UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K
 
(Mark One)
   
þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended September 24, 200630, 2007
OR
   
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                    to                    .
Commission file number 0-19528
QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
Delaware 95-3685934
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
   
5775 Morehouse Drive  
San Diego, California 92121-1714
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 587-1121
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
   
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
   
Common stock, $0.0001 par value NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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None
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     The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of March 24, 200630, 2007 was $79,773,673,077.$68,727,571,532.*
     The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock was 1,652,553,2031,636,486,963 as of October 31, 2006.November 6, 2007.
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     Portions of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A in connection with the registrant’s 20072008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed subsequent to the date hereof, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report. Such Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the conclusion of the registrant’s fiscal year ended September 24, 2006.30, 2007.
* Excludes the Common Stock held by executive officers, directors and stockholders whose ownership exceeds 5% of the Common Stock outstanding at March 24, 2006.30, 2007. This calculation does not reflect a determination that such persons are affiliates for any other purposes.

 

 

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Form 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended September 24, 200630, 2007
Index
       
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PART I
    
       
Item 1.
 Business  1 
 Overview  1 
 Wireless Telecommunications Industry OverviewMarket6
Wireless Technologies  7 
The Evolution of Wireless Standards
9
 Operating Segments  118 
 Research and Development  1613 
 Sales and Marketing  1614 
 Competition  1714 
 Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets  1914 
 Employees  2015 
 Available Information  2015 
 Executive Officers  2016 
Item 1A.
 Risk Factors  2117 
Item 1B.
 Unresolved Staff Comments  3834 
Item 2.
 Properties  3935 
Item 3.
 Legal Proceedings  4036 
Item 4.
 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders  4138 
       
PART II
    
       
Item 5.
 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities  4239 
Item 6.
 Selected Financial Data  4442 
Item 7.
 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  4543 
Item 7A.
 Quantitative and Qualitative DisclosureDisclosures about Market Risk  6157 
Item 8.
 Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  6359 
Item 9.
 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure  6359 
Item 9A.
 Controls and Procedures  6359 
Item 9B.
 Other Information  64
PART III
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Item 10.
 Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrantand Corporate Governance  6561 
Item 11.
 Executive Compensation  6561 
Item 12.
 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters  6561 
Item 13.
 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence  6561 
Item 14.
 Principal Accounting Fees and Services  6561 
       
PART IV
    
       
Item 15.
 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule  6662 
 EXHIBIT 2121.1
 EXHIBIT 23.1
 EXHIBIT 31.1
 EXHIBIT 31.2
 EXHIBIT 32.1
 EXHIBIT 32.2

 

TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES
     QUALCOMM®, QUALCOMM CDMA University®QUALCOMM®, QUALCOMM Wireless Business SolutionsÒ, OmniTRACS®OmniTRACS®, OmniVision™, OmniOneÒ, GlobalTRACS™, TrailerTRACS®T2™, SensorTRACSÒT2 Untethered TrailerTRACS™, TrailerTRACS®, TruckMAIL™, OmniExpress®OmniExpress®, QConnect™, T2™, EutelTRACS™QConnectÒ, QCT-Ò, MSM™, Secure MSM™, CMX™, CSM™, MSM6250Ô, MSM6275™, MSM6280™, MSM6500Ô, MSM6550™, MSM7200™, CSM6700™, CSM6800™Snapdragon™, Wireless Reach™, DMMX™, HMMX™, gpsOne™, SnapTrackÒ, BREWÒ, BREW SDKÒ, BINARY RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT FOR WIRELESSÒ, MediaFLO USA™, MediaFLO™, FLO™, QPoint™FLASH-OFDM®, FLASH-OFDM®, RadioRouter®, QConcert™, Qtunes™, Qtv™, Q3Dimension™, Qcamera™, Qcamcorder™, Qvideophone™RadioRouter®, deliveryOne™, QPoint™, uiOne™, iMoD™FlarionÒ, BerkanaÒand QChat®QChat® are trademarks and/or service marks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. QUALCOMM, QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions, QWBS, QUALCOMM Enterprise Solutions, QES, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, QCT, QUALCOMM Technology Licensing, QTL, QUALCOMM Wireless Systems, QWS, QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet, QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet Group, QWI, QUALCOMM Internet Services, QIS, QUALCOMM Government Technologies, QGOV, QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, QMT, QUALCOMM Technologies & Ventures, QUALCOMM MediaFLO Technologies, QUALCOMM Flarion Technologies, QUALCOMM Global Development, QUALCOMM Global Trading, QGT, QUALCOMM Strategic Initiatives, QSI, ELATA, Iridigm, MediaFLO USA, Trigenix, Spike, SnapTrack are trade names of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
     cdmaOne®cdmaOne® is a trademark of the CDMA Development Group, Inc. CDMA2000®CDMA2000® is a registered trademark and certification mark of the Telecommunications Industry Association. Globalstar™ and Globalstar®Globalstar® are a trademark and service mark, respectively, of Globalstar, Inc. RentalMan® is a registered trademark of Wynne Systems, Inc.
     All other trademarks, service marks and/or trade names appearing in this document are the property of their respective holders.

