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Market Cap:$74.6B
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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Sulpizio Named Qualcomm Unit President
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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
News & Analysis
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Network vendors tout size, solutions.(CTIA Wireless 2007)
- 2007-03-28
Byline: Mike Dano, Tracy Ford A quick evaluation of the comments and announcements streaming from the world's largest infrastructure providers offers evidence that the market is getting wider and more complicated-and that the field may belong to only the largest contenders. ...
New IPR and patent analysis on WiMAX/LTE 4G indicates more acquisitions for larger players, such as Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Motorola.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
- 2007-02-01
Maravedis Inc. launched the first and only available report on WiMAX/LTE 4G Intellectual Property Rights, an exhaustive analysis of real-world IPR and patent data complemented by a comprehensive worldwide patent database. "We can't underestimate the impact of IPR. By the end of ...
Qualcomm's Jacobs on stereotypes, becoming a law firm and WiMAX.(News)
- 2006-11-20
Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Qualcomm Inc. Chairman Irwin Jacobs said he believes the San Diego-based CDMA technology firm is entering a new phase of heightened regulatory and antitrust scrutiny around the world. Jacobs, speaking at a conferenc...
.20 working group officers dismissed after in-fighting about standard.(News)
- 2006-09-25
Byline: KELLY HILL, JONI MORSE The IEEE standards association announced a leadership shake-up in its troubled 802.20 working group, which is supposed to get the work on a mobile wireless broadband access standard back on track. All of...
WiMAX pick nets losers, winners and hopefuls.
- 2006-08-14
Byline: JONI MORSE While the long-term vendor ramifications of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s plan to deploy a WiMAX network remain uncertain, it's clear that the early winners are Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-while the biggest losers are Qualcomm Inc....
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...
Motorola and Intel buy WiMAX a US network, with $900m to Clearwire
- 2006-08-01
Broadband wireless operator Clearwire has received $900m in financing from the two companies that have staked the most on WiMAX, Intel and Motorola, ensuring that the US will gain a national 802.16 network, and putting pressure on both Qualcomm and Samsung in the mobile broadband race. Intel Capital has...
Qualcomm considers radical action as pressure mounts on all sides
- 2006-07-01
Pressure is mounting on Qualcomm on all fronts, with CEO Paul Jacobs hinting for the first time that he might consider breaking up the company. Although he made it clear this would be a last resort, the usually sanguine chipmaker is clearly feeling the heat of intensified calls for probes...
WiMax OEMs Must Factor In Qualcomm Royalties (Electronic News)
- 2006-05-22
WiMax equipment vendors should be factoring royalties into their business planning and pricing, according to a new report from ABI Research. WiMax equipment vendors should be factoring royalties into their business planning and pricing, according to a new report from ABI Research.
WiMAX Vendors Must Think About Qualcomm Royalties, says ABI Research
- 2006-05-18
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- WiMAX equipment vendors should begin now to factor royalties into their planning and pricing activities, according to ABI Research. The firm's newly-launched "Mobile Broadband Research Service" pinpoints a potential ongoing cost that is being widely ignored by the WiMAX industry, with one notable exception.
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