Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi, who previously founded Linkabit.

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Qualcomm's first products and services included the OmniTRACS satellite locating and messaging service, widely used by long-haul trucking companies, and specialized integrated circuits for digital radio communications such as a Viterbi decoder.

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Qualcomm developed a digital cellular telephony technology based on CDMA; the first version was standardized as IS-95. It has since developed newer variations on the same theme, including IS-2000 and 1x-EVDO. It formerly manufactured both CDMA cell phones and CDMA base station equipment.

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Qualcomm sold its base station business to Ericsson and its cell phone manufacturing to Kyocera, and now focuses on developing and licensing wireless technologies and selling ASICs that implement them.

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Other Qualcomm projects include the development of the Globalstar satellite system (a joint venture with Loral Space & Communications) and a joint venture in digital cinema with Technicolor. It developed BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) as a platform for phones. It also maintains and sells the Eudora email program.

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Qualcomm: Qualcomm is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi, who previously founded Linkabit....

San Diego, California: :"San Diego" redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation)....

Irwin Jacobs: Irwin M. Jacobs (1933-), Electrical Engineer and CEO....

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Qualcomm Stadium 2009

Qualcomm Stadium 2009