 

     In this document, the words “Qualcomm,” “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer only to QUALCOMM Incorporated and not any other person or entity.
PART I
Item 1. Business
     This Annual Report (including the following section regarding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) contains forward-looking statements regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements in this Annual Report. Additionally, statements concerning future matters such as the development of new products, enhancements or technologies, sales levels, expense levels and other statements regarding matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements.
     Although forward-looking statements in this Annual Report reflect theour good faith judgment, of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include without limitation those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Annual Report. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this Annual Report, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
     We incorporated in 1985 under the laws of the state of California. In 1991, we reincorporated in the state of Delaware. We operate and report using a 52-53 week fiscal year ending the last Sunday in September. Our 52-week fiscal years consist of four equal quarters of 13 weeks each, and our 53-week fiscal years consist of three 13-week fiscal quarters and one 14-week fiscal quarter. The financial results for our 53-week fiscal years and our 14-week fiscal quarters will not be exactly comparable to our 52-week fiscal years and our 13-week fiscal quarters. EachThe fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 includes 53 weeks. Both of the fiscal years ended September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005 and September 26, 2004 include 52 weeks.
Overview
     In 1989, we publicly introduced the concept that a digital communication technique called CDMA could be commercially successful in wireless communication applications. CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access and is one of the main technologies currently used in digital wireless communications networks.networks (also known as wireless networks). CDMA and the other main digital wireless communications technologies, TDMA (which stands for Time Division Multiple Access) and GSM (which is a form of TDMA and stands for Global System for Mobile Communications) are the primary digital technologies used to transmit a wireless phonedevice user’s voice or data over radio waves using the wireless phone operator’s network. CDMA works by converting speech into digital information, which is then transmitted in the form of a radio signal over the phone network. These digital wireless phone networks are complete phone systems comprised primarily of base stations, or “cells,” which are geographically placed throughout a service or coverage area. Once communication between a wireless phone user and a base station is established, the system detects the movement of the wireless phone user and the communication is handed off to another base station, or cell, as the wireless phone user moves throughout the service area.
     Because we led, and continue to lead, the development and commercialization of all versions of CDMA technology, we own significant intellectual property, including patents, patent applications and trade secrets, which applies to all versions of CDMA and portions of which we license to other companies and implement in our own products. The wireless communications industry generally recognizes that a company seeking to develop, manufacture and/or sell products that use CDMA technology will require a patent license from us.
     There are several versions of CDMA technology recognized worldwide as public cellular standards. The first version, known as cdmaOne, is a second generation (2G) cellular technology that was first commercially deployed in

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the mid-1990s. The other subsequent versions of CDMA are popularly referred to as third generation (3G) technologies known commonly throughout the wireless industry as:
CDMA2000, including 1X, 1xEV-DO (EV-DO, or Evolution Data Optimized), EV-DO Revision A and EV-DO Revision B;

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•CDMA2000, including 1X, 1xEV-DO (EV-DO, or Evolution Data Optimized), EV-DO Revision A and EV-DO Revision B;
 • Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), also known as Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS), including High Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) and, High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) and High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+); and
 
