As Qualcomm reportedly prepares for a high-stakes meeting with hostile suitor Broadcom, the leading maker of smartphone modems is predicting 2 Gbps download speeds for smartphones this year. Qualcomm says it is sampling its eighth generation LTE modem, the Snapdragon X24, and will demonstrate the chip at Mobile World Congress in partnership with Ericsson, Telstra and NETGEAR.
“We’re pushing the boundaries of technology and providing unprecedented advances in LTE evolution by breaking the 2Gbps-barrier with our partners,” said Ericsson’s Joakim Sorelius, head of product area networks. “This technology advancement will enable even higher network capacity, and hence faster mobile broadband speeds for even more people.”
