Qualcomm and Gizwits Work to Create the World's First Commercial IoT Development Platform Supporting Field Upgrade to LTE IoT

Qualcomm and Gizwits Work to Create the World's First Commercial IoT Development Platform Supporting Field Upgrade to LTE IoT

Modules Compatible with China Mobile's Network are Intended to Allow Manufacturers and Service Providers to Offer Economical 2G Solutions that are Upgradable Over-the-Air to eMTC and NB-IoT

SAN DIEGO, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Gizwits, a global leader in Internet of Things (IoT) development platforms, today announced their intention to create a breakthrough in IoT development solutions by working toward delivering the world's first commercial 2G cellular modules with field upgrades to LTE IoT (eMTC/Cat-M1 and NB-IoT/Cat-NB1). The Quectel BG36 module –aimed to be compatible with China Mobile's network and manufactured by Quectel based on the Qualcomm® MDM9206 LTE IoT modem– will be powered by the Gizwits IoT cloud services and designed to help developers, device manufacturers and service providers to create economical 2G solutions, which are also designed to be flexible and long-lasting by supporting future over-the-air activation of NB-IoT and eMTC as the cellular ecosystem transitions toward the latest LTE IoT standards. This capability is intended to allow IoT devices to use the cellular technology that is best suited for today's use cases, while being able to accommodate emerging requirements throughout the device lifetime – for instance, supporting commercial and enterprise solutions in case of new cellular network technology deployments and changes, or allowing end-customers to take advantage of new network features and more convenient connectivity economics that arise later on.

The full release is available on the Qualcomm News Center website at (https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2018/06/27/qualcomm-and-gizwits-work-create-worlds-first-commercial-iot-development)

About Qualcomm
Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes and communicates. When we connected the phone to the Internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products, experiences, and industries. As we lead the world to 5G, we envision this next big change in cellular technology spurring a new era of intelligent, connected devices and enabling new opportunities in connected cars, remote delivery of health care services, and the IoT — including smart cities, smart homes, and wearables. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering, research and development functions, and all of our products and services businesses, including, our QCT semiconductor business. For more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.

About Gizwits
Gizwits is a global leader in Internet of Things (IoT) development platforms. Launched in 2010, Gizwits offers comprehensive development tools and cloud services specifically for the creation, deployment and management of IoT devices and services. The Gizwits platform seamlessly integrates multidisciplinary technologies in embedded systems, network communications, edge computing and cloud computing into easy to use tools such as embedded libraries, mobile Software Development Kits (SDKs), and cloud Application Programing Interfaces (APIs). With over 100,000 registered IoT developers, Gizwits has enabled IoT innovation and proliferation in a wide range of Consumer IoT and Industrial IoT verticals. Gizwits IoT services are supported by data centers in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and China, and have powered over 10 million connected devices globally, making it one of the largest and most robust IoT platforms in the world. For more information, visit Gizwits website, and developer portal.

About Quectel
Quectel Wireless Solutions is the leading global supplier of GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSPA(+), LTE, LTE-A, LPWA and GNSS modules. As a professional IoT technology developer and cellular module supplier, Quectel is able to provide one-stop service for IoT cellular modules. Quectel products have been widely applied in IoT/M2M fields including smart payment, telematics and transport, smart energy, smart city, security, wireless gateway, industry, healthcare, agriculture and environment monitoring. For more information, visit Quectel's website, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Qualcomm MDM9206 is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm wireless edge services are offered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Qualcomm Contacts:
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Phone:  1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com

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Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com

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