 • CDMA Time Division Duplex (TDD), of which there are currently two versions, Time Division Duplex CDMA (TD-CDMA) and Time Division Synchronous-CDMA (TD-SCDMA).
     CDMA2000 and WCDMA are deployed today in commercial mobile phonewireless networks (also known as wireless networks) throughout the world. In addition to increasing voice capacity, these 3G CDMA technologies enable greater data capacity at higher data rates. In the future, we expect a broader range of multiple airlinks will be utilized depending on the spectrum availability and applications that will be offered by each operator.wireless network operator (also known as wireless operator). These include WCDMA upgrades beyond HSUPAHSPA+ (called HSPA+Long Term Evolution (LTE)), CDMA2000 upgrades beyond 1xEV-DO Revisions A and B (called Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB)), an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA)/CDMA upgrade path for ultra mobile broadband data rates using up to 20 MHz channels in new spectrum and other OFDMA-based air-interfaces. EV-DO Revision A, Revision B and future enhancements will allow operators to introduce Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), multi-megabit-per-second speeds, multimedia and broadcast capabilities in the coming years.
     WCDMA has been commercially deployed by more than 180 operators worldwide, as reported by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), an international organization of WCDMA and GSM suppliers, in its October 2007 reports. The WCDMA family includes HSDPA, part of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 5, which was first deployed commercially in December 2005 in the United States using our chipsets; as well as, HSUPA, part of 3GPP Release 6, which was deployed commercially in 2007. We expect enhancements in future revisions of the 3GPP specifications will further increase performance capacity and data speeds. We expect many WCDMA operators to eventually upgrade their networks to HSUPA. More than 140 operators have launched commercial HSDPA networks and 19 operators have launched HSUPA, as reported by the GSA in October 2007. Another 3G technology, TD-SCDMA, is being deployed in China along with CDMA2000, and WCDMA is being considered for deployment.
     The industry is considering moving to an OFDMA-based technology for fourth generation applications requiring high bandwidth data communications. 3GPP is specifying an OFDMA system called LTE, and 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) has adopted the UMB standard. Other standards, specified by the IEEE, include 802.16 (WiMax) and 802.20. We have been actively pursuing research and development of commercial OFDMA-based wireless communication technologies and have filed over 1,400 United States and 5,300 foreign patent applications related to these technologies. We expect that each of these standards, when adopted, will incorporate our patented technologies. Thus far, we have licensed seven companies under our patent portfolio for use in single mode OFDMA products. Multimode products, that implement both OFDMA and CDMA technologies, will in most cases be licensed under our existing license agreements for CDMA.
     Our Revenues.We generate revenues by licensing portions of our intellectual property to other manufacturers of wireless products (such as wireless phones and other devices and the hardwareinfrastructure required to establish and operate a wireless network). Revenues are generated throughWe receive licensing fees and royalties on products sold by our licensees that incorporate our patented technologies. We also sell and license products and services, which include the following, all of which are described in greater detail below:include:
 • CDMA-based integrated circuits (also known as chips) and Radio Frequency (RF) and Power Management (PM) chips and system software used in mobile phonesdevices (also known as subscriber units and handsets) and in wireless networks;
 
 • Radio FrequencyEquipment, software and Power Management chips used in wireless phones and sold in conjunction with our CDMA-based integrated circuits;
•Messaging and other services and related equipment and software used by companies, including those in the transportation industry, and other companiesgovernments to communicatewirelessly connect with their assets, products and track their equipment fleets;workforce;
 
 • Software products and services related to BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless), a package of products that enable software developers to create applications, or programs, wireless phone operators and wireless network operators (also known as mobile operators, mobile phone service providers, wireless phone operators or wireless operators) to deliver content to mobile phones. BREW also offers software products and servicesdevices;
•Services to increasewireless operators delivering multimedia content, including live TV, in the functionality and appeal of mobile phones, including uiOne for customized user interfaces for mobile phones, porting tools and technical assistance for device manufacturers, and the deliveryOne/marketOne suite of products which includes the Content Delivery System, the BREW Delivery System (BDS), and the uiOne Delivery System; andUnited States;
 
 • Software and hardware development services.services; and
•Network products based on OFDMA technology to wireless device service providers.

