BNET Industries
Market Cap:$75.2B
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
(858) 587-1121
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220
Recent Events
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Upgrades & Downgrades: Airlines Take Flight
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Investigation into Qualcomm Ceases
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Qualcomm's New Gobi2000 Technology to Deliver 3G Connectivity in Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops
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Qualcomm's New Gobi2000 Technology to Deliver 3G Connectivity in Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops
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UPDATE: MediaTek, Qualcomm Reach Agreement On Chip Patents
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Apple uses Infineon 3G chips to dodge Qualcomm royalties
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FLO TV Reviewed
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Panasonic Introduces Incentive Programs for Its Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant
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UPDATE: Qualcomm To Launch TD-SCDMA Wireless Chip Next Year
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Cell-laptop hybrid looks good for Lenovo [The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.]
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Qualcomm Releases Mobile Internet TV Device.
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Qualcomm introduces MSM7x30 chip family built for multimedia, graphics, and web
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Short Stocks: Bets build against Sprint, Saks
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Dow Gains 2.5% for Week; Disney Jumps
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Qualcomm Unveils Lenovo Smartbook
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3 Qualcomm Unveils Multi-Mode Wireless Chips
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Qualcomm Now Sampling Industry's First Dual-carrier HSPA+ and Multi-Mode 3G/LTE Chipsets for Global Markets
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Qualcomm Samples Dual-carrier HSPA+ and Multi-Mode 3G/LTE Chips
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Report: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010
News & Analysis
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How Qualcomm Can Change The Smartphone Market
BNET
- 2009-10-26
Qualcomm could end up federating the currently fragmented open source mobile app space and giving Apple a real run for its money. by Michael Hickins
Qualcomm Busting Mobile Apps Free
BNET
- 2009-05-19
Qualcomm's new Plaza Retail, a supermarket for mobile applications, gets the handset technology vendor into the mobile application space, and is potentially a boon for consumers and the application developers themselves. Currently, mobile applications have to be tailored for each individual app store, which means an app...
Streamezzo raises USD5.4m for mobile apps
Strategy Eye
- 2009-05-14
Paris-based Streamezzo has raised EUR4m (USD5.4m) in a funding round led by Innovacom. Existing investors Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Qualcomm, NTEC and GET Valorisation also participated. The firm provides an open development platform for applications running on mobile operating systems including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian and Linux. Streamezzo will...
Qualcomm acquires mobile video firm Digital Fountain
Strategy Eye
- 2009-03-02
Wireless technology licenser Qualcomm has bought California-based mobile video technology provider Digital Fountain for an undisclosed sum. Digital Fountain began by providing defence technology for the US government. It currently focuses on mobile video and IPTV solutions. by Thomas Warren
MySpace, bank of America and others get behind Symbian
Strategy Eye
- 2009-02-13
Another 14 companies, including Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard, MySpace and Qualcomm, have lent their support to plans to turn Symbian into an open-source, mobile operating system. The system now has more support than Google’s mobile software competitor Android. The Symbian...
Mobile developer Modu raises USD7m
Strategy Eye
- 2009-01-27
Israeli startup Modu has raised USD7m in funding from Qualcomm to fund development of a small mobile phone which can be inserted into a number of different electronic device including MP3 players and digital cameras. In March, Modu raised USD100m...
Roundbox Adds Mobile Executive Jeffrey Belk to Advisory Board
- 2008-03-24
Roundbox, Inc., the leader in mobile broadcast software, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Belk to the Roundbox Advisory Board. Belk's career has spanned more than 24 years in the wireless and personal computer industries. In his almost 14 years at industry leader Qualcomm Incorporated, Belk led marketing execution...
Kineto Adds Qualcomm 3G Mobile Platform to UMA Portfolio
- 2008-02-12
Kineto's Industry Leading UMA Client to be Available for 3G Phones Built with Qualcomm Chipsets
Qualcomm Launches New Family of Chips for Mobile Consumer Devices with Wireless Connectivity, GPS, Rich Multimedia and Broadcast TV.
- 2008-02-11
BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ -- BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --
Qualcomm Showcases International Mobile Broadcast Platform at Mobile World Congress 2008.
- 2008-02-11
BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ -- BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --
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