SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), announced today that the
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor will add
support for LTE Category 9 Carrier Aggregation connectivity. The
Snapdragon 810 processor with integrated next generation
LTE-Advanced modem has demonstrated download speeds of up to 450
Mbps over three 20MHz LTE carriers, becoming the first Snapdragon
processor to support Category 9 Carrier Aggregation. The newly
announced Category 9 support makes the Snapdragon 810 processor the
first Qualcomm Technologies premium-tier processor to feature a
fully-integrated 64-bit multicore CPU and LTE-Advanced multimode
modem to support up to 3x20MHz Category 9 Carrier Aggregation, as
well as aggregation across FDD and TDD carriers. This brings the
latest advances in performance and connectivity to mobile computing
for superior user experiences supported by faster downloads,
quicker application performance and improved power
efficiency. The Snapdragon 810 processor with Category 9
support is anticipated to be available to our customers in early
2015.
Category 9 capabilities have been validated with Snapdragon 810
processor-based tests conducted with multiple commercial network
and test equipment companies, as well as an over-the-air
demonstration in a commercial network environment. Utilizing
devices powered by the Snapdragon 810 processor, each test
successfully demonstrated the support of 3x Carrier Aggregation
with three LTE component carriers, each with a bandwidth of up to
20 MHz, allowing for Category 9 peak data rates of up to 450 Mbps
in the downlink. Qualcomm Technologies' LTE-Advanced modem is
backwards compatible with all major cellular standards and
technologies supported by 4G LTE including GSM/EDGE, CDMA1x/EVDO,
TD-SCDMA and WCDMA/HSPA+.
"Qualcomm Technologies continues to be a leader in the mobile
industry with commercialization of the world's leading modem
technology, delivering fast and reliable cellular data connectivity
solutions. This provides speedy application performance and feature
richness across greater coverage areas enabled by LTE Category 9
connectivity," said Alex Katouzian,
senior vice president of product management, Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc. "With powerful processors like the Snapdragon 810, we
look forward to continuing to drive LTE innovation in the high tier
to ensure exceptional user experiences as mobile broadband demand
grows."
About Qualcomm Incorporated
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G, 4G
and next-generation wireless technologies. Qualcomm Incorporated
includes Qualcomm's licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority
of its patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along
with its subsidiaries, substantially all of Qualcomm's engineering,
research and development functions, and substantially all of its
products and services businesses, including its semiconductor
business, QCT. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and
inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications,
linking people everywhere more closely to information,
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Qualcomm Contacts:
Jon Carvill, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-658-1993
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Warren Kneeshaw, Investor
Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
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