Qualcomm, Chinese abbreviation: Qualcomm, was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with more than 30,000 employees around the world. Qualcomm is the global leader in 3G and 4G technology research and development. It plays a decisive role and provides technology licenses to many manufacturers around the world, involving almost all telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics equipment brands in the world.
In 1985, seven knowledgeable young people gathered at the home of Irving Jacobs in San Diego and jointly decided to create "QUALity COMMunications". Their little torch would create the largest company in the telecommunications industry in the future. Dazzling new star, QUALCOMM company.
When Qualcomm was founded, it mainly provided project research and development services and basically did not involve product manufacturing. The company's initial goal is to develop a commercial product. Thus was born OmniTRACS?. Since the freight industry adopted Qualcomm's OmniTRACS system, it has become the most mainstream commercial satellite mobile communication system in the transportation industry.
Early success gave the company more funds to innovate and challenge traditional wireless technology standards. In 1989, a digital technology called Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) was presented. When the industry was still generally skeptical, Qualcomm launched code division multiple access (CDMA) technology three months later. This technology permanently changed the face of global wireless communications.
Qualcomm’s initial connection with China originated from its cooperation with China Unicom. China Unicom is China's second largest communications operator and took the lead in launching CDMA network construction in early 2002. In the second half of 2003, Qualcomm began to announce that it would invest US$100 million to fund Chinese start-ups engaged in the development and commercialization of CDMA products, applications and services. As of today, four Chinese companies have received investment. Qualcomm believes that investment in the Chinese market will greatly promote the application of CDMA on a global scale.
Qualcomm currently has more than 4,000 U.S. patents and patent applications for CDMA and related technologies. Qualcomm has issued CDMA patent licenses to more than 130 telecommunications equipment manufacturers around the world.
In recent years, the sales growth rate of my country's chip industry has been much higher than that of the world and is on a rising trend. Independent brands are starting to gain momentum. China's own national brand appears on the international stage.