NXP’s new softmodem will be the fastest in the world and work with a range of data protocols, including LTE, WiMax, HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM. While the modem’s over-the-top theoretical speeds ...

The next iPhones are likely to include a hardware upgrade which will change the current satellite features in key ways.

A recent report suggests Apple's in over its head with it's iPhone modem efforts, but — to borrow a phrase — we think differently. Apple knows what it's doing and knew what it was getting into from ...

Apple is investing billions of dollars into developing an in-house cellular modem, but the project is not expected to yield immediate improvements for users, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. In last ...

I’ve long believed the arrival of Apple’s in-house cellular modems was the Mac’s next best chance to finally get cellular. It seems Apple may agree. Mark Gurman reported at Bloomberg shortly before C1 ...

The saga of Apple’s attempt to make its own cellular modems seems like it may never end. Earlier this year, the Qualcomm CEO said that it was his assumption that Apple would switch to using 5G chips ...

The PCM-GPS PC/104 module provides both a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and cellular modem wireless communication. The receiver provides complete position, velocity, and time information, ...

One of the big barriers to having cellular modems in all the things is the per device charge that carriers put on your devices. In my household there are three iPads, two Macs an Apple Watch Ultra and ...

Apple's iPhone 18 switches to in-house C2 modem, unlocking Limit Precise Location for all users. Here's how it blocks and who ...

Apple expanded Limit Precise Location in iOS 26.5, but the carrier privacy feature still requires select iPhones and iPads. If you can only read one tech story a day, this is it. We use cookies and ...

A new Cellular Insights report commissioned by Qualcomm has found that two unnamed Android smartphone models equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 and Snapdragon X80 modems achieved faster 5G speeds ...

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