Corporate Information
Qualcomm Quick Facts
- Total Patents Issued and Applications (as of April 2009): ~58,300: U.S. ~10,100 (~3,100 issued, ~7,000 applied) and foreign ~48,200 (~15,800 issued, ~32,400 applied)
- 165+ CDMA licensees; 95+ licensed for WCDMA & TD-SCDMA ; 8 royalty-bearing OFDM /OFDMA single mode subscriber and infrastructure licensees: 7 subscriber equipment suppliers, 2 infrastructure equipment suppliers and 1 test equipment supplier
- More than $11.6 billion in R&D (cumulative expenditures to date since 1985)
- More than 15,400 full-time, part-time and temporary employees (per September 28, 2008 Form 10-K)
- 144 worldwide locations with 74 US locations
Key Honors
- FORTUNE’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” (ranked #16 in 2009)
- FORTUNE’s list of “Most Admired Companies”
- BusinessWeek’s Tech’s Top Hot Growth Companies, ranked 11th
- Forbes Global 2000 (ranked 326)
- Human Rights Campaign – 100% Corporate Equality Index
- More Awards and Recognition
