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Apple strikes 'multibillion-dollar' deal with Broadcom for 5G parts
Apple has made a deal with Broadcom to build 5G components in the US.


Apple expands US investment with new multibillion-dollar Broadcom deal for 5G tech
Apple has announced a major new partnership with Broadcom, one of its long-time supplier partners. This new partnership, which Apple...

To be clear, it looks like this involves things like FBARs, which are specialized components used for creating signals at a given frequency. Broadcom was bought a few years back by Avago, which makes those things (I was briefly and humorously involved in a case involving someone who stole an Avago fbar design, and helped prove it).
I don;t think Broadcom has anything to do with the baseband chip itself.