Qualcomm has announced the launch of their first 5G modem the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 and it will offer download speeds of 5 gigabits per second.

We can expect to see this new 5G modem in devices from 2018, the company will release it to its manufacturing partners next year.

"Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), announced today the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem, making Qualcomm the first company to announce a commercial 5G modem chipset solution. It is designed to support original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are building the next generation of cellular devices, as well as aid operators with early 5G trials and deployments.
The Snapdragon X50 5G modem will initially support operation in millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum in the 28GHz band. It will employ Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna technology with adaptive beamforming and beam tracking techniques, which facilitates robust and sustained mobile broadband communications in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environments. With 800 MHz bandwidth support, the Snapdragon X50 5G modem is designed to support peak download speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second."

You can find out more information about the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem over at Qualcomm at the link below.

Source Qualcomm