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Market Cap:$74.9B
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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Insider Pushes Ma Bell Beyond Phones
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Re: FLO TV expansion starting in big markets, expanding outward
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Reclaim Your File Cabinets With Document Management
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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.]
News & Analysis
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IP services firm Arteris raises USD9.7m
Strategy Eye
- 2009-12-06
Arteris has raised USD9.7m from investors Qualcomm, ARM, Synopsys, DoCoMo Capital, Crescendo Ventures, TVM Capital and Ventech. The company says it will use the new capital in part to drive sales on a global scale. Arteris manufactures tools and provides IP services that enable chip design, focusing on network-on-chip...
EU ends four-year probe into Qualcomm
BNET
- 2009-11-24
Europe's top competition regulator has ended a four-year inquiry into patent royalty rates charged by Qualcomm after the remaining companies that had brought a complaint against the US mobile chipmaker withdrew. European Commission officials said yesterday that they had "committed time and resources to the investigation in order to assess...
EU regulators close Qualcomm antitrust probe
BNET
- 2009-11-24
Regulators from the European Union shut down a four-year antitrust probe into Qualcomm's WCDMA licensing practices. The regulators at the European Commission, the EU's regulatory arm, said the companies that had lodged complaints against Qualcomm for charging excessive royalties on patents had withdrawn their complaints. In closing...
EU regulators close the case on a 4 year old investigation of Qualcomm
BNET
- 2009-11-24
Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) is trying hard, really hard, to rid themselves of the reputation they have as a patent whore. When they reached an agreement with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) at the start of this year, and then patched things up with Samsung earlier this month to the tune of $1.3...
Will the 'smartbook' be a better Netbook?
BNET
- 2009-11-22
The "smartbook" aspires to put the smartphone into the laptop. Will it be able to elevate an Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid-like experience to a larger device, or is it just more marketing mumbo-jumbo?Two companies are hoping that the smartbook will turn out to be more than just another quickly-forgotten...
Qualcomm ships FLO TV Personal TV
BNET
- 2009-11-13
Qualcomm Announces Smartphone Chipsets, Snapdragon Smartbook
BNET
- 2009-11-13
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs gives investors a sneak peak at the Snapdragon-powered smartbook, a cross between a smartphone and a netbook. Jacobs said the device would debut at the 2010 Computer Electronics Show CES in January. Wireless technology company Qualcomm announced it is sampling a smartphone chipset family, the MSM7x30,...
Qualcomm, Partners Testing HSPA+ and 3G/LTE Chips
BNET
- 2009-11-12
Qualcomm announced that customers including LG, Nokia Siemens, Huawei and Sierra Wireless are testing its new chipsets. Expected to be in devices next year, they support dual-carrier HSPA+ and LTE, which interest T-Mobile and Verizon, respectively.Qualcomm is now providing customers with trial versions of its newly developed multi-mode, high-speed wireless...
Qualcomm: $1.3 billion Samsung licensing deal unrelated to fair trade violations
BNET
- 2009-11-09
By Tim Conneally , Betanews South Korean consumer electronics giant and number two mobile phone seller worldwide, Samsung has re-negotiated its cross-licensing agreements with Qualcomm to the tune of $1.3 billion plus continuing royalties. Though most of the terms and conditions of the...
Qualcomm Reports Mixed Results in Fourth Quarter
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-05
Zacks.com submits: Qualcomm Inc. QCOM reported mixed financial results for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. Quarterly revenue of $2.69 billion was down 19% year-over-year and was down 2% sequentially. This was primarily due to lower sales of the company’s wireless chipsets and other related technologies. Fourth quarter...
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