Our Businesses

Qualcomm Mobile & Computing (QMC, formerly QCT), a business unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., 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. We are 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.

Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV), a business unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., leverages Qualcomm's wireless expertise, innovative technologies, and vast industry reach to provide capabilities and services that enable government customers---federal, state, and local---to realize significant technology gains and excellence in mission performance.

Today’s mobile consumers demand a diverse yet more personalized array of content delivered in an engaging, user-friendly experience. But device fragmentation and rising costs have prevented operators, content providers, developers and device manufacturers from delivering what their customers want. It’s time for a new approach with Qualcomm Internet Services, a business unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Qualcomm Ventures, a business unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., supports Qualcomm's mission of enabling and fostering CDMA and wireless Internet markets through strategic investments in privately-owned startup ventures.

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and a leading provider of wireless and wired technologies for the mobile, networking, computing and consumer electronics markets. We’re focused on inventing technologies that connect and empower people in ways that are elegant and accessible to all.

We provide a global customer base with a broad portfolio of Wi-Fi®, Location, Bluetooth®, FM, Ethernet, HomePlug® Powerline and PON solutions. By leveraging substantial expertise in RF, signal processing, software and networking we can deliver highly-integrated, low-power, system-level solutions that enable developers to create high-performance, differentiated products.

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC), a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, brings together a dedicated group of engineers focused on open source and community-driven software development.

Qualcomm Life, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, that is defining and connecting the wireless health network to improve lives and advance the capabilities of medical devices. Qualcomm Life is focused on medical device connectivity and data management and empowers medical device manufacturers to deliver wireless medical data quickly and easily to those who need it.

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has developed the industry's first color micro electrical/mechanical systems (MEMS) display for mobile devices—a true technological innovation that offers low power consumption and superb viewing quality in a wide range of environmental conditions, including bright sunlight. The displays work by reflecting light where specific wavelengths interfere with one another to create color. The phenomenon that makes a butterfly's wings shimmer, Interferometric modulation (IMOD), is the same process used in mirasol displays. Qualcomm's mirasol displays require no backlighting and therefore consume significantly less power than standard displays in portable devices.

Qualcomm Retail Solutions, Inc. (“QRS”, formerly Firethorn Mobile, Inc.) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. QRS’ retail-centric offerings deploy Qualcomm® mobile technologies that bridge the physical and digital worlds and enable retailers and developers to engage consumers in real time to build stronger relationships and grow sales.

Qualcomm Retail Solutions is re-imagining retail with Qualcomm mobile technology.

Qualcomm Corporate Engineering Services (QCES), a business unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., accelerates the adoption of Qualcomm technologies through professional services, technical education, industry initiatives, and product engineering. Unmatched wireless technical expertise and industry-wide experience enable QCES to deliver meaningful results for network operators and device manufacturers: the latest in technology innovation, advantages in time to market and optimized network performance.

Qualcomm Research and Development, a business unit of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., is where many of the industry’s most talented engineers and scientists come to collaborate, share ideas, and create the wireless technologies and solutions of tomorrow.

Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. (QCE), a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, develops technologies for optimized software and hardware that are designed to help drive the evolution of connected user experiences in the Internet of Everything. Formerly Qualcomm iSkoot, Inc., it also provides mobile operators and device makers the Social Client product for efficient delivery of internet-based services across a wide range of mobile devices.

Grants licenses to use Qualcomm's intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to or useful in the manufacturing of CDMA-based products.