Design Article
Comment
VNP
IoT solution based on Qualcomm chipset is rather expensive. Unfortunately ...
asianews
Qualcomm revs Gobi for LTE
Rick Merritt
2/25/2013 1:01 PM EST
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Qualcomm Inc. showed its embedded LTE Advanced modem delivering 150 Mbit/second connections using carrier aggregation in a demo at Mobile World Congress with Ericsson. A handful of OEMs including Fujitsu, Huawei, Lenovo, Panasonic and ZTE said they will use the chips in notebooks, tablets and data cards, some expected to ship this year.
Separately, Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom are developing an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the German carrier based on Java and an earlier generation of the modem. In addition, Qualcomm rolled out new features for its open source IoT platform called AllJoyn.
Qualcomm’s Gobi MDM9625 and MDM9225 enable the LTE Release 10 feature of carrier aggregation to create 150 Mbits/s links without a contiguous 20 MHz channel. Spectrum-starved carriers are hungry for the new feature shown by many vendors at MWC.
The 28 nm chipsets also support HSPA+ and GPS networks including GLONASS, and they sport lower power consumption and size compared to previous Gobi products. They started sampling in November and are expected to appear in shipping systems this year in a variety of modules including PCI Express Mini Card, PCI Express M.2, and Land Grid Arrays.
Lenovo, Fujitsu and Panasonic said they will support the modems in a range of notebooks and tablets. Huawei, Longcheer, Novatel Wireless, Sierra Wireless and ZTE said they will use them in data cards and embedded modules.
On the software front, Deutsche Telekom will provide before June a development platform for the Internet of Things based on the Gobi QSC6270-Turbo and Oracle’s Java ME Embedded 3.2. It will ship as a SIM card geared for developers writing machine-to-machine apps for the carrier’s network.
Separately, Qualcomm said it will add by May a handful of features to its open source IoT platform called AllJoyn. The new capabilities include:
Related stories:
Ericsson to demo Gbit LTE at Mobile Congress
Broadcom claims smallest 4G LTE-Advanced modem
Slideshow: Ten things to see in the rise of LTE
Separately, Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom are developing an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the German carrier based on Java and an earlier generation of the modem. In addition, Qualcomm rolled out new features for its open source IoT platform called AllJoyn.
Qualcomm’s Gobi MDM9625 and MDM9225 enable the LTE Release 10 feature of carrier aggregation to create 150 Mbits/s links without a contiguous 20 MHz channel. Spectrum-starved carriers are hungry for the new feature shown by many vendors at MWC.
The 28 nm chipsets also support HSPA+ and GPS networks including GLONASS, and they sport lower power consumption and size compared to previous Gobi products. They started sampling in November and are expected to appear in shipping systems this year in a variety of modules including PCI Express Mini Card, PCI Express M.2, and Land Grid Arrays.
Lenovo, Fujitsu and Panasonic said they will support the modems in a range of notebooks and tablets. Huawei, Longcheer, Novatel Wireless, Sierra Wireless and ZTE said they will use them in data cards and embedded modules.
On the software front, Deutsche Telekom will provide before June a development platform for the Internet of Things based on the Gobi QSC6270-Turbo and Oracle’s Java ME Embedded 3.2. It will ship as a SIM card geared for developers writing machine-to-machine apps for the carrier’s network.
Separately, Qualcomm said it will add by May a handful of features to its open source IoT platform called AllJoyn. The new capabilities include:
- A feature to let a smartphone configure an IoT device
- A standard way for devices to broadcast and receive text, image and multimedia notifications
- A vendor-agnostic protocol to enable wireless audio streaming protocol
Related stories:
Ericsson to demo Gbit LTE at Mobile Congress
Broadcom claims smallest 4G LTE-Advanced modem
Slideshow: Ten things to see in the rise of LTE
|
|
|
|
|
Navigate to related information
asianews
2/26/2013 3:48 PM EST
Qualcomm's LTE plus Snapdragon foundry orders continue to be very strong.
Single chip integrated solution is dominating foundry volume.
Sign in to Reply
VNP
3/3/2013 8:26 AM EST
IoT solution based on Qualcomm chipset is rather expensive. Unfortunately local/personal area network implementation is not discussed in the message. As I understand Qualcomm with Deutsche Telekom can create gateway for IoT network. It is interesting.
Sign in to Reply