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RCR Wireless News, July 5, 2020 After a week-long marathon session of online meetings, 3GPP finalized Release 16 (Rel. 16) paving the way for the next phase of 5G.

RSS Wireless News, June 17, 2020 5G has seen unprecedented traction; many flagship devices are already in the market, and many more are on the way, including the much-rumored and anticipated iPhone 5G.

RCR Wireless News, May 11, 2020 Facebook’s recent investment of $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms has received much media attention.

Forbes, May 01, 2020 A silver lining of the dark cloud of the pandemic is the realization of how important connectivity is for our lives.

RCR Wireless News, April 16, 2020 For the past four months, COVID-19 has disrupted almost every aspect of human activity around the globe.

RCR Wireless News, March 26, 2020 The Chinese telecom giant Huawei unveiled its latest flagship smartphone lineup, the P40 today.

RCR Wireless News, March 19, 2020 For the last few weeks, while the influencer world was busy with testing and reviewing the Samsung Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones, I was diligently using and testing another equally important and impressive Sams…

RCR Wireless News, March 5, 2020 With COVID-19 novel coronavirus creating havoc and upsetting everybody’s plans, the question on the minds of many people that follow standards development is, “How will it affect the 5G evolution timeline?”

RCR Wireless News, March 3, 2020 The title best describes the current situation after the recent hearing in the more-than-yearlong saga between FTC and Qualcomm.

Forbes News, February 27, 2020 While smartphones are all the rage in 5G, the market trends are aligning for a quiet revolution of 5G-enabled laptops (5GPCs) and other non-smartphone computer devices.

Prakash Sangam, February 25th, 2020 Prakash Sangam, February 25th, 2020 As awareness of the transformative nature of 5G is increasing, the industry is slowly waking up to the enormous challenge of securing not only the networks but also all the things the…

RCR Wireless News, February 20, 2020 As I discussed in my previous articles, the industry is finally waking up to the fact that when it comes to patents, quality indeed matters much more than quantity.

RCR Wireless, February 18, 2020 Samsung’s much-awaited yearly event, “Galaxy Unpacked 2020,” has come and gone.

RCR Wireless News, February 7, 2020 As promised in my previous article, here is a detailed discussion on FTC’s FRAND (Fair Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) argument in its antitrust case against Qualcomm.

RCR Wireless News, January 27, 2020 The stage is set for Feb 13th, 2020, hearing of FTC vs.

Prakash Sangam, January 16th, 2020 This paper explains how LTE has technologies that scale up and down for the diverse IoT needs and discusses the optimizations adopted into LTE IoT LPWAN technologies (LTE-M and NB-IoT).

RCR Wireless News, December 16, 2019 I just returned from a whirlwind session of 3GPP RAN Plenary #86, held at the beautiful beach town of Sitges in Spain.

Forbes News, December 06, 2019 Have you noticed cellular speeds zoom past your home cable/DSL speeds, and wondered what gives?

RCR Wireless News, December 5, 2019 Qualcomm, during its annual Tech Summit in Maui, Hawaii, unveiled a comprehensive portfolio of platforms for Always-On, Always-Connected PCs (ACPCs) to cover the full spectrum of tiers and use cases.

Broadband Breakfast News, November 21, 2019 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on Friday to virtually block Huawei’s access to the U.S. market, but this rare bipartisan action only protects one element of America’s digital infrastructur…

RCR Wireless News, November 20, 2019 The fun of being an analyst is that you get to test new gadgets firsthand and share your opinions without any inhibitions.

RCR Wireless News, November 8, 2019 While the 5G race rages on, so does the race to be perceived as the technology leader in 5G.

Forbes News, November 01, 2019 A bunch of recent events, including the announcement of Microsoft Surface Pro X and Samsung Galaxy Book S, are supporting a turning point in the largely stagnant laptop market.

RCR Wireless News, October 24, 2019 If you are an operator, 5G deployment is, for sure, one of your highest priorities.

