QUALCOMM Incorporated [QCT]

Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT) is the world's largest fabless semiconductor producer and the largest provider of wireless chipset and software technology, which powers the majority of all 3G devices commercially available today. Working closely with partners around the globe, QCT is redefining mobility by leveraging its legacy of wireless innovation to enable new possibilities with mobile handsets, computing devices, and consumer electronics.

QCT provides chipsets to more than 50 customers, and partners with nearly 60 3G network operators around the globe. It collaborates with customers and partners and work closely with them to enable their success. Its wide range of tools provides essential support during the device-development process, and QCT is continually developing new technologies to meet the needs and demands of the increasingly sophisticated wireless community. QCT also provides highly integrated chipset solutions that allow the latest wireless devices to offer more features and smaller, sleeker designs that use significantly less power. Its complete system solutions reduce device manufacturers' materials costs and development time, while speeding new products’ time-to-market.

In order to develop a commercial product Qualcomm started out providing contract research and development services, with limited product manufacturing, for the wireless telecommunications market. QCT is redefining the experience of wireless mobility by applying our unmatched legacy of wireless innovation to enable new generations of increasingly powerful mobile handsets, computers and consumer electronics devices. As a result, 3G wireless connectivity is being extended into an ever-wider range of products and services.