Qualcomm Concludes Packed BREW™ 2003 Developers Conference

Successful Event, Highlighted by Important Announcements, is Testament to the BREW Solution's Worldwide Proliferation

SAN DIEGO — May 05, 2003 — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA ) digital wireless technology, today announced the conclusion of a very successful — over sold — third annual BREW 2003 Developers Conference in San Diego, April 28-30, 2003. The conference provided industry professionals from around the world with three days of networking and learning opportunities, filled with valuable discussions and expert insights on Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless™ (BREW) platform.

"Our focus for BREW 2003 was how wireless industry leaders can continue to make money with the BREW solution — not whether they can," said Peggy Johnson, president, Qualcomm Internet Services. "With eight operator partners — ALLTEL, China Unicom, KDDI, KTF, Telstra, Verizon Wireless, VIVO and U.S. Cellular — deploying BREW-enabled services, publishers and developers are truly excited about participating in a real, global marketplace for BREW applications."

Conference Announcements
Many companies made important announcements and hosted press conferences at the BREW 2003 Developers Conference to discuss their latest BREW applications, services and successes, including:Speaker Highlights
In his introductory remarks to the BREW 2003 Developers Conference, Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, group president, Qualcomm Wireless&Internet Group, highlighted the global success of the BREW solution. "BREW operators are realizing higher average revenue per user, and BREW developers are getting checks," said Jacobs. "Their financial success, which strongly validates the wireless Internet business case, is due to a combination of great applications, and BREW, the only platform that provides an effortless porting process for handset manufacturers, accelerated time to market for wireless operators, and most importantly, a user-friendly wireless application shopping experience."

In the first keynote of the conference, Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of Qualcomm, discussed CDMA adoption, the evolution of wireless devices and BREW as a solution for the entire value chain. "Voice was the first 'killer app,' but now, data and applications based on BREW are key to increasing average revenue per user and to making wireless devices more useful and more fun, to more and more users," said Jacobs.

Executive speakers from BREW operators included Dr. William Weicong Li, general manager-marketing for China Unicom; Dr. Yasuhiko Ito, senior executive managing officer, Business Solutions for KDDI; Roger Sole, director of wireless data for VIVO; Philip Junker, executive vice president of marketing for ALLTEL; and Jim Straight, vice president of data and wireless Internet services for Verizon Wireless. In his general session presentation, Sole reiterated Dr. Paul Jacobs' conference opening remarks about the openness of the BREW solution. "BREW is a quantum leap for the wireless industry and will be considered the open standard for developing wireless data," said Sole.

Peggy Johnson presented Stuart Platt, executive producer, THQ Wireless, with a giant ceremonial check during her opening remarks on day two of the conference. The check represented the first payment to THQ as a result of the company's development efforts for the BREW platform. "BREW is real and there is good money to be made," said Platt.

Executives from 17 partner companies participated in the conference breakout sessions, including spokespeople from Blue Heat Games, Centerscore, Comverse Technology Inc., esmertec, Faith West Inc., generationPIX Inc., HI Corp., IBM, LocatioNet, NAVITIME, NSTL, Reaxion, Rocket Mobile, Sony Online Entertainment, Tourmaline Networks Inc., TruVideo Inc. and Vindigo.

Christopher Ambrosio, director of wireless device strategies for Strategy Analytics, delivered a presentation on the growth of CDMA and BREW — providing statistical reinforcement to the speeches from Dr. Irwin Jacobs and Dr. Paul Jacobs, which emphasized how consumers are flocking to sophisticated mobile devices for useful and compelling wireless data experiences. With the growing acceptance of the BREW solution and the burgeoning demand for desirable BREW-enabled handsets, Ambrosio predicted, "There will be more than 25 million BREW devices worldwide by the end of 2003, and more than 500 million BREW devices by 2008."

To access rebroadcasts of conference sessions, visit www.qualcomm.com/brew.

Awarding Excellence
The second annual BREW Developer Awards, which celebrate the excellence, innovation and imagination of BREW application developers in six categories, were presented to the following companies:Deployments of the BREW solution continue as operators throughout the world join Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL and U.S. Cellular in the United States, KTF in South Korea, KDDI in Japan, China Unicom, VIVO (the joint venture between Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom) in Brazil and Telstra in Australia, in commercializing BREW-based services. More than 50 BREW-enabled handset models have been offered to consumers worldwide and more than 40 device manufacturers have indicated their interest in the BREW platform.

Qualcomm's BREW solution is a complete product and business system for the development and over-the-air deployment of data services on wireless devices. The BREW solution provides the necessary tools and value-added services to developers, device manufacturers and wireless operators for application development and distribution, device configuration, and billing and payment.

Qualcomm Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2003 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed and the BREW solution is adopted, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2002, and most recent Form 10-Q.

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