BNET Industries
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
(858) 587-1121
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220
Recent Events
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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
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Qualcomm, Audiovox ready to roll with FLO TV
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Largest employers: ranked by total number of local employees as of Jan. 1, 2007
- 2007-12-31
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QUALCOMM Congratulates National Capitol Region on Public Safety Wireless Network
- 2007-03-05
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Reliance to focus on GSM next year; concerns over Qualcomm's policies
- 2006-10-01
Reliance Comm expects GSM technology to get less expensive in the future as compared to CDMA technology. The company said that the 300 million cellular subscribers would enjoy GSM technology with cheaper handsets and equipment. The company's shift to GSM Reliance Comm expects GSM technology to get less expensive in...
Newport Media gets royalty-free agreement to build MediaFlo chips.(News)
- 2006-09-18
Qualcomm Inc. announced that chipmaker Newport Media Inc. signed a royalty-free agreement to design, manufacture and market Qualcomm's MediaFlo multicast mobile TV technology. The move is somewhat surprising since Qualcomm has a history of co Qualcomm Inc. announced...
Intel sells XScale, shifting communications agenda
- 2006-08-01
As expected, Intel has sold its communications and applications processor unit, which includes the XScale cellphone chip architecture. The buyer is Marvell, which will pay $600m plus the assumption of various liabilities. The sale will leave Intel entirely focused on its Wi-Fi and WiMAX products for wireless revenue, and for...
All eyes on India; Country front line in ongoing GSM-CDMA technology battle.
- 2006-07-24
Byline: JONI MORSE Amid speculation that some CDMA operators are turning to GSM technology, GSM proponents have stepped up lobbying efforts to tout the technology's global success. Meanwhile, CDMA backers say the moves have little to do with ...
Qualcomm Licenses Dilithium Networks' AnswerFast Plus Technology.
- 2006-03-31
PETALUMA, Calif., Mar 31, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Dilithium Networks, the leading supplier of 3G multimedia solutions, announced today that Qualcomm has licensed Dilithium's AnswerFastTM Plus technology. AnswerFastTM Plus technology redu PETALUMA, Calif., Mar 31, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Dilithium Networks, the leading...
Qualcomm's TD-SCDMA patent claims bear more weight as China moves closer to deployments.(News)
- 2006-03-13
Byline: JONI MORSE Now that the Chinese government has sanctioned its homegrown TD-SCDMA technology as the preferred third-generation technology of the land, and with precious 3G licenses about to be granted to Chinese operators, Qualcomm Inc Byline: JONI...
Qualcomm hedges its bets: a new technology acquisition may protect tomorrow's revenue stream.(PROFILE)
- 2005-12-01
Qualcomm was built on the basis of a wireless communications technology known as CDMA code division multiple access. Today CDMA (see "Riding the Big Wireless Wave," July 1, 2003, page 54) plays a strong--although not dominant--role in advanced wireless communications. Qualcomm...
Changing the game: how Qualcomm and Flarion could trump mobile WiMAX
- 2005-11-01
Qualcomm's purchase of Flarion is expected to give wireless broadband some healthy competition. However, with Qualcomm now owning key mobile OFDM patents and setting its sights on Intel, the big worry for some is how much power Qualcomm will have over development of OFDM-based technologies--including WiMAX The race for...
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