On Thursday, San Diego-based chip giant Qualcomm unveiled a new radio chip - the RF360 radio chip - which it claims will be capable of supporting all the LTE bands in the world in a single device.

According to Qualcomm, which is best known for baseband processors, the set of new RF360 radio chips will essentially help overcome the fragmentation problems which currently plague the manufacturers of 4G devices.

Revealing that the research and design of the new RF360 radio chip took shape after the company's relentless efforts for multiple years, Qualcomm said that the new set of chips will not only solve a big problem for 4G handset makers, but will also have noteworthy advantages for consumers.

The new RF360 radio chips will connect smartphones to cellular networks, handling signals in the form of analog radio frequency waves - a product classification which is sometimes called RF - which will amplify as well as condition the signals and send them to antennas for transmission.

Pointing out that Qualcomm's new RF360 radio chips will also consume less power, generate less heat and require less space on a circuit board than the currently-available chips, thus enabling thinner and sleeker device designs, Murthy Renduchintala - Executive VP at Qualcomm's chip division - said: "We are solving a pretty fundamental problem for the industry."