Corporate Information
Qualcomm Quick Facts
- Total Patents Issued and Applications (as of November 2009): ~65,700: U.S. ~11,600 (~3,600 issued, ~8,000 applied) and foreign ~54,100 (~18,500 issued, ~35,600 applied)
- 175+ CDMA licensees; 105+ licensed for WCDMA /TD-SCDMA ; 9 royalty-bearing OFDM /OFDMA single mode subscriber and infrastructure licensees
- More than $12.8 billion in R&D (cumulative expenditures to date since 1985)
- Approximately 16,100 full-time, part-time and temporary employees (per September 27, 2009 Form 10-K)
- 146 worldwide locations with 76 US locations (per September 27, 2009 Form 10-K)
Key Honors
- FORTUNE’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” (ranked #16 in 2009)
- FORTUNE’s list of “Most Admired Companies”
- Fortune 500 roster: Qualcomm ranked #244
- BusinessWeek’s Tech’s Top Hot Growth Companies, ranked 11th
- Forbes Global 2000 (ranked #277)
- Financial Times: FT Global 500 – Qualcomm ranked #52 (May 2009)
- Human Rights Campaign – 100% Corporate Equality Index
- More Awards and Recognition
