We ask a lot of our phones today — video streaming, video calling, virtual reality — and we expect the network to keep up. The problem: There’s only so much spectrum in the airwaves for data.

That’s why the companies who make mobile modems are casting their eyes on the unlicensed spectrum that’s typically reserved for Wi-Fi. Qualcomm just announced its X16 modem, which taps into that spectrum to achieve the ludicrously fast speed of 1Gbps, or gigabits per second.

That’s the theoretical best-case-scenario spec, but it’s impressive nonetheless. However, Qualcomm’s wireless tech needs to coexist peacefully with Wi-Fi to go that fast.

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