InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[IDCCfan]

Mickey,

Keep in mind the promise of 5G and devices that can utilize that spectrum are still a few years out depending on what aticles you read. I would trust the CEO’s predictions and if he under estimates the IDCC revenue opportunity then great, I hate being lied to:

“As many as 100 million 5G-capable phones will be shipped in 2021, according to a new analyst report.

CCS Insight has released the latest update to its worldwide forecast of mobile phone shipments, which states that almost 2 billion mobile phones will be shipped in 2017. That will represent a rise of two percent from 2016.

However, the most interesting prediction made in the report is that as many as 100 million 5G-capable phones will be shipped in 2021.

While this may only represent a fraction of the total estimated mobile phone sales for the year of 2.08 billion, it would remain an impressive figure. After all, 5G mobile network technology itself isn’t expected to be available to the public until 2020.”



https://5g.co.uk/news/5g-smartphone-sales-100-million-2021/4140/



Also:

"The X50 achieves 5G speeds through Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna technology (which essentially just means combining multiple antennas).

That’s coupled with adaptive beamforming and beam tracking techniques, which help ensure reliable and speedy mobile broadband performance when there’s no line of sight to the base station.

Sampling for the Snapdragon X50 is expected to begin in the second half of 2017, while commercial products could begin integrating it during the first half of 2018.

https://5g.co.uk/news/qualcomm-announces-the-first-commercial-5g-modem/4115/