beyond just the gobs of glorious wireless network bandwidth and 8.3 Gbps (gigabit per second) speeds.
Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa