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1. Qualcomm

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2. Qualcomm, inc. är ett företag inom trådlös telekomunikation. Företagets huvudkontor ligger i San Diego, Kalifornien. Qualcomm har bland annat haft en tvist med Nokia angående patentintrång. Wikipedia
4. Aktiekurs: QCOM (NASDAQ) 72,66 US$ 0,00 (0,00 %)
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5. VD: Steven Mollenkopf
6. Huvudkontor: San Diego, CA, USA
7. Grundades: juli 1985, San Diego, Kalifornien
8. Grundare: Andrew Cohen, Harvey White, Klein Gilhousen, Adelia A Coffman, Franklin Antonio, Irwin M. Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi

   
   

   
   

   Type	Public
   Traded as	NASDAQ: QCOM S&P 500 Component
   Industry	Telecommunications equipment Semiconductors
   Founded	San Diego, California, U.S.(1985)
   Founder	Irwin Jacobs Andrew Viterbi Franklin Antonio Adelia Coffman Andrew Cohen Klein Gilhousen Harvey White
   Headquarters	San Diego, California, U.S., Coordinates: 32.8952°N 117.1957°W
   Area served	Worldwide
   Key people	Paul E. Jacobs (Executive Chairman) Steven Mollenkopf (CEO) Derek Aberle (President)
   Products	CDMA/WCDMA chipsets, Snapdragon , BREW, OmniTRACS, MediaFLO, QChat, mirasol displays, uiOne, Gobi
   Revenue	US$ 24.87 billion (2013)[1]
   Operating income	US$ 7.16 billion (2013)[1]
   Net income	US$ 6.85 billion (2013)[1]
   Total assets	US$ 45.52 billion (2013)[1]
   Total equity	US$ 36.09 billion (2013)[1]
   Number of employees	26,000 (2013)[1]
   Slogan	Enabling the Wireless Industry
   Website	https://www.qualcomm.com

   Corporate history[edit]

   Qualcomm was founded in 1985 by MIT alumnus and UC San Diego professor Irwin M. Jacobs, USC MIT alumnus Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Franklin Antonio. Jacobs and Viterbi had previously founded Linkabit. Qualcomm's first products and services included the OmniTRACS satellite locating and messaging service, used by long-haul trucking companies, developed from a product called Omninet owned by Parviz Nazarian and Neil Kadisha, and specialized integrated circuits for digital radio communications such as a Viterbi decoder.

   

   
   

   In 1990, Qualcomm began the design of the first CDMA-based cellular base station, based upon calculations derived from the CDMA-based OmniTRACS satellite system. This work began as a study contract from AirTouch which was facing a shortage of cellular capacity in Los Angeles. Two years later Qualcomm began to manufacture CDMA cell phones, base stations, and chips. The initial base stations were not reliable and the technology was licensed wholly to Nortel in return for their work in improving the base station switching. The first CDMA technology was standardized as IS-95. Qualcomm has since helped to establish the CDMA2000, WCDMA and LTE cellular standards.

   In 1991, Qualcomm acquired Eudora (email client), a PC mail client that could be used with the Omnitracs system. The acquisition also associated a widely used email client with a company that was little-known at the time, Qualcomm.

   In 1997, Qualcomm paid $18 million for the naming rights to the Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, renaming it to Qualcomm Stadium. The naming rights will belong to Qualcomm until 2017.^[2]

   In 1999, Qualcomm sold its base station business to Ericsson, and later, sold its cell phone manufacturing business to Kyocera. The company was now focused on developing and licensing wireless technologies and selling ASICs that implement them.

   In 2011, Qualcomm announced that Steve Mollenkopf has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the company, effective November 12. Promoted to CEO on December 16, 2013.^[3]

   CFO Bill Keitel retired and was replaced by Applied Materials CFO George Davis on March 11, 2013.^[4]

   Vista Equity Partners took over the Omnitracs business from Qualcomm Incorporated in November 2013.^[5]

   In October 2014, Qualcomm wrapped up a deal for chip maker CSR Plc for a fee of $2.5 billion, beating its biggest rival Microchip Technology.^[6]