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Qualcomm Inc.

(QCOM) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$75.1B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.1B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Qualcomm leads the information revolution. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, CA, Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services. The company builds on its CDMA platform, with circuits, software, multimedia, GPS, and other technology. It provides two-way data messaging and position reporting services for transportation companies, private fleets, construction equipment fleets, and other enterprise companies. It markets in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The company has 2005 revenue of about $5.7 billion and employs about 9,300 people. In JAnuary 2006,the company was named one of FORTUNE magazine's '100 Best Companies to Work for in America,' for the eighth consecutive year.

Number of Employees 15,400

Contact Information

5775 Morehouse Dr

San Diego, California 92121-1714

www.qualcomm.co...

(858) 587-1121

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220

Company News

Recent Events

EU Drops Antitrust Case Against Qualcomm

11/25/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
Qualcomm's New Gobi2000 Technology to Deliver 3G Connectivity in Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops

11/23/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Qualcomm's New Gobi2000 Technology to Deliver 3G Connectivity in Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops

11/20/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
UPDATE: MediaTek, Qualcomm Reach Agreement On Chip Patents

11/20/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Apple uses Infineon 3G chips to dodge Qualcomm royalties

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
FLO TV Reviewed

11/19/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic Introduces Incentive Programs for Its Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant

11/20/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
UPDATE: Qualcomm To Launch TD-SCDMA Wireless Chip Next Year

11/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Cell-laptop hybrid looks good for Lenovo [The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.]

11/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qualcomm Releases Mobile Internet TV Device.

11/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qualcomm introduces MSM7x30 chip family built for multimedia, graphics, and web

11/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Short Stocks: Bets build against Sprint, Saks

11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Dow Gains 2.5% for Week; Disney Jumps

11/13/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Qualcomm Unveils Lenovo Smartbook

11/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
3 Qualcomm Unveils Multi-Mode Wireless Chips

11/16/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qualcomm Now Sampling Industry's First Dual-carrier HSPA+ and Multi-Mode 3G/LTE Chipsets for Global Markets

11/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qualcomm Samples Dual-carrier HSPA+ and Multi-Mode 3G/LTE Chips

11/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Report: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010

11/11/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qualcomm, Audiovox ready to roll with FLO TV

11/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Industry slowly embracing new media

11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

bell mobility and qualcomm inc. - All News and Analysis

Major players join venture fund trend.

- 2001-02-26

If many start-ups and even heavyweights have been laying eggs since a tremor started nudging the economy, some vendors and operators have set out to hatch them into glory. With their venture arms, these companies, including Motorola Inc., Nok ...

Tags: Bell Mobility, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., venture-capital fund, wireless
Bell Mobility selects QUALCOMM's QEDesign network planning software for its PCS network

- 1996-09-20

SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 20, 1996--QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) has signed a contract with Bell Mobility (BCE Mobile -- NYSE/TSE/MSE:BCX) of Montreal to provide its QEDesign CDMA Code Division Multiple Access network planning software.

Tags: Bell Mobility, network, PCS, Qualcomm Inc., software
QUALCOMM to participate with Bell Mobility in concurrent trials of CDMA and GSM technologies for PCS in Canada

- 1994-12-22

SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 22, 1994--QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) Thursday announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with Bell Mobility, on behalf of its Mobility Canada network partners, to participate in concurrent Personal Communications Services PCS trials of Code Division Multiple Access CDMA and Global System for Mobile Communications...

Tags: Bell Mobility, CDMA, GSM, PCS, Qualcomm Inc.