Qualcomm CEO says he's expecting Apple to make its own iPhone modems from 2024

Apple is moving to in-house 5G modem chips for its 2024 iPhones, arsenic acold arsenic the main enforcement of Qualcomm — which presently produces them for the tech elephantine — is aware.

"We're making nary plans for 2024, my readying presumption is we're not providing [Apple] a modem successful '24, but it's their determination to make," Cristiano Amon told CNBC astatine the Mobile World Congress successful Barcelona.

Apple's astir caller iPhone 14 models usage Qualcomm modems, but the institution has been looking to spell solo successful the wireless connectivity marketplace for immoderate years.

It bought Intel's modem business successful 2019 and determination had been speculation it would statesman utilizing in-house parts this year.

Amon said Qualcomm had told investors backmost successful 2021 that it did not expect to supply modems for the iPhone successful 2023, but Apple past decided to proceed for different year.

Qualcomm has been diversifying its business into automotive semiconductors and low-power applications.