Qualcomm

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
Founders	Irwin Jacobs; Andrew Viterbi; Franklin Antonio;
Headquarters	San Diego, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Cristiano Amon (CEO); Mark D. McLaughlin (chairman);
Products	CDMA/WCDMA chipsets, Snapdragon, Dragonwing, BREW, OmniTRACS, MediaFLO, QChat, mirasol displays, uiOne, Gobi, Qizx, CPU
Revenue	US$38.96 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$10.07 billion (2024)
Net income	US$10.14 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$55.15 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$26.27 billion (2024)
Number of employees	c. 49,000 (2024)
Subsidiaries	Airgo Networks; CSR plc; Ikanos Communications; Nuvia; Qualcomm Atheros; SiRF;
Website	qualcomm.com
	Footnotes / references; Financials as of September 29, 2024.

Qualcomm Incorporated (/ˈkwɒlkɒm/) 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.

Qualcomm was established in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs and six other co-founders. Its early research into CDMA wireless cell phone technology was funded by selling a two-way mobile digital satellite communications system known as Omnitracs. After a heated debate in the wireless industry, CDMA was adopted as a 2G standard in North America, with Qualcomm's patents incorporated. Afterwards, there was a series of legal disputes about pricing for licensing patents required by the standard.

Over the years, Qualcomm has expanded into selling semiconductor products in a predominantly fabless manufacturing model. It also developed semiconductor components or software for vehicles, watches, laptops, wi-fi, smartphones, and other devices.