RCR Wireless News, October 23, 2019 Many smartphone OEMs such as LG have gone out of their usual practice of keeping their plans close to chest till last minute, and have publically announced their 5G smartphones.

Prakash Sangam, October 4th, 2019 Prakash Sangam, October 4th, 2019 With the first 5G commercial mobile broadband networks getting off the ground, and the first devices coming to market, the focus of industry leaders is shifting toward exploring what’s ne…

Enterprise IoT Insights News, September 30, 2019 In my previous articles here, and here, I explained the rationale for increased focus on device security and its challenges.

Medium News, September 28, 2019 Extraordinary innovations that are enabling 5G are built on a continuum of technological achievements in wireless networking, which the company highlighted at its annual conference.

RCR Wireless News, September 16, 2019 Qualcomm made two announcements in the last couple of weeks that underpins much of their superiority in 5G technology, especially the millimeter wave (mmWave).

RCR Wireless News, September 12, 2019 Qualcomm got a reprieve when the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed the decision of United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s (DC) in its antitrust case.

RCR Wireless News, August 25, 2019 Last week’s remarkable decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (appellate court) consisting of three judges, finally brings some common sense into FTC’s bizarre antitrust case against Qualcom…

RCR Wireless News, August 19, 2019 Demystifying cellular patents and licensing – Part 4 3GPP is this mystic organization that many seem to know, but few understand it.

RCR Wireless News, July 24, 2019 Key points: The 5G network provides expansive outdoor coverage and full mobility in Chicago downtown, especially in the popular and high-traffic areas, where 5G’s performance is needed the most.

Enterprise IoT Insights News, July 16, 2019 Nowadays, security and privacy are on everybody’s mind.

RCR Wireless News, June 25, 2019 The telecom industry is still digesting the surprising and far-reaching decision by Judge Koh of the U.S.

RCR Wireless News, June 13, 2019 Have you ever felt the joy and elation of being part of something that you have only been observing, reading, writing about, and admiring for a long time?

EE Times News, June 09, 2019 Everybody is looking toward the Apple event on September 10th, expecting new iPhones.

RCR Wireless News, June 06, 2019 As the awareness of the transformative nature of 5G is increasing, the industry is slowly waking up to the enormous challenge of securing not only the networks, but also all the things these networks connect and the vital…

RCR Wireless News, June 3, 2019 he statement “All patents are not created equal” seems like a cliché, but is absolutely true!

EE Times News, May 20, 2019 Last week people finally had the opportunity to get their hands on the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S10 5G—the first true premium 5G smartphone.

Prakash Sangam, May 1st, 2019 Prakash Sangam, May 1st, 2019 While most of the industry focus is on deploying new 5G-NR based networks, the evolution of 4G LTE networks will continue to be a pillar of cellular networks for a long time to come.

RCR Wireless News, May 1, 2019 While the final decision on the FTC vs.

RCR Wireless News, April 14, 2019 If you are not already tired of Apple vs.

RCR Wireless News, April 12, 2019 In my previous article in the series, I described the organizations and the process of creating cellular standards.

EE Times News, March 26, 2019 By some accounts, there are more than 70 trials globally between the two mobile giants.

RCR Wireless News, March 18, 2019 It’s been more than a month since arguments rested for the FTC vs.

RCR Wireless News, March 15, 2019 A significant win for Qualcomm for its non-SEPs against Apple in a trail San Diego The jury said yes.

RCR Wireless News, March 11, 2019 Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles that explores the sometimes obtuse process of standardizing, patenting and licensing cellular technologies.

RCR Wireless News, March 04, 2019 All you need to know about the face off at the District Court in San Diego; infringement claims on patents that improve battery-life, and cost of smartphones under scrutiny The two-year-old thriller between the Smartphone…

EE Times News, February 25, 2019 From the very beginning, when the standardization was advanced by almost a year, 5G has always been on the accelerated path.