Qualcomm

A philosophy of imagination and innovation has been the cornerstone of Qualcomm’s business model over the past 24 years. It is an outlook that has resulted in thousands of new ideas and products being brought to the market, and has fundamentally changed the mobile industry for the better.

Qualcomm continues to innovate and drive forward technology advances in mobile communications through the significant investment in research and development (R&D) that underpins the company’s business model. The company’s enabling technology has fostered an environment of competition in the mobile handset and services market.

Qualcomm is above all a technology innovator and enabler for the wireless community. The company provides its customers with the opportunity to easily and quickly develop and introduce their products by providing chipset and software solutions that integrate Qualcomm’s technology alongside licences to the company’s core Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio.

The horizontal model that Qualcomm has fostered facilitates competition, lowers prices and has enabled a new wave of companies to enter the market. Through our investment in developing new technologies, a range of consumer electronics, software and content companies have moved into the wireless space. As the mobile phone has become ever more essential to our daily lives, more application and serviceproviders, such as financial services, have become part of the wireless value chain. Qualcomm’s business model has brought about ever greater mobile functionality, with better services and applications, which have ultimately benefited consumers.