Qualcomm Launches Set of Trusted Software Services for Enterprise, Industrial IoT

Qualcomm announced a set of trusted software services, Qualcomm wireless edge services, for enterprise and industrial IoT customers. The technology is said to securely provision, connect and manage long life cycles of billions of intelligent wireless devices through cloud platforms. It's expected to be available on select Qualcomm chipsets -- initially the MDM9206, MDM9628 and QCA4020 -- with Snapdragon platforms to follow, said the company Wednesday. Qualcomm wireless edge services will facilitate integration, processing, analysis, learning and trusted exchange of information with wireless edge devices and unlock new use cases, services, ecosystems and business models, it said. Security is rooted in the chipset hardware, which will help enterprise, industrial and cloud providers provision and manage large amounts of connected 4G and 5G devices in a “trusted, security-rich and scalable manner,” it said. The software also supports a new chipsets-as-a-service business model, Qualcomm said.