Company Profile
QUALCOMM
Company Overview
QUALCOMM
QUALCOMM Incorporated is the world’s leading developer of third-generation (3G) CDMA wireless solutions and services. We enable the key participants of the wireless value chain – the wireless network operators, device manufacturers, application and content developers, businesses and consumers – with solutions that allow them to leverage the vast capabilities and benefits of 3G wireless technologies and communications
Today, QUALCOMM's patent portfolio includes approximately 5,100 United States patents and patent applications for CDMA and related technologies. More than 130 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide have licensed QUALCOMM's essential CDMA patents. For more than 20 years, QUALCOMM's visionary technology leadership has improved the way people communicate, work and live, one idea at a time.
QUALCOMM has earned a distinguished reputation that goes beyond CDMA. QUALCOMM is among the members of the S&P 500 Index, FORTUNE 500®, and a winner of the U.S. Department of Labor's "Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award." Its unique work environment, dedicated workforce and expertise has also earned QUALCOMM a place among FORTUNE's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" for eight years in a row and FORTUNE's list of "Most Admired Companies." CIO magazine named QUALCOMM to its top 100 list for exemplifying the highest level of operational and strategic excellence
QUALCOMM is an equal opportunity employer. Our value of global inclusion is reflected in our employees, corporate culture, programs, and activities
Company History
In July 1985, seven industry veterans came together in the den of Dr. Irwin Jacobs' San Diego home to discuss an idea. Those visionaries - Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Harvey White - knew they wanted to build "QUALity COMMunications" and outlined a plan that, 20 years later, has evolved into one of the telecommunications industry's greatest start-up success stories: QUALCOMM Incorporated.
QUALCOMM started out providing contract research and development services, with limited product manufacturing, for the wireless telecommunications market. One of the team's first goals was to develop a commercial product. This effort resulted in OmniTRACS®. Introduced in 1988, OmniTRACS is today the largest satellite-based commercial mobile system for the transportation industry.
That early success led the innovative company to take a daring departure from conventional wireless wisdom. In 1989, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) endorsed a digital technology called Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). Just three months later, as the industry looked on in disbelief, QUALCOMM introduced Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology for wireless and data products - changing the global face of wireless communications forever.
Today, QUALCOMM's patent portfolio includes approximately 5,100 United States patents and patent applications for CDMA and related technologies. More than 130 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide have licensed QUALCOMM's essential CDMA patents. For more than 20 years, QUALCOMM's visionary technology leadership has improved the way people communicate, work and live, one idea at a time.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Approximately 5,700 U.S. patents and patent applications of CDMA and related technologies including WCDMA
FORTUNE 500® Company