More Evidence That Apple Inc. Is Building Its Own Cellular Modem

More Evidence That Apple Inc. Is Building Its Own Cellular Modem

Today, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) relies on third parties to supply it with cellular modems for its popular iPhone line of smartphones -- wireless giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC).

Apple is also the only major smartphone manufacturer left that uses standalone modems. Other smartphone vendors use either integrated applications processor and baseband solutions from third parties (e.g., Qualcomm) or make their own integrated parts (e.g., Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) and Huawei).

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