What if I told you that in the not so distant future we could be living in a world where emerging nations are the central hub of innovation, introducing new technologies to the developed world? Indeed, the notion of who is and who is not an international power player is beginning to turn on its head. And nowhere was this sense of expanding business models and worldviews more palpable than at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which I recently had the pleasure of attending along with several member of the executive team.

Seemingly every day, we see another article on Android scaling wider and eating up market share at a blistering pace. It’s undeniable – the platform has established an incredible wave of momentum and is showing no signs of slowing down. At Qualcomm, we’re proud to have collaborated on Android from the ground floor. Android is joined in the smartphone race by operating systems such as Windows Phone, Blackberry, and of course iOS – all of which are adapting as needed to reach an increasingly broad consumer audience.