Qualcomm

QUALCOMM is a semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that is based in the United States but does business overseas as well. The company headquarters are in San Diego, California, and there are more than 200 locations around the world. The parent company for QUALCOMM is QUALCOMM Incorporated, which has several divisions in addition to QUALCOMM's wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies Incorporated. As of 2017, QUALCOMM had 33,800 employees, who fulfill engineering, professional services, and entry-level positions. The company also hires customer service representatives, software developers, builders, Internet and social media specialists, and dozens of other positions.

QUALCOMM started in 1985 through a partnership of several people including Irwin M. Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Franklin Antonio. The first products that they created included satellite locating and messaging services that were used by trucking companies. In 1990, QUALCOMM began designing the first CDMA-based cell stations based on that same satellite system. Shortly after that, QUALCOMM began to make CDMA cell phones, base stations and chips. Since then, the company has done a great deal to establish modern cellular standards. Products include BREW, OmniTRACS, MediaFLO, QChat, mirasol displays, uiOne, Gobi, QizxCDMA/WCDMA chipsets, and Snapdragon.

QUALCOMM's company headquarters are located in San Diego, California, in the United States. However, QUALCOMM is a huge company that is found all over the world with over 200 locations across the globe. Although some employees are based in the United States and other parts of North America, the majority of employees may be found in those locations around the world. QUALCOMM is a public company and their 2017 reported revenue was $22.83 billion with revenue per share it $15.45. They showed quarterly revenue growth of 4.2 percent.