Qualcomm

Also known as QCOM (NASDAQ), Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm, Inc., QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA), QUALity COMMunications

Qualcomm Incorporated () is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, and incorporated in Delaware. It creates semiconductors, software and services related to wireless technology. It owns patents critical to the 5G, 4G, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA mobile communications standards.

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Qualcomm is an American technology company based in San Diego that designs and makes the semiconductors and software that power wireless communications in phones and other devices. The company is particularly important because it owns key patents for mobile technologies like 4G and 5G, giving it significant influence over how modern wireless networks operate worldwide.

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Key facts

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Company.image_caption: Headquarters in San Diego, California
Company.type: Public
Company.location_city: San Diego, California
Company.location_country: U.S.
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.products: CDMA/WCDMA chipsets, Snapdragon, Dragonwing, BREW, OmniTRACS, MediaFLO, QChat, mirasol displays, uiOne, Gobi, Qizx, CPU
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Company

QCOM

Industry: Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment
Exchange: Nasdaq
State of incorporation: DE
Entity type: operating
Fiscal year end: Sep 27
Jurisdiction: US-DE
Headquarters: San Diego, US

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Company, Funder
Founded: 1985
Location: San Diego, United States
Status: Active

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GRID grid.430388.4 · ISNI 0000 0001 0568 0656

Official website

Qualcomm: Intelligent Computing Everywhere

Learn how Qualcomm transforms industries with leading edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing and unrivaled connectivity.

qualcomm.com →

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Wikidata facts

Employees: 45000
Revenue: 44284000000
Official website: qualcomm.com
Image: Qualcomm headquarters.jpg

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MAC Address Block Large ID: 649C81
Commons category: Qualcomm
inception: 1985-07-00
social media followers: 83200
total assets: 41240000000
total equity: 9950000000
net profit: 5541000000
described at URL: www.cnbc.com/quotes/QCOM
operating income: 12355000000
short name: QCOM (NASDAQ)
market capitalization: 188930000000
official jobs URL: careers.qualcomm.com/careers

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28 sections

Contents

History
Early history
1990–2015
2015–2024: NXP, Broadcom and Nuvia
2025–present: Further acquisitions
Wireless CDMA
2G
Early history
Holy wars of wireless
International
Manufacturing
3G
4G
5G
Software and other technology
Early software
Other technology
Developments since 2016
Patents and patent disputes
Broadcom
Nokia and Project Stockholm
Recent disputes
Apple
Federal Trade Commission
Operations and market-share
See also
References
External links

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