NTN Certification, Qualcomm-Apple Licensing and Ukraine Outages Lead Telecom Briefing
GCF and MSSA signed an agreement to push certification and interoperability for non-terrestrial network technologies, including 3GPP NTN 5G NR and direct-to-device links. Qualcomm and Apple extended their chip licensing deal, effective April 1, 2027, continuing a relationship rooted in their 2019 settlement. Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers disrupted internet and mobile service for roughly 100,000 households around Kyiv.
The GCF-MSSA memorandum aims to align certification and interoperability for non-terrestrial networks, spanning 3GPP NTN 5G NR, direct-to-device links and NTN NB-IoT. Work includes certification criteria, test structures and scalable models, with MSSA members supplying live networks for validation. GCF has certified NTN NB-IoT for GEO systems and is extending efforts to LEO and 5G NR.
Qualcomm and Apple renewed their chip licensing deal from April 1, 2027, continuing terms rooted in their 2019 settlement. That earlier accord ended global litigation over patent royalties and modem supply, included an undisclosed Apple payment and a six-year license starting April 1, 2019, plus a two-year extension option. Financial terms of the renewal were not released.
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[paragraph] Need maybe include Ukraine in expanded? The prompt says additional factual detail and background drawn ONLY from material above. We can include all three? Under 120 total. Let's try to include Ukraine too. Maybe: GCF and MSSA agreed to advance NTN certification and interoperability, covering 3GPP NTN 5G NR, direct-to-device and NTN NB-IoT. Their work includes requirements, testing frameworks and scalable models; MSSA operators will provide live networks for validation. GCF has certified NTN NB-IoT for GEO and is expanding to LEO and 5G NR. Qualcomm and Apple extended their chip licensing deal from April 1, 2027, building on a 2019 settlement that ended a two-year dispute over patent royalties and modem supply. It included an undisclosed Apple payment, dropped litigation and a six-year license from April 1, 2019, with a two-year extension option. Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers on September 23 degraded internet and mobile service for about 100,000 households arou