{"id":26430,"date":"2026-03-04T04:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=26430"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:16:24","slug":"qualcomm-ceo-resistance-is-futile-as-6g-mobile-revolution-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=26430","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm CEO:\u00a0\u201cResistance is futile\u201d as\u00a06G\u00a0mobile revolution approaches\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I remember sending my first email in the\u00a0early\u00a01990s, a clunky experience\u00a0that meant logging on to two different computer systems. I thought it would never replace the much swifter fax.\u00a0The internet was already\u00a0revolutionizing\u00a0the flow of information, and as editor of\u00a0the Guardian\u2019<\/em>s\u00a0gargantuan media section\u00a0in the U.K.\u00a0(printed every week with\u00a050\u00a0pages of job ads), I was\u00a0the\u00a0proud owner of one of the first\u00a0\u201cWAP-enabled\u201d\u00a0mobile\u00a0telephones. I mused in the front-cover headline whether this was \u201cThe End of Newspapers?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Newspapers fight on, and today I am at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona,\u00a0contemplating the next technological revolution.\u00a0It turns out\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a bit more consequential than the arrival of email.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thousands of\u00a0digital\u00a0leaders from around the world are here, displaying the latest in robotics, quantum\u00a0computing,\u00a0and\u00a0IQ AI,\u00a0which is grappling with the relationship between us\u2014humans\u2014and\u00a0the\u00a0multitude\u00a0of\u00a0AI agents that proffer help\u00a0and arouse suspicion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the largest pavilions in the seven\u00a0exhibition\u00a0halls of installations and exhibits (robots making sushi; virtual reality table football; cars that are phones; medical devices that might save the world) is the home\u00a0of\u00a0Qualcomm.\u00a0No. 117 on the Fortune 500 list, the telecommunications giant was founded in San Diego\u00a0in\u00a0the 1980s\u00a0and is\u00a0now at the heart of\u00a0a debate about a tech-enabled world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mobile 6G sounds prosaic\u2014just another\u00a0development phase\u00a0for\u00a0cell phones, which started with phone calls\u00a0(2G), brought us texts\u00a0(3G), data (4G),\u00a0and\u00a0smartphones\u00a0(5G).\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u00a0isn\u2019t. 6G will be the telecommunication system for the AI age\u2014for all the data\u00a0passing\u00a0between us, AI agents,\u00a0and\u00a0the real world,\u00a0where phones will be\u00a0just one\u00a0part of\u00a0the digital\u00a0ecology. The\u00a0internet of everything\u00a0is finally arriving.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Qualcomm\u2019s ranking on the Fortune 500<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cAI will fundamentally change our mobile experiences,\u201d Qualcomm chief executive, Cristiano Amon\u00a0says.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0going to change how we think about our smartphones. Think about our personal computing. Think about and interact with a car. The car is now a computing surface.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf\u00a0you\u00a0actually believe\u00a0in the AI revolution, 6G\u00a0will be\u00a0required. Resistance is futile.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Akash\u00a0Palkhiwala\u00a0is Qualcomm\u2019s chief financial officer and chief operating officer.\u00a0I spent\u00a0some time with him\u00a0at\u00a0the company\u2019s stand,\u00a0as\u00a0his leading engineers\u00a0took\u00a0me through\u00a0a 6G future\u00a0where individuals will have real-time information delivered to them via their glasses.\u00a0Palkhiwala\u00a0compliments me on my watch, which only does one thing.\u00a0It tells\u00a0me\u00a0the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c6G is going to be the first time that connectivity and AI come together in the network. What we\u2019re building is the first AI-native wireless network that\u2019s ever been built,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you actually believe in the AI revolution, 6G will be required. Resistance is futile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm\u2019s chief executive<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe traffic that we expect on 6G is\u00a0way different\u00a0than what we had before,\u201d says Palkhiwala. \u201cBefore,\u00a0it was all about consumer traffic. We expect 6G to be driven by [AI] agent traffic.\u00a0Think about all these use cases where there are AI agents sitting on various devices\u2014your glasses, your watch, your phone, your PC. These\u00a0agents are going to be talking back and forth across the network to other agents and services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0traffic\u00a0completely changes. 6G is being built with this idea that the traffic that goes on the network is not just going to be consumer voice calls or downloading videos,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0going to have agents talking to each other,\u00a0so\u00a0the reliability of the network becomes\u00a0very important.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201c6G is going to be the first time that connectivity and AI come together in the network. What we\u2019re building is the first AI-native wireless network that\u2019s ever been built.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akash\u00a0Palkhiwala, Qualcomm\u2019s chief financial officer & chief operating officer<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

On-device capabilities (the ability of your phone to process far more data); edge computing (locally sourced IT technology\u00a0rather than distant\u00a0data centers);\u00a0more efficient use of available bandwidth (AI-enabled load control);\u00a0and\u00a0greater\u00a0cloud\u00a0access\u00a0will all come together\u00a0to produce a new wireless network.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I ask\u00a0Palkhiwala\u00a0what this all might mean for a mother from Arkansas?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a great question,\u201d he answers\u00a0(it\u00a0isn\u2019t, but it\u00a0is an attempt to bring the issue home\u00a0for\u00a0non\u2013technology experts).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we are in the application economy,\u201d he notes. \u201cOn the phone, you\u00a0want to make a travel reservation, you go to one application. You want to order\u00a0an\u00a0Uber,\u00a0you go to a second application.\u00a0You want to order food, you go to\u00a0a\u00a0third application, movie tickets,\u00a0etc.\u00a0The user\u00a0has to\u00a0go through that effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the future, you think of the app economy moving over to an agent economy, where there\u2019s one agent I\u2019m interacting with, and I can ask that agent to book me a movie ticket\u00a0or\u00a0a plane ticket, to order food for me, get an Uber for me. It knows everything about me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the stand\u00a0there is an interactive tabletop display that used to\u00a0look impossibly\u00a0modern in movies 20 years ago. With the swipe of a finger,\u00a0a video\u00a0plays. It is\u00a0of a driver arriving at a supermarket\u00a0where\u00a0there is a waiting robot with bags of groceries it already knew you wanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Qualcomm says the first 6G applications will be in consumer testing by the time of the Los Angeles Olympics in\u00a02028. By 2029, rollouts will begin.\u00a0Many are still getting their heads around\u00a0applied\u00a0AI, and\u00a0in the U.K., where I live, 5G is still spotty and drops out whenever on the train. Mobile World Congress is a gathering\u00a0of thousands of people all\u00a0focused on the possibilities of an AI-enabled future. How it works out\u00a0will take the brainpower of many millions more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

#Qualcomm #CEOResistance #futile #as6Gmobile #revolution #approaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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