Apple has spent years and a billion dollars building its own radio chips to escape its suppliers. A new deal running to 2031 quietly admits that the escape is still half a decade off. Broadcom will keep supplying Apple's custom radio, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips through 2031, per Reuters and an SEC filing. Read against Apple's own C1, C1X and coming C2 modems, the length of that deal is the story: a full switch to Apple-made cellular chips looks unlikely before the end of the decade.

July 6 : Broadcom said on Monday it has agreed to expand its partnership with Apple through 2031 to develop and supply a range of custom chips, sending the shares of the chipmaker…

Broadcom has been a supplying key components to Apple for a very long time, including custom radio frequency chips used in iPhones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity chips and…