Qualcomm Talks Wearables, Smart Cities Tech, 5G Connectivity in India at IoT Day 2018
Jul. 25, 2018As far as the deployment of 5G is concerned, Qualcomm revealed that it is working with Airspan to deploy small cells with Qualcomm chips onboard to overcome infrastructure challenges and that they will also solve the issue of network densification, acting as a bridge between 4G and 5G.
Even though Qualcomm did not reveal the name of telecom operators which are leading the 5G race in India and the extent of its rollout, the company did hint that all major companies are vying to jump the 5G bandwagon as soon as possible.
The chipmaker revealed that a wide range of hardware and software solutions from renowned brands such as wearables, voice and music device, home control and automation solutions, robots and drones, home entertainment, etc. with Qualcomm technology onboard will soon arrive in India.
Moreover, the Qualcomm is also working with another company named Borqs, which develops enterprise-class hardware solutions as well as consumer devices such as device trackers, personal emergency devices, etc. which come with embedded Qualcomm chips. Many of these smart devices, which are fully designed and manufactured in India, will soon be commercially available to the Indian consumers.
Qualcomm mentioned that IoT will not only introduce a tremendous amount of convenience in our day-to-day lives, but will also have a huge impact on other domains too. Listed below are the key areas where the implementation of IoT will benefit India, as highlighted at the event:
The company also revealed that around 90% of the WiFi mesh hardware across the globe employ Qualcomm components, and such mesh networks will lay the foundation of smart city projects that will give a huge push to the IoT ecosystem in India.
