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Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ has been transforming people’s lives for more than a decade.

Qualcomm Wireless Reach brings advanced wireless technologies to underserved communities globally. Wireless Reach enriches people’s lives through programs that strengthen economic and social development. Since 2006, Wireless Reach has impacted more than 20 million people.

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The Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative is transforming lives around the globe. Explore these case studies, videos, news articles and blogs, and learn the effect each project has had on a community.

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Wireless Heart Health Improves Health Care for Rural Patients in China

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Mapping the rise of mobile technology for social good infographic

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Qualcomm’s Approach to Improving People’s Lives Worldwide

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Mobile Frontiers in Higher Education

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Videos

SOUTH AFRICA: KidzAlive Mobilized

Mar 4, 2019

3:19

Qualcomm Engineers Improve Health Care for Rural Patients in China

Jul 19, 2017

2:37

Qualcomm Engineers are Improving Safety and Livelihoods for Fishermen in India

Jul 12, 2017

1:52

Qualcomm Engineers are Empowering Micro-Entrepreneurs in the Philippines

Jul 6, 2017

2:43

Qualcomm Engineers are Making mLearning Possible for Youth in Kenya

Jun 16, 2017

2:58

CHINA: Wireless Heart Health

Sep 29, 2016

2:56

Wireless Reach Mobile Education on Lifetime Television

Jan 27, 2011

8:16

Wireless Reach Pill Phone Hypertension Research Study

Feb 8, 2011

2:05

Wireless Reach in the Philippines

Jan 17, 2011

3:29

Wireless Reach in Thailand

Aug 17, 2010

0:53

Wireless Reach in Tanzania

Aug 17, 2010

1:30

Wireless Reach in Spain

Aug 17, 2010

1:11

Wireless Reach in South Korea

Dec 2, 2009

1:15

Wireless Reach in Portugal

Dec 1, 2008

1:31

Wireless Reach in Nepal - Education

Oct 1, 2009

1:05

Wireless Reach in Kenya

Aug 16, 2010

1:21

Wireless Reach in Indonesia

Aug 16, 2010

1:12

Fisher Friend: Wireless Reach in Action in India

Dec 21, 2009

2:04

Wireless Reach United States EcoMobile Video

Nov 13, 2012

2:29

Wireless Reach Brazil - Fishing with 3G Nets

May 9, 2012

1:57

Wireless Reach Renaissance Academy Launch - Japanese

Feb 1, 2012

7:43

Wireless Reach - 3G Health Care in Japan

Jul 29, 2011

1:58

Wireless Reach Unlimited Access Migrant Education Pilot

May 24, 2011

1:56

Wireless Reach Egypt Teledermatology Project

Apr 20, 2011

1:31

Wireless Reach Radiphone Project with Sesame - India

Jan 3, 2013

3:14

Wireless Reach Brazil - Fishing with 3G Nets (English subtitles)

Mar 13, 2013

5:07

Wireless Reach Video: China, Let's Get Ready! Sesame project (Chinese with English subtitles)

Jun 20, 2013

3:06

CHINA: Wireless Reach Overview

May 14, 2018

3:20

GLOBAL: Wireless Reach Portfolio Overview

Oct 26, 2015

1:39

See how Wireless Reach has been transforming lives over the last 10 years.

Jun 9, 2017

3:35

Case Studies

Reports

Awards

Blog Posts

East Asia

Europe

Global

India

Latin America

Middle East / Africa

North America

Southeast Asia

Brazil

Participant in the ACE Award - USAID
Winner of the Arede Brazil Award for our Fishing with 3G Nets project

China

Participant in the ACE Award - USAID

India

Wireless Reach Fisher Friend project won the mBillionth award in the category of Agriculture and Ecology, 2014
Fisher Friend project was a Vodafone Mobile for Good Award finalist

Indonesia

Wireless Reach selected as finalist for the GSMA's 2012, mWomen: Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets for the AppLab project in Indonesia
Wireless Reach Selected as Finalist for the American Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Citizens Awards in the Best International Ambassador category for the AppLab program in Indonesia
Project partner, Grameen Foundation, was a winner of the Create a World that Works Award that was co-hosted by the eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers. Qualcomm Wireless Reach matched the award funding to Grameen Foundation.
Winner of the Global Telecoms Business Award in June 2011 for our Application Laboratory project
Finalist for the Ernst and Young Award that was announced in Indonesia at the end of November 2011 for our Application Laboratory project
Winner of the Salesforce.com’s Force for Change Award for our Application Laboratory project

Philippines

Wireless Reach Selected as Finalist for the Good Practices Awards in the Philippines for the Wireless Access for Health Intiative
Winner of the Philippines Health Market Innovation (Galing Likha-Kalusugan Award) Award

South Africa

Wireless Reach Mobile Health Information System project was commended in the GBC Health 2013 Business Action on Health Awards Partnership / Collective Action category

Other

Wireless Reach Recognized as Computerworld Honors Laureate for 2012
Shawn Covell was the recipient of the TWIN Award which promotes the advancement of women
Shawn Covell won the Women Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Corporate Social Responsibility Award

Blog Posts

OnQ Blog

How Qualcomm is powering educational experiences at home and around the world

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Tech for social good

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Reducing emissions, enriching lives through sustainability efforts

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2017 Qualcomm Sustainability Report

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Watch how Qualcomm Wireless Reach is making the world a better place [video]

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Qualcomm Sustainability Report: Limitless opportunities to create the future [video]

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Happy Women’s Entrepreneurship Day!

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Women In Tech - A recap of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

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How 4G is helping Taiwan achieve its smart city and educational objectives

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What does sustainability mean to Qualcomm? [video]

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Proof that mobile tech is helping patients manage their diabetes

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How mobile technology is improving heart health in China

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Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab collaboration with Virginia Tech emphasizes engineering and career exploration

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Wireless Reach celebrates 10 years of impact

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Qualcomm invests in a sustainable future [video]

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Qcamp for Girls in STEM grows engineers of the future [video]

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In the field in Indonesia for Wireless Reach’s new maternal and child health program

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ORB, by mPowering, celebrates one year of empowering frontline health workers with access to educational resources

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Qualcomm Wireless Reach and the sustainable development goals: Lessons learned in Nairobi

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How wireless technology is being used to reduce cardiovascular disease deaths in China

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