Around one-third of the global population doesn’t have access to the internet and some that do don’t have reliable access. While cable and fiber could solve this, the economics of that aren’t tenable. 5G is viewed as another candidate for expanding home internet access, and Qualcomm is looking to accelerate the pace of change with its second generation 5G fixed wireless access platform.
Company CEO-elect Cristiano Amon, in a video presentation posted this week, discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has “highlighted how important connectivity is,” giving the example of rapid mainstreaming of video telephony for remote work and education.
