Corporate Information
Qualcomm Quick Facts
- Total Patents Issued and Applications (as of July 2009): ~61,800: U.S. ~11,000 (~3,200 issued, ~7,800 applied) and foreign ~50,800 (~17,100 issued, ~33,700 applied)
- 175+ CDMA licensees; 105+ licensed for WCDMA /TD-SCDMA ; 8 royalty-bearing OFDM /OFDMA single mode subscriber and infrastructure licensees
- More than $12.2 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 (per September 28, 2008 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”
- BusinessWeek’s Tech’s Top Hot Growth Companies, ranked 11th
- Forbes Global 2000 (ranked #277)
- Human Rights Campaign – 100% Corporate Equality Index
- More Awards and Recognition
