Apple added Intel
as a modem supplier for some iPhones last year.
Interestingly enough, there have been a few rumblings from the rumor mill indicating that Apple may drop Qualcomm
as a modem supplier for upcoming iPhone models.
Not exact matches
Qualcomm, an early pioneer in mobile phone chips,
supplies so - called
modem chips to phone makers such
as Apple, Samsung and LG that help the phones connect to wireless data networks.
That would give it control of a big part of the
supply chain of vital phone components such
as Wi - Fi and cellular
modem chips.
There are Smartphones from such
suppliers as RIM (BlackBerry), Apple (iPhone), Nokia, HP, Palm, Samsung, Motorola and other manufacturers), regular cell phones with data and / or email access and laptops with Wi - Fi access or data access via a cell network
modem.
In same cases,
as a common example, if you replace a router
supplied to you by your ISP with a router you've furnished you'll need to trick the ISP's
modem into talking to the new router by mimicking its MAC address.