People walk past a 5G banner during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea
FRANKFURT: The first 5G phones ready to meet next-generation mobile standards will be available for the mass market in 2019 – a year ahead of most predictions – in several Asian countries and the United States, Qualcomm's CEO said.
Steven Mollenkopf, chief executive of the world's top maker of smartphone chips, said in an interview that rising consumer and business demands were forcing the industry to accelerate its previous 2020 timeline to upgrade to new networks and devices.
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