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- News24 Apr 2026
Kaspersky Discovers Vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon Chips that can Lead to Data Loss & Device Compromise
Kaspersky ICS CERT discovered a hardware-level vulnerability affecting Qualcomm chipsets that are widely used in a range of consumer and industrial devices, including smartphones and tablets, car…
- News13 Apr 2026
Qualcomm Unveils Startup Selection for Qualcomm Make in Africa 2026
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the selection of 10 startups for its fourth year of the Qualcomm® Make in Africa Mentorship Program. This initiative is part of the Qualcomm Africa Innovation…
- News17 Dec 2025
Qualcomm Completes Third Edition of Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has announced the successful completion of its third annual Make in Africa (QMIA) Startup Mentorship Program, marked by the virtual Make in Africa Finale 2025. The…
- News10 Dec 2024
Qualcomm Celebrates Successful Completion of the Second Year of the Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the successful completion of the second year of its Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program, culminating in the Make in Africa Finale 2024. This platform…
- News24 Apr 2024
Qualcomm Shortlists Startups for Qualcomm Make in Africa 2024 and Awards 2023 Wireless Reach Social Impact Fund
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced the shortlisted startups for Qualcomm Make in Africa 2024, as well as the winner of the 2023 Wireless Reach Social Impact Fund. The Qualcomm Africa Innovation…
- News12 Dec 2023
Qualcomm Completes First Year of Africa Innovation Platform
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the completion of the first year of the Africa Innovation Platform, a suite of mentorship, education, and training programs created to support the development of…
- News10 May 2023
OPPO Launches 2023 Inspiration Challenge, Investing USD $440,000 to Call for Innovative Technical Solutions
OPPO Research Institute, together with global partners Qualcomm Technologies, GSMA 5G IN, Amazon Web Services and LinkedIn, announced the launch of 2023 OPPO Inspiration Challenge on the World Smile…
- News7 May 2023
Qualcomm Unveils Shortlisted Teams for the Inaugural Qualcomm® Make in Africa Mentorship Program
Qualcomm Technologies, has announced the selection of 10 startups to participate in the inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa startup mentorship program, as part of the Qualcomm Africa Innovation…
- News19 Dec 2022
Qualcomm Unveils Africa Innovation Platform
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Platform, a suite of mentorship, education, and training programs created to support the development of Africa’s emerging…
- News11 Jul 2022
Tech Firms Plan for ‘Space-Based’ 5G Network
Thales, Qualcomm and Ericsson unveiled Monday a plan to allow smartphones to communicate directly with satellites, a “space-based network” they hope will bring connectivity to the entire globe. The…
- News24 Feb 2021
Sophos, Qualcomm Partner to secure 5G Snapdragon PCs
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, on Wednesday announced its plans to provide Sophos Intercept X endpoint protection for 5G PCs powered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ compute…
- News30 Dec 2020
5G New Radio Sites Go Live
Nokia and stc have collaborated to demonstrate a cutting-edge live network solution enabling 8 carriers using 5G mmWave band with anchoring of FDD LTE Bands on a single Qualcomm chipset device. stc…
- News21 Aug 2019
Qualcomm, LG Strike Licensing Deal on 4G, 5G Smartphones
Qualcomm said on Tuesday that it has entered into a new five-year patent license agreement with LG Electronics to develop, manufacture and sell 3G, 4G and 5G smartphones. LGE had said in June it was…
- News3 Jul 2019
Ericsson’s 5G Leadership in Europe Awarded at World 5G Summit
Ericsson, Swisscom, and strategic partners Qualcomm Technologies and OPPO, have been recognized on the European stage with a prestigious award at this year’s World 5G Summit in London, UK. The…
- News26 Oct 2018
Ericsson, Qualcomm Complete 3GPP-compliant 5G Data Call on 39 GHz
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have further demonstrated the commercial readiness of 5G technology by successfully conducting over-the-air non-standalone (NSA) 5G NR lab data call with a mobile…
- News1 Jun 2018
Gemalto, Qualcomm Technologies Partner on eSIM
Gemalto has announced a new collaboration that will see its advanced mobile connectivity solutions integrated with Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile PC platform, a product by Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a…
- News9 Dec 2017
Qualcomm Expects 5G to become a Reality in 2019
Qualcomm believes 5G will become a reality as early as 2019. Speaking during the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii this week, Cristiano Amon, executive VP of Qualcomm Technologies, said…
- News7 Sept 2017
Ericsson, Qualcomm & MTN Complete First CAT-M1 Test in Africa for IoTs
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have successfully completed a lab trial for a Cat-M1 solution with MTN South Africa in support of MTN’s Internet of Things (IoT) ambitions. This is the first Cat-M1…
- News23 Feb 2017
A Call to Revamp CDMA Operations
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a second generation telecommunications standard pioneered by chip maker Qualcomm, uses spread spectrum techniques and is globally acknowledged as the better…
- News9 Jan 2017
5G is the Biggest Thing Since Electricity - Qualcomm
Qualcomm is buzzing about 5G as the key to our future connectivity. Qualcomm says it will change society in ways we haven't seen since the introduction of electricity. For anyone who thinks 5G is…
- News12 Dec 2016
Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies Demon OTA Gigabit Class LTE in Africa
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, on Friday became the first to announce a successful demonstration of over-the-air (OTA) Gigabit Class LTE in Africa…
- News9 Dec 2016
Microsoft Windows Laptops for 2017 to be Like a Phone
Windows 10 devices will be compatible with Qualcomm's latest processor, the same chips that power high-end phones and tablets. To that goal, the Qualcomm announced at Microsoft's Windows Hardware…
- News29 Jun 2015
Researchers Increase Fiber Optic Networks Capacity Limits by 20%
Engineers at UC San Diego's Qualcomm Institute, apart from breaking the supposed limits of fiber optic data transmission, they utterly increased the power of optical signals almost twenty times the…
- News10 Nov 2013
Qulacomm Earns More, Predicts Smartphones Slowdown
Qualcomm, global leader in semi-conductor business and silicon technology has reported a 33 per cent rise in its fiscal Q4, 2013 revenues of $6.48 billion, year-over-year, but predicted a market doom…
- News22 Aug 2013
Facebook, Samsung, Five Others Launch Internet.Org Campaign
Seven companies comprising Facebook, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung have joined forces to develop joint projects, share knowledge, and mobilize industry and governments to…
- News14 Aug 2013
Future of Telecom is 3G – Qualcomm
Nigeria’s four major mobile operators have been advised to invest more in the 3G technology space to drive further growth, seeing that voice is gradually getting saturated. Alex Dadson, senior…
- News28 Nov 2012
TECNO Partners Airtel, Qualcomm to Unveil 3G Android Smartphone
TECNO, first listed dual SIM mobile phone brand in Africa has entered into partnership with Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider and Qualcomm, to introduce its latest range of…
- News6 Feb 2012
Poor Business Strategy Causing CDMA Failures – Dadson
Alex Dadson, is an interesting person who cuts both a picture of an entertainer and a blue chip chief executive. He is the managing director of Qualcomm West Africa. In his role, he works with…
- News5 Oct 2010
Qualcomm Opens Office in Nigeria
Qualcomm has opened an office in Lagos, to serve as the Company's hub for West Africa business operations. The office will provide support to mobile operators and device manufacturers serving…