With the 5G era kicking off across the globe, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Huawei have firmly established themselves as suppliers of modems for flagship devices. Meanwhile, smaller Taiwanese rival MediaTek ...

The iPhone SE 4 that's set to come out early next year is expected to debut Apple's first in-house 5G modem, according to Jeff Pu, an analyst who covers companies within Apple's supply chain. In a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Qualcomm will continue supplying Apple with Snapdragon 5G modems until 2026 despite the deal originally being set ...

Samsung is reportedly developing a new Exynos chip that will add an NPU to the 5G modem. This means the baseband could gain AI capabilities required for efficient satellite communication. A Samsung ...

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 16e featuring the company's first in-house developed 5G modem chip, named the Apple C1. The new modem, which the company claims is the most energy-efficient 5G modem ...

TL;DR: Apple's new ultra-thin iPhone Air features a durable Grade 5 titanium chassis, a 6.5-inch 120Hz ProMotion display with Always On and Ceramic Shield 2, and the powerful A19 Pro chip built on a ...

A recent report suggests that Apple has abandoned plans to develop an in-house 5G modem chip. The leak hints that the Cupertino giant might not push through the project since there's a lack of ...

It’s been a long time since Apple has been working on its own 5G modem. However, development is taking much longer than the company expected – but recent evidence suggests that we’ll see Apple’s first ...

Apple is continuing to run into troubles in its attempt to develop a 5G modem to replace Qualcomm's 5G modems in the iPhone and other products, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple in 2019 acquired ...

Keysight, Samsung achieved a live NR-NTN connectivity on a commercial-grade Samsung modem chipset in a demo at CES 2026.

TL;DR: Apple's next-gen Vision Pro headset may feature an in-house 5G modem, but the 2025 model will not. "Sinope," which aims to outperform Qualcomm by being more space and power-efficient. Apple's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anshel Sag is an industry analyst covering XR, 5G, mobile and PCs. Although earlier this month MediaTek announced its latest ...