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     We sell network products based on OFDMA technology to mobile phone service providers. We also provide products and services to service providers and other customers of Globalstar, Inc., a company that operates a worldwide, low-Earth-orbit satellite-based telecommunications system. Our wholly-owned wireless multicast operator subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, Inc., expects to offer a nationwide network to deliver multimedia content to multiple wireless subscribers simultaneously. This network is expected to be utilized as a shared resource for wireless operators and their customers in the United States. We make strategic investments to promote the development of new CDMA products as well as the adoption of CDMA and other technologies by more mobile phone service providers.
     Our Engineering Resources.We have significant engineering resources, including engineers with substantial expertise in CDMA, OFDMA and a broad range of other technologies. Using these engineering resources, we expect to continue to develop new versions and new technologies that useof CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies, develop alternative technologies for certain specialized applications (including multicast), participate in the formulation of new wireless telecommunications standards and technologies and assist in deploying wireless voice and data communications networks around the world.

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     Our Integrated Circuits Business.We develop and supply CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products. We also design and create multimode and multiband integrated circuits incorporating other wireless standards for roaming in global roaming markets. Our integrated circuit products and system software are used in wireless devices, particularly mobile phones, laptops, data modules, handheld wireless computers, data cards and infrastructure equipment. The integrated circuits for wireless phonesdevices include the baseband Mobile Station Modem (MSM), Radio Frequency (RF)RF and Power Management (PM)PM devices, as well as the system software which enables the other phonedevice components to interface with the integrated circuit products and is the foundation software enabling phonedevice manufacturers to develop handsets utilizing the functionality within the integrated circuits. These integrated circuits for wireless phonesdevices and system software perform voice and data communication, multimedia and global positioning functions, radio conversion between RF and baseband signals and power management. Our infrastructure equipment Cell Site Modem (CSM) integrated circuits and system software perform the core baseband CDMA modem functionality in the wireless operator’s equipment.base station equipment providing wireless standards-compliant processing of voice and data signals to and from wireless devices. Because of our broad and unique experience in designing and developing CDMA-based products, we not only design the baseband integrated circuit, but the supporting system as well, including the RF devices, PM devices and accompanying software products. This approach enables us to optimize the performance of the wireless phone itselfdevice with improved product features, as well as the integration and performance of the network system. Our design of the system also allows CDMA systems and devices manufactured by our customers to come to market faster. We provide our integrated circuits and system software, including reference designs and tools, to many of the world’s leading wireless phonedevice and infrastructure equipment manufacturers. We plan to add additional features and capabilities to our future integrated circuit products to help our customers reduce the costs and size of their products and to simplify our customers’ design processes. We also design and create multimode and multiband integrated circuits incorporating other wireless standards for global roaming markets. In addition, we will continue to provide high quality support to enable our customers to reduce the time required to design their products and bring their products to market faster. We plan to add additional features and capabilities to our integrated circuit products to help our customers reduce the costs and size of their products, to simplify our customers’ design processes and to enable more wireless devices and services.
     Our PhoneWireless Device Software and Related Services Business.We provide our BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) products and services to support the development of over-the-air and pre-loaded wireless applications and services. We provide BREW to wireless network operators, handset manufacturers and software developers. The BREW products and services include the BREW software development kit (SDK) for developers; the BREW applications platform (i.e. software programs) and interface tools for device manufacturers; and the uiOne customized user interface product and servicesservices; and the deliveryOne Content Distribution System to wireless operators to enableenabling the distribution of content and applications to the market by wireless operators, while also providing the settlement of the billing and payment process.processes. The BREW platform is a software application that provides an open, standard platform for wireless devices, which means that BREW can be made to interface with many software applications, including those developed by others. We make the BREW SDK available, free of charge, to any qualified person or company interested in developing a new software application for wireless communications. BREW leverages the capabilities available in integrated circuits and system software, enabling our customers to develop feature-rich applications and content while reducing memory and maximizingenhancing system performance of the wireless phonedevice itself. In addition to CDMA2000, BREW can be used on wireless phones and other devices that support other wireless technologies, such as GSM, General Packet Radio System (GPRS), Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) and WCDMA. We also provide QChat, which enables virtually instantaneous push-