Qualcomm Innovation - Technology Development

Technology Development

Qualcomm is dedicated to discovering and promoting mobile breakthroughs that eliminate boundaries and make life more productive and meaningful. Read how our industry-leading 3G and 4G mobile broadband technologies are driving wireless growth and helping to connect people to information and entertainment and enterprises to opportunity.

mirasol

Aug 2009 - The answer to a longer lasting mobile phone battery is not a bigger battery—it’s a more energy-efficient display.

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Network Optimization

May 2009 - Qualcomm’s Engineering Services Group provides operators with the knowledge and expertise that ensure the best wireless subscriber user experience possible.

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Mobile Broadband

May 2009 - Universal mobile broadband. Qualcomm is engineering the future of wireless.

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Culture of Innovation

Apr 2009 - Discover just a few of the many ways Qualcomm inspires and nurtures its innovative culture.

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eZone - Wireless Universal Charging

Apr 2009 - An innovative wireless charging solution that allows you to charge a variety of electronic devices without having to align devices on a charging port or specific area, offering convenience and virtually infinite standby time.

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MediaFLO™

Apr 2009 - Qualcomm saw an opportunity to improve the quality of services, perfect the overall user experience, and enable a viable business model for mobile TV.

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Mobile Virtual Worlds

Jun 2008 - Ian Heidt, a senior manager in the Finance group at Qualcomm, explores virtual reality applications.

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AMBER Alert

Jun 2008 - Qualcomm is a world-renowned innovator of wireless technology and has pioneered efforts to integrate wireless solutions into diverse markets. Perhaps one of its most rewarding innovative applications is the work it has done with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the AMBER Alert program.

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Candlebox

Jun 2008 - It's easy to take personal computers for granted. However, in many places around the globe, PCs are cost-prohibitive for the average family. With its new Candlebox technology, Qualcomm hopes to bring the global Internet community to these nascent markets.

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Firethorn

Jun 2008 - A burgeoning frontier in the world of wireless technology is mobile commerce. Qualcomm has been working for years to leverage its expertise in network operations management and data communications into this new market. The challenge has been to find a way to enter the marketplace that supersedes early efforts by others in the industry that left consumers, carriers, and financial institutions skeptical of mobile commerce solutions.

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Fluence

Jun 2008 - When you’re using your mobile phone or Bluetooth headset, does the person you’re speaking to hear you or does he hear you and all the noise around you? Repeating yourself often? Raising your voice?

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Gobi™

Jun 2008 - In the world of real estate, the name of the game is “location, location, location.” In the world of wireless technology, it’s “connectivity, connectivity, connectivity.” And, in the world of notebook computer users, limited connectivity can give “mobile Internet” a bad reputation.

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gpsOne®

Jun 2008 - Once a luxury item found only in high-end automobiles and yachts or in the backpacks of serious backcountry hikers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is fast becoming a “must-have” in our daily lives. In fact, GPS in mobile devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers is rapidly outpacing the use of standalone navigation devices

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Health & Life Sciences

May 2008 - Qualcomm pioneered the wireless health care market in 2003, when it partnered with CardioNet to introduce a fully mobile, continuous cardiac diagnostic and monitoring service. Since then, Qualcomm has identified additional opportunities where wireless technology can drive new clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic management applications.

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Innovation Engine

Jun 2008 - Last summer, several Qualcomm employees sat overlooking the ocean in Del Mar and tried to imagine Qualcomm’s Next Big Thing. These employees were participants in the Qualcomm Innovation Engine process—a larger group of proven “innovators” handpicked from all divisions and functional areas of the company.

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WPAN/WBAN

Jun 2008 - The Baby Boomers are generally considered to be the most influential generation thus far. And now, as that large group reaches retirement age, the focus on health care and fitness is expected to grow exponentially.

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