Competition heats up in 4G LTE processor and modem chip set market

While the mobile communications industry is developing 5G at fast rate, 4G LTE is implementation around the world is also happening at faster rate. There going to be hardly any mid or high-range smart phone without supporting 4G LTE feature. For the semiconductor vendors who are into this business, designing a ultra integrated SOC chipset supporting 4G LTE including LTE Advanced Category 10 service is important. There are multiple vendors offering modern chipsets with 4G LTE. The leading vendor of mobile phone baseband chipsets Qualcomm is offering Snapdragon 618, 620 from the Snapdragon 600 series and Snapdragon 415 and 425 from the Snapdragon 400 series integrated with advanced LTE. The 415 to have X5 LTE modem offering download / upload speeds of 150 / 50 Mbps, where as the Snapdragon 425, 618 and 620 chipsets to have X8 LTE modem providing download / upload speeds of 300 / 100 Mbps. Qualcomm Gobi 9x45 modem which is known as the Qualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem is the latest discrete LTE modem chip from Qualcomm offering high throughput speeds of 450 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload ( Category 10). This chip is suggested for automotive infotainment systems and telematics in cars. Qualcomm remains the best vendor in this domain due to its ability to integrate modems inside its mobile phone SOC chips. Another advantage Qualcomm offers to its customers is throu...