Technology Vendors Jump on 5G Bandwagon

Many technology vendors hope to shape the next generation of cellular communications. Few people have as much riding on the outcome as Aicha Evans, who oversees Intel Corp.’s sales of wireless chips.

The Senegal-born executive, who was raised in Paris, faces the challenge of reversing years of disappointment as the Silicon Valley giant has sought to build a major business beyond chips for computers. Intel, despite years of engineering work and a $1.4 billion deal to buy the cellular business of Infineon Technologies AG in 2010, was late supplying chips for current fourth-generation networks and has seen little traction in handsets compared with incumbents such as Qualcomm Inc.

“In the cellular world, it’s been a difficult climb for us,” said Ms. Evans.

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