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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 Incorporated is an active operating company based in San Diego, United States. Established in 1985, the organization is incorporated in Delaware and classified under the Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment industry. It operates as a funder and company, with its legal status listed as active. The firm is listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Financial records indicate a total revenue of 44,284,000,000 and a market capitalization of 188,930,000,000. The company employs 45,000 people and reports total assets of 41,240,000,000. Its operating income stands at 15,860,000,000, while total equity is recorded at 9,950,000,000. Net profit figures vary across reports, including 9,043,000,000, 3,160,000,000, 1,592,000,000, and 3,247,000,000.

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Headquarters in San Diego, California
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San Diego, California
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Worldwide
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CDMA/WCDMA chipsets, Snapdragon, Dragonwing, BREW, OmniTRACS, MediaFLO, QChat, mirasol displays, uiOne, Gobi, Qizx, CPU
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via Wikipedia infobox

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

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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Encyclopedic overview

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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