You win some, and you lose some. A jury in the Eastern District of Texas ruled Tuesday that Apple owes PanOptics $506.2 million following willful infringement of 4G LTE patents. The ruling stated that Apple failed to prove any of the patent claims were invalid. The case focused on five patents regarding 4G LTE capability […]
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In a recent research note, a group of Wedbush Securities analysts have indicated that Apple could release a cheaper iPhone 12 variant in early 2021 that would forego 5G connectivity. Following re-examination of Asian supply chains, analysts Daniel Ives, Strecker Backe, and Ahmad Khalil revised the predictions, concluding that they now expect multiple 5G iPhone […]
It’s been six years of collaboration, but the FCC has finally unlocked the 3.5GHz spectrum, aka the “OnGo” band, for consumer use. Prior to this, the 3.5GHz spectrum had been exclusively used by the U.S. Department of Defense for naval purposes alongside the coast. It will still be able to use the spectrum but now it […]
If you were looking for some benchmarks as to T-Mobile’s newly-launched 5G network, the cool cats at Venturebeat have some numbers for you. During testing, the low-band 5G downloads peaked at 227Mbps, or two to four times faster than T-Mobile’s LTE service at the same locations, and far higher than the aforementioned 20 percent estimate. […]
A report in PCMag confirmed expectations that, in spite of previous squabbles, Apple is relying on Intel as its sole LTE modem supplier for the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro handsets. 2019 marks the final year that Apple will use Intel’s baseband technology before moving to Qualcomm as its modem supplier. Per the article, […]