QUALCOMM Incorporated

Qualcomm is an American multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that designs and markets wireless telecommunications products and services. It derives most of its revenue from chipmaking and the bulk of its profit from patent licensing businesses. The company headquarters are located in San Diego, California, United States, and has 224 worldwide locations. The parent company is Qualcomm Incorporated (Qualcomm), which includes the Qualcomm Technology Licensing Division (QTL). Qualcomm's wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), operates substantially all of Qualcomm's R&D activities, as well as its product and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies.
QUALCOMM, Inc. manufactures digital wireless communications equipment. The Company licenses its code division multiple access (CDMA) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access intellectual property to other companies, and produces CDMA-based integrated circuits, as well as equipment and software used to track workers, assets, and software for wireless content enablement.
The Company's products principally consist of integrated circuits (chips or chipsets) and system software used in mobile devices and in wireless networks. The Company also sells other products and services, which include integrated circuits for use in wired devices, broadband gateway equipment, desktop computers and streaming media players; software products and content and push-to-talk enablement services for wireless operators, and products designed for the implementation of small cells.