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While wireless chipmaker Qualcomm has been embroiled in lawsuits with cellphone makers and rivals over patents, the company remains optimistic about its own 3G and HSPA (high speed packet access) technology, even as the WiMax momentum heats up.
Qualcomm has predicted an uphill climb for WiMax, and does not believe that WiMax laptops will surface as quickly as what analysts have predicted. Meanwhile, the company has been focusing its efforts on HSDPA, improving its uplink speed to 2Mbps--up from the 64kbps uplink speed of earlier 3G technology.
To boost its 3G efforts further, Qualcomm in August this year spent US$18 million to snap up Qualphone, a U.S.-based company specializing in IMS (IP multimedia subsystems) embedded client software and interoperability testing services.
The inventor of CDMA technology has also invested in related technologies such as mobile TV, where Qualcomm recently developed a chip that supports three rival mobile TV standards including DVB-H, ISDB-T and FLO. Qualcomm sees the chip as a necessary step toward resolving standards issues that could hinder mobile TV development.
This company is listed in Software Infrastructure, Business Applications, Networking & Communications, Services.
| Fiscal year-end September | FY06 | FY05 | FY04 | FY03 | FY02 |
| Global full-year revenue (US$millions) |
| 5,670.0 | 4,880.0 | 3,850.0 | 2,920.0 |
| Global full-year net income (US$millions) |
| 2,140.0 | 1,720.0 | 827.0 | 360.0 |
| Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years | 24.93 % |
| Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years | 87.37 % |
| Percentage of revenue from Asia | |
| Percentage of Asian revenues from channel | |
| Founded | USA/1985 |
| First Asian office | Beijing, China/1995 |
| Global employees | 9,300 |
| Employees in Asia | |
| Asian countries: Total 8 |
China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Notes | * Data correct as at September 2006. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities. |
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