In Part Three of his series on RFFE (RF Front End), Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard dives into how chipmaker giant Qualcomm is leveraging its global leadership in wireless innovation and recent investments in RF to significantly grow its modem-to-antenna solutions footprint not only in mobile handsets, but also expand that slice of its business into high growth adjacent segments like Automotive, the IoT, and the IIoT. Tying the series to Qualcomm’s 2021 Investor Day provides critical insights into RFFE’s growing importance to Qualcomm’s technology portfolio and business momentum.
How Tech Partnerships Are Driving The Expansion Of The Industrial IoT
Companies have the potential to automate, calibrate, create, and distribute their goods while amassing tons of data to keep doing it better and faster. That’s where industrial IIoT comes in.
ICYMI: 3GPP’s 5G NR Release 16’s 9 Most Critical Improvements to 5G
What we see with Release 16, in addition to improvements to previous fundamental standards, is a shift towards the next market for 5G technologies: industrial networks and applications. That is why, MIMO and IAB improvements aside, private networks, unlicensed spectrum, multi-TRP architecture, high-precision device positioning, efficient new power-saving protocols, and even multicasting between vehicles, constitute the lion’s share of projects in this release.
3D Systems Announces Jeff Graves Appointment as New President and CEO
While 3D Systems has grown by acquisition over the course of the last few years and has a diverse product offering, revenues (and profitability) haven’t followed that same trajectory. It looks to us like Graves will be focused on transformation and streamlining offerings and delivering on earnings and profitability in the process.
Siemens Continues Combined Efforts of MindSphere and Mendix
Siemens continues efforts for IoT with enhancement and combined efforts of its MindSphere IoT system and Mendix low-code software application. Digital twin, advanced analytics, edge-to-cloud and a growing partner ecosystem also add to its IoT offerings.
MATRIXX is Ready to Power Operator Embrace of eSIM in order to Monetize IoT
MATRIXX Software is committed to advancing the rapid adoption of eSIM (embedded Subscriber Identity Module) for a number of operators worldwide.
IoT Driving Another Industrial Revolution
Manufacturing is undergoing a revolution. See how the industrial internet of things is the driving force behind this new industrial revolution.