Qualcomm | Vibepedia

Qualcomm is a leading American multinational corporation that creates semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology, owning critical patents for 5G, 4G, and other mobile communications standards. Founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs and six others, Qualcomm has expanded into a predominantly fabless manufacturing model, with its products used by major companies like Apple and Samsung. The company's early research into code-division multiple access (CDMA) wireless cell phone technology was funded by selling a two-way mobile digital satellite communications system known as Omnitracs, developed in partnership with companies like IBM and Microsoft.