Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a wireless communications and SoC research and development company located in San Diego, California, USA. The company produces semiconductors, software, etc. It is best known for working in 5G,^[2] 4G,^[2] CDMA2000, and WCDMA standards.

Qualcomm Incorporated

Headquarters in San Diego, California
Company type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: QCOM Nasdaq-100 component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component
Industry	Telecoms equipments Semiconductors
Founded	July 1985; 40 years ago (1985-07)
Founders	Irwin Jacobs Andrew Viterbi
Headquarters	San Diego, California , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Cristiano Amon (CEO) Mark D. McLaughlin (chairman)
Products	CDMA/WCDMA chipsets, Snapdragon, BREW, OmniTRACS, MediaFLO, QChat, mirasol displays, uiOne, Gobi, Qizx, CPU
Revenue	US$23.53 billion (2020)
Operating income	US$6.26 billion (2020)
Net income	US$5.20 billion (2020)
Total assets	US$35.59 billion (2020)
Total equity	US$6.08 billion (2020)
Number of employees	41,000 (2020)
Website	qualcomm.com
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History

The company was founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs, Franklin Antonio and four other co-founders.

In 1999, the base station production was sold to Ericsson.

In 2000, the company acquired SnapTrack, a developer of A-GPS systems for mobile phones under the gpsOne brand.

In 2000, the production of cell phones was sold to the Japanese company Kyocera. The company focused on the development and licensing of wireless technologies, as well as the production of ASICs that implement these technologies.