Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones

Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones by nitin_flanker on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:15AM (#14263987)

On a side note: Qualcomm is the top patent filer in LTE domain before Intel, Samsung, and Ericsson. [1] https://www.greyb.com/top-50-innovative-companies-of-4g-lte/

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Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones by pyvpx on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:23AM (#14264023)

patents are basically a form of currency now. sad.

edit: or rather, patents are the money, licensing is the currency.

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Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones by digi_owl on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:42AM (#14264363)

To me they look more and more like the warheads of a MAD setup.

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Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones by scientific_ass on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:30AM (#14264053)

You're right on both side. Parents are currency when it comes to occupying a market or deterring competitors.

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Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones by scientific_ass on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:21AM (#14264011)

This seems quite obvious now, looking at how much Qualcomm is involved in IoT.

I'm surprised to hear that LG is leading Intel though.

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