Qualcom got working on 5G technology as soon as 4G was finalized. I'm not an expert but it seems that the standards are written to be very close to the technolo

Qualcom got working on 5G technology as soon as 4G was finalized. I'm not an expert but it seems that the standards are written to be very close to the technology that Qualcomm is developping in parallel, if only because they demonstrate feasibility. They have a tremendous amount of headstart and expertise, which makes it very hard for new actors to enter this market. Also the amount of overlapping patents between successive technology generations is probably a big deterrent as well.