Editing Qualcomm (section)

==Operations and market-share==
Qualcomm develops software, semiconductor designs, patented intellectual property, development tools and services, but does not manufacture physical products like phones or infrastructure equipment.<ref name="Kodama2012">{{Cite book |last=Kodama |first=Mitsuru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iYu-lGHtkK4C&pg=PA94 |title=Interactive Business Communities: Accelerating Corporate Innovation through Boundary Networks |date=August 28, 2012 |publisher=Gower Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=978-1-4094-5950-7 |pages=94 |access-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819125623/https://books.google.com/books?id=iYu-lGHtkK4C&pg=PA94 |url-status=live }}</ref> The company's revenues are derived from licensing fees for use of its intellectual property, sales of semiconductor products that are based on its designs, and from other wireless hardware, software or services.<ref name="primary">{{Citation |title=Form 10-K Annual Report |date=November 6, 2013 |url=http://investor.qualcomm.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1234452-13-483 |publisher=Qualcomm |access-date=July 26, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808175402/http://investor.qualcomm.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1234452-13-483 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Qualcomm divides its business into three categories:<ref name="primary2">{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2019 |title=About Qualcomm |url=https://investor.qualcomm.com/about-qualcomm/overview |access-date=January 10, 2020 |website=QUALCOMM Incorporated |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209173903/https://investor.qualcomm.com/about-qualcomm/overview |url-status=live }}</ref>
* QCT (Qualcomm CDMA Technologies): CDMA wireless products; 80% of revenue
* QTL (Qualcomm Technology Licensing): Licensing; 19% of revenue
* QSI (Qualcomm strategic initiatives): Investing in other tech companies; less than 1% of revenue
 
Qualcomm is a predominantly fabless provider of semiconductor products for wireless communications and data transfer in portable devices.<ref name="newceo">{{Cite news |last=Pfeifer |first=Stuart |date=February 16, 2014 |title=Qualcomm calling on a new CEO amid intensifying competition |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-qualcomm-20140217-story.html#axzz2tmGtq2XB |access-date=June 5, 2014 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806152144/https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-qualcomm-20140217-story.html#axzz2tmGtq2XB |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the analyst firm Strategy Analytics, Qualcomm has a 39 percent market-share for smartphone application processors and a 50 percent market-share of baseband processors.<ref name="FierceWireless 2016">{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2016 |title=Report: Qualcomm led smartphone application processor market in 1H 2016 |url=http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/report-qualcomm-led-smartphone-application-processor-market-1h-2016 |access-date=January 21, 2017 |website=FierceWireless |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224142321/https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/report-qualcomm-led-smartphone-application-processor-market-1h-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its share of the market for application processors on tablets is 18 percent.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manners |first=David |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Apps processor market grows 3% while tablet AP market sinks 34% |work=Electronics Weekly |url=http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/487606-2016-10/ |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013212449/https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/487606-2016-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to analyst firm ABI Research, Qualcomm has a 65 percent market-share in LTE baseband.<ref name="Mott 2017">{{Cite web |last=Mott |first=Nathaniel |date=January 18, 2017 |title=FTC: Qualcomm Has Unfair Monopoly In Smartphone Market |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ftc-qualcomm-baseband-processors-monopoly,33443.html |access-date=January 21, 2017 |website=Tom's Hardware |archive-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714043930/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ftc-qualcomm-baseband-processors-monopoly,33443.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Qualcomm also provides licenses to use its patents, many of which are critical to the CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA wireless standards.<ref name="Asif2011">{{Cite book |last=Asif |first=Saad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zgqQ4MX3uIUC&pg=PT378 |title=Next Generation Mobile Communications Ecosystem: Technology Management for Mobile Communications |date=February 25, 2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-99581-4 |pages=378 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820040527/https://books.google.com/books?id=zgqQ4MX3uIUC&pg=PT378 |url-status=live }}</ref> The company is estimated to earn $20 for every smartphone sold.<ref name="Cannady2013">{{Cite book |last=Cannady |first=Cynthia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NFMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |title=Technology Licensing and Development Agreements |date=April 4, 2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-538513-7 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902194744/https://books.google.com/books?id=3NFMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{RP|64}}
 
Qualcomm is the largest public company in San Diego.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mike |first=Allen |date=June 20, 2011 |title=San Diego's Largest Public Company Remains a Work in Progress |work=San Diego Business Journal |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/61993682/san-diegos-largest-public-company-remains-work-progress |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806161141/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/61993682/san-diegos-largest-public-company-remains-work-progress |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="six">{{Citation |last=West |first=Joel |title=Before Qualcomm: Linkabit and the Origins of San Diego's Telecom Industry |url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v55-1/pdf/v55-1west.pdf |publisher=The Journal of San Diego History |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116141830/https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v55-1/pdf/v55-1west.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> It has a philanthropic arm called The Qualcomm Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Healy |first=Michelle |date=August 27, 2014 |title=X Prize finalists design Trekkie-inspired health tools |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/27/qualcomm-tricorder-xprize/14586959/ |access-date=October 22, 2014 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806183459/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/27/qualcomm-tricorder-xprize/14586959/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=March 31, 1997 |title=Stadium perks 'Q' up for Qualcomm |work=San Diego Business Journal}}</ref> A January 2013 lawsuit resulted in Qualcomm voluntarily adopting a policy of disclosing its political contributions. According to ''The New York Times'', Qualcomm's new disclosure policy was praised by transparency advocates.<ref name="randomname">{{Cite news |last=Confessore |first=Nicholas |date=January 3, 2013 |title=State Comptroller Sues Qualcomm for Data About Its Political Contributions |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/nyregion/new-york-comptroller-sues-qualcomm-for-data-on-political-giving.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A13%22%7D |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604163251/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/nyregion/new-york-comptroller-sues-qualcomm-for-data-on-political-giving.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A13%22%7D |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Confessore |first=Nicholas |date=February 22, 2013 |title=Qualcomm Reveals Its Donations to Tax-Exempt Groups |work=The New York Times |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/qualcomm-agrees-to-reveal-donations-to-tax-exempt-groups/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A13%22%7D |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227233324/https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/qualcomm-agrees-to-reveal-donations-to-tax-exempt-groups/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A13%22%7D |url-status=live }}</ref>