Qualcomm SVP: Qualcomm's Mobile Expertise Gives It An Edge In IoT

Qualcomm has long been a leader in the mobile industry – and the company now is making a big bet to extend that focus to IoT, said Qualcomm Senior Vice President of Product Management Raj Talluri.

"[IoT is] creating a lot of new opportunities, and our goal is to help our partners and our customers to get these products out really fast," said Talluri during a presentation to members of the media at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month in Las Vegas.

Talluri said Qualcomm is ramping up its efforts around IoT – and already, the company has shipped more than one billion IoT objects powered by its trademark Snapdragon chips.

As part of this push, the San Diego, Calif.-based company at CES revealed its Network IoT Connectivity platform, which aims to overcome the lack of connectivity protocol standards that IoT products face by offerings software frameworks to link Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other connectivity options.

Talluri stressed that mobile technology "will drive IoT," making Qualcomm's mobile-based processors ideal for the billions of low-power connected devices that will shape the Internet of Things market – particularly security.

"We've been doing hardware based security for over 20 years, and there's a lot of concern about customers with devices as they get connected about security," he said. "We are now bringing to IoT the security aspects that were built in in mobile, that's what makes mobile technology optimal for IoT."