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Sara Pace. Products. OmniTRACS (1985) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) TDMA by Telecommunications Industry Association Snapdragon processor Key patents on 3G technology. Financials. Revenue: $14.96 Billion (2011) Operating Income: $5.03 Billion (2011) Profits: $4.26 Billion (2011).
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Products • OmniTRACS (1985) • Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) • TDMA by Telecommunications Industry Association • Snapdragon processor • Key patents on 3G technology
Financials • Revenue: $14.96 Billion (2011) • Operating Income: $5.03 Billion (2011) • Profits: $4.26 Billion (2011)
History • Founded in 1985 • Acquisition of SnapTrack (2000) • Acquisition of Open Interface North America (2007) • Qualcomm Atheros (2011) • GestureTek (2011)
Story • HedyLamarr and George Antheil • Secret communication system (1941) • Frequency hopping • CDMA
What’s Hot? • Snapdragon processor • Mobile gaming • Gesture recognition technology
Secret Sauce • Mobile product development • Smart acquisition
Competition • Broadcom – fabless semiconductor • Nokia – CDMA • Cisco - wireless
Broadcom Lawsuit • Patent-related lawsuit and antitrust (2006) • W-CDMA technologies • Settled in 2009 • $891 million through April 2013 • ITC blocks cell phone (2007)
Prediction • Future looking good • Mobile market