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meeting market needs
QUALCOMM’s Mobile Station Modem™
(MSM™) chipsets range across four
full-featured platforms to serve the
needs of many different market seg-
ments—and many links in the wireless
industry value chain, from device manu-
facturers and network operators to
application developers and content
providers. These products include
entry-level chipsets that provide new
users with voice and basic data ser-
vices, to solutions with the processing
power to support advanced wireless
applications.
QUALCOMM contributes to the wireless
industry at many levels, from the
standards process to product develop-
ment and testing, deployment and
optimization. This is made possible by
investment in R&D and through the
dedicated efforts of our world-class,
global workforce.
The Company values collaboration
with its customers and partners in the
wireless industry and works closely
with them to enable their success. This
has been the guiding strategy behind
QUALCOMM’s semiconductor business
since operations began in 1995. Over
the following decade, this division
shipped more than two billion inte-
grated circuits to the wireless market.
powerful choices
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies
(QCT) creates state-of-the-art 3G
chipsets, systems software and
development tools. These technology
solutions enable many of the world’s
most advanced 3G handsets and
wireless devices, providing users
with powerful features. Among
the capabilities of these chipsets
are multimedia, position location,
security, connectivity (including Blue-
tooth®
, USB, etc.) and content-rich
applications based on the BREW
system and Java® -based technologies.
with the industry’s
broadest product offering
2003:
Market Validation
Verizon Wireless begins
EV-DO deployment and China
Unicom launches a nation-
wide CDMA2000 network.
New Markets
QUALCOMM ships its
fi rst chipset supporting
WCDMA networks.
2002:
Global Roaming
QUALCOMM ships its fi rst
chipset enabling use of
CDMA and GSM networks
during travel.
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execution
2001:
Wireless Internet
QUALCOMM’s BREW
system opens up a world
of downloadable wireless
applications.