5G connectivity will reach laptops from Intel and we will see the first models on the market from 2019

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We have been talking for some time about the first computers to hit the market with Windows 10 and ARM processors. Equipment of the Always Connected type (Always Connected) that thanks to the use of a 4G modem will make us always hooked to the network A vein that has already been glimpsed by telephony."

But the first models have not yet arrived (remember, the Asus NovaGo and the HP Envy X2) when talk of computers with support for 5G connectivity is already beginning.A piece of news that comes from Intel, a rival manufacturer of Qualcomm (yes, the protagonist of computers with ARM) that announces that in 2019 we will see the first laptops with support for 5G connectivity.

More speed of network access

A fact that will be possible on the one hand thanks to the use of the new XMM 8000 series processors that will come in the new equipment . State-of-the-art laptops that will have the support of the traditional partners of the American company. We are talking about companies like Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft.

We will have the advance at the next Mobile World Congress, since the Barcelona fair will be the showcase to show a convertible that will sport a 5G modem. In this way and thanks to the inclusion of 5G, a greater volume and better management of data traffic is allowedAnother thing is the 5G coverage that exists in the market.

The first devices to reach the market will have to wait until 2019, the date on which the arrival of the first XMM processors is expected 8060. It is the first commercial 5G modem capable of offering multi-mode support for the 5G network, as well as various legacy 2G, 3G (including CDMA) and 4G modes. Expected to ship to major vendors in mid-2019.

The new devices that arrive then will come equipped with this option, another possibility for a new SIM or iSIM card to enter our lives(eSIM on mobile phones).

The iSIM, or integrated SIM, is a card that is included inside the processor so that a dedicated chip is not required , something that is necessary for network identification.It is an ARM development that will make the equipment that integrates it, especially the IoT type, gain in interior space.

It also remains to be seen if the use of 5G on the laptop will have to be associated with an iSIM card (eSIM on mobile phones ) forcibly. It can, and we already saw it yesterday, that the operators launch offers and promotions with rates focused on their use in portable equipment, being able to even find permanences or deferred payments as we now find in the _smartphones_ market.

Source | Intel In Xataka Windows | New telephone operators add to the interest aroused by computers with Windows 10 and ARM heart