President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) & Global Affairs, Qualcomm
Search every verified Alexander Rogers interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Alex Rogers, President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing and Global Affairs, has spoken extensively about the role of 5G in driving digital transformation across industries, particularly in automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare. He has emphasized the importance of public-private partnerships and collaboration with policymakers to enable new 5G use cases, stating that "public-private partnerships are critical in order to enable new 5G use cases" and that "policymakers need to understand the technology." Rogers has also highlighted Qualcomm's commitment to partnering with European companies, noting that "Qualcomm is here to be a partner, enabling European companies" and that the company has "the assets — connectivity, compute, all the semiconductor assets that are necessary for success in that digital transformation." Rogers has defended Qualcomm's licensing model for standard-essential patents (SEPs), arguing that it supports a "virtuous cycle of continuing research and development." He has described challenges to SEP licensing as ongoing for over a decade, with many "essentially defeated but they continue to rise again and again." Rogers has advocated for industry-led solutions rather than regulation, stating "I don't think regulation is the answer — I think an industry solution is the proper answer." He has also warned against the "balkanization" of standards, saying that "if you have balkanized standards with different technological requirements in different markets, you're going to wind up having more complicated SKUs, interoperability testing and costs." Rogers has cited research projecting that 5G will enable $13.1 trillion in global economic impact by 2035 and create over 20 million jobs.
“So the first message is Qualcomm is here to be a partner, enabling European companies.”
“We understand the need to engage in digital transformation and be successful in the digital future.”
“Qualcomm is here with the assets — connectivity, compute, all the semiconductor assets that are necessary for success in that digital transformation.”
“It's an honor for Qualcomm to be a member; the membership is global and diverse and that's very important.”
“The organization is a very thoughtful and creative think tank that provides good analysis of the industry and helpful advice to governments, and is very much appreciated and very helpful to the industry.”
“The automobile is transforming into a computer on wheels, and there's another transformation coming that's enabled by connectivity — when you think about 5G everything is connected to everything.”
“In the future, when you have connected vehicles a car entering an intersection at high speed will understand there's another car behind a building that can't be seen on cameras or with the human eye, and the accident will be avoided because of radio communication and CV2X.”
“I think you expect the car to be producing something like eight gigabytes of data, which is about what 20 mobile phones in Western Europe produce at the moment — that's not an easy thing for us to produce at the moment.”
“5G will enable well over 200 billion in additional GDP in Europe and 20 million jobs will be created within the next five or six years, so this area should have the same level of focus as the semiconductor area.”
“We have to resist temptations to try to nationalize standards — there are countries advocating nationalized versions of cellular standards which would start to balkanize standards and make the worldwide market more difficult to participate in.”
“If you have balkanized standards with different technological requirements in different markets, you're going to wind up having more complicated SKUs, interoperability testing and costs — that will disadvantage manufacturers trying to deploy worldwide.”
“Standard essential patents have for now nearly two decades been the subject of controversy — but royalties associated with SEP licensing are in the range of less than one percent of the mobile market; SEP licensing is critical to driving ongoing innovation into automotive and every other space that will adopt 5G.”
“We appreciate working with partners like Fraunhofer, IMT and Eurocom — those research partners help obtain important intellectual property and drive it into practical uses and standards, while Qualcomm provides funding.”
“Connectivity is a major transformational element — autonomy in the future and of course electrification — but when you look at the transformation of automotive on connectivity that transformation has been underway for quite some time with the development of 5G technologies now.”
“With 5G you'll see massive throughput, massive increase in capacity, massive increase for the handling of data — cars will in the near future transmit eight gigabytes of data daily, the equivalent of roughly 20 smartphones today.”
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Over A Coffee with Alex Rogers, Executive Vice President of Qualcomm, and President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing A recent Accenture study on the impact of 5G in the European economy reports that 5G will drive up to €2.0 trillion in additional gross output (sales) growth; and it has the potential to create or transform up to 20 million jobs across all sectors of the economy – this which includes full-time, part-time and temporary jobs. The report expects 5G will add up to nearly €1.0 trillion to the European GDP, with multiplier effects felt in every industry. Speaking with EURACTIV’s Br…
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On this special episode of The Six Five - Insiders Edition, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman are joined by Qualcomm EVP and QTL President Alex Rogers to discuss Qualcomm’s recent win in the Court of Appeals, its licensing business, 5G intellectual property, and how Qualcomm helping spread the technology around the world. In our conversation, Alex, Patrick and I explored Qualcomm’s recent victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which overturned a 2019 ruling that Qualcomm had violated antitrust law. Alex explained that Qualcomm has a unique business model with technology develop…
On this special episode of The Six Five - Insiders Edition, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman are joined by Qualcomm EVP and QTL President Alex Rogers to discuss Qualcomm’s recent win in the Court of Appeals, its licensing business, 5G intellectual property, and how Qualcomm helping spread the technology around the world. In our conversation, Alex, Patrick and I explored Qualcomm’s recent victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which overturned a 2019 ruling that Qualcomm had violated antitrust law. Alex explained that Qualcomm has a unique business model with technology develop…
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