Summary Corporate Overview British English

Corporate Overview
Where ideas connect, there’s Qualcomm.

Qualcomm’s technology connects you wherever you are in the
world. We manufacture wireless chipsets, license technology and provide
communication services around the world. In a global economy,
we are the link to markets and opportunity.
We help to bring minds and ideas together.

Imagine the world, organised around you.
Innovative wireless technologies provide the ultimate in
personalisation, putting you in control of what you want,
where you want it.
At Qualcomm, we accelerate mobility.

For 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of wireless communications, connecting
people more closely to information, entertainment and each other. Today, Qualcomm technologies are powering
the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making wireless devices and services
more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere.
Our innovation
As the line between consumer electronics, computers It all starts with our commitment to research and
and mobile communication devices disappears, our development, which enables us to build a complete
business model is redefining the way people incorporate technology roadmap for innovation. Then our open
wireless devices and services into everyday life. licensing gives all companies—big or small—an equal
opportunity to shape the future of wireless.
Our business model

Our licensing programme is the engine that drives the entire industry forward. We invest, innovate, and inspire
growth for our partners—then start all over again. And whilst our heritage makes us the world leader in next-
generation mobile technologies, it’s our people who set us apart. Innovation is more than what we do—it’s
who we are.
TIVE SOLUTI ENUE

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WIRELESS SUBSCRIBERS
ECOSYSTEM
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680+
commercial 3G operators
worldwide rely on
technology developed
by Qualcomm, and that
number continues to grow. Since 1985, we have invested more than
$16.1 billion* in R&D.
Our business model has proved Qualcomm first commercialised the

to be so successful that today CDMA wireless airlink CDMA2000/EV-DO 139 worldwide locations.
we have licensed when Hutchison Telecom (Hong Kong)
launched their cdmaOne network in 1995.
more than 190
Today, there are more than
companies around the
world to manufacture wireless 1.15 billion 3G CDMA
products. subscribers worldwide.
Our partners Our future

In an increasingly open mobile world, we are Looking ahead, we see an era of total connectivity.
developing new capabilities with our partners to give High-speed wireless networks will connect everything
people a uniquely personal mobile experience. Our in your life—not just your phone and your laptop, but
partnerships accelerate growth for everyone—from your car, your video camera and many items
operators and device manufacturers to Internet throughout your home. Machine-to-machine
companies, e-tailers, and mobile content providers. communication will enable a smarter world.
Our best-in-class chipsets power handsets, At Qualcomm, we think of it as the Internet of

smartbooks, e-books and beyond, whilst our Everything. Your mobile devices will act as your sixth
engineering support services deliver total, integrated sense, suggesting activities and content based on
solutions. We enable opportunities across the entire your preferences, schedule and location. Each wireless
wireless value chain, by making devices faster and discovery will be personal to you.
content richer and customer relationships stronger.
And we believe that’s only the beginning. In a
Today, innovation continues to drive our partnerships. connected world, we can take on our most
For many operators, that means growing a thriving fundamental problems—to save energy, use water
data business whilst taking customers seamlessly from wisely and deliver healthcare more efficiently. And we
2G to 3G wireless technology today—and on to 4G in see Qualcomm’s innovations embedded in the
the years to come. As a forward-thinking company, we technology, every step of the way.
are always looking ahead—not just to the next quarter,
but far down the line.
As of January 2010
*cumulative expenditures to date since 1985, as of January 2011
“People interact with each other in a different way
because of the technologies that we have created.”
Dr Paul E Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer
Key honours:
FORTUNE: World’s Most Admired Companies – Since 2002
Financial Times: Most Valuable Global 500 Companies – Since 2000
Forbes: The Global 2000 – Since 2003
Institutional Investor: Most Shareholder Friendly Companies – Since 2004
FORTUNE: 100 Best Companies To Work For – Since 1999 (Ranked 33rd in 2011)
www.qualcomm.com
Qualcomm Incorporated is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services
based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Qualcomm serves the global wireless industry with breakthrough technologies
that enable the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making next-generation wireless devices and
services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere. Qualcomm is included in the S&P 100 Index, the S&P 500
Index and is a 2009 FORTUNE 500® company.

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Corporate Overview

Where ideas connect, there’s Qualcomm.

We help to bring minds and ideas together.

At Qualcomm, we accelerate mobility.

Our business model

TIVE SOLUTI ENUE

Our business model has proved Qualcomm first commercialised the

Our partners Our future

Our best-in-class chipsets power handsets, At Qualcomm, we think of it as the Internet of

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