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CES 2017: 5G will change everything, says Qualcomm CEO


LAS VEGAS – 5G won’t just be an incremental improvement over 4G but will have a profound impact on everything from appliances and autonomous vehicles to drones, health care, and wearables. This according to Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf at his CES keynote where he focused on how his chip company will be at forefront of the transition to 5G.During his presentation Mollenkopf quoted from an economic study commissioned by Qualcomm that forecasts that the 5G value chain will generate up to $3.5 trillion in revenue by 2035 and support up to 22 million jobs added Mollenkopf.Mollenkopf boasted that 5G streaming...