Week of June 10–15, 2024Telecom Intelligence: Week of June 10, 2024
Apple finally showed its AI hand: Apple Intelligence, a system-wide layer across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with ChatGPT integrated into Siri and a hard hardware floor — most of it requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer. In one keynote, Apple turned AI from a feature race into an upgrade-cycle engine aimed at hundreds of millions of aging handsets. Elon Musk responded by threatening to ban Apple devices from his companies, and Broadcom — the quiet giant whose silicon sits inside iPhones and data centers alike — beat earnings, announced a 10-for-1 split, and rode AI networking revenue to record levels.