On the eve of the biggest mobile industry event of the year, one of the more high-profile technologies for dealing with the growing cellular capacity crunch is leaving the lab and making its way out into the real world. The technology, called Unlicensed LTE, or LTE-U, puts the latest 4G cellular technology onto Wi-Fi bands.

Because LTE-U touches both Wi-Fi and cellular networks, influential trade groups from both sides want a say in how the standard develops. They’ll resolve their issues, I’m sure. They’ll have to, because the cellular capacity shortfall is getting worse.

In the meantime, I’ve seen LTE-U in action in a highly dense environment, where the technology should shine. And it does.

Read my entire USA TODAY column HERE.

“If you don’t want it now, you’ll want it in six to nine months. It’s proliferating fast,” Feibus said, adding that Qualcomm has been aggressie in pushing 4K into lower-cost devices.

Read the entire PC World story on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon processors, which bring 4K video and fast LTE to mainstream smartphones, HERE.