Chip-makers embark on pre-MWC 5G virtue-signalling frenzy

Intel, Qualcomm and Samsung have issued a flood of announcements all apparently designed to show how incredibly 5G-ready they are.
Having regularly dropped the ball on mobile over the past decade Intel is especially desperate to be seen as a viable 5G player and is bombarding tech hacks with relatively open messaging intended to convince us of just that.
“Intel is accelerating the 5G future,” wrote Aicha Evans, GM of the Communication and Devices Group at Intel. The lady doth protest