--Demonstration marks next critical milestone for 5G development; continues path to commercialization of mobile handsets in the first half of 2019--

KISTA, Sweden, Sept. 6, 2018 — (PRNewswire) —  Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Ericsson announced the successful completion of a 3GPP Rel-15 spec compliant 5G NR call on a smartphone form factor mobile test device. The over-the-air (OTA) call was performed using millimeter wave (mmWave) in the 39 GHz band of spectrum using NSA (Non-Standalone) mode. It utilized Ericsson's commercial 5G NR radio AIR 5331 and baseband products and a mobile test device with integrated Qualcomm^® Snapdragon^™ X50 5G modem and RF subsystem in the Ericsson Lab in Kista, Sweden.

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