https://wccftech.com/intel-exists-5g-smartphone-modem-business/

Only hours had passed after Apple and Qualcomm agreed to drop all litigation, that Intel came up with an abrupt announcement stating that it is exiting the 5G smartphone modem business. The chip manufacturer’s announcement stated that it will instead focus on other areas, such as 5G network infrastructure. This does come as a major surprise, as the company had already announced its XMM 8160 5G modem that it will provide to partners in 2020.

One of those partners would have been Apple for its 2020 iPhone series, but only if things had progressed smoothly enough. Unfortunately, with the business relationship of Qualcomm and Apple expected to be back on the table again, Intel would have thought long and hard about this decision and made the appropriate move.