Ultra Wideband to Start to ‘Proliferate’ in Android ‘Ecosystem’: Qorvo CEO

Qorvo thinks 5G is still “in the very early innings,” CEO Bob Bruggeworth told a virtual Barclays investor conference Wednesday. “As we start to see the second- and third-generation devices being rolled out in 5G, they continue to add more bands,” and “complexity” in the antenna area “goes up,” he said. The addition of “more complex Wi-Fi” is also more prevalent in new generations of 5G devices, he said. “We've talked a lot about Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E. We've also started to expand in the Wi-Fi 7. So we expect those trends to continue.” Increased complexity is reminiscent of the “same discussions” for LTE, he said. Ultra-wideband technology is already built into the iOS ecosystem, and “we expect that to now start to proliferate through the Android ecosystem,” he said.