Monday, September 16, 2019

Qualcomm Buys Remainder Of RF360 Holdings

San Diego-based Qualcomm says it has acquired the remaining interest in RF Holdings Singapore Pte., Ltd., the 5G joint venture it has with TDK Corporation. Qualcomm said that TDK Electronics' remaining interest in the joint venture had been valued at $1.15 billion in August of 2019, but that the total purchase price for the rest of RF360 Holdings will be approximately $3.1 billion. RF360 is producing RF front-end (RFFE) filters which are used as part of the electronics and semiconductors used to deliver 4G and 5G products. Qualcomm Technologies said its technology now includes power amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, antenna tuning, LNAs, switching and envelope tracking products, all of which are required to delivery 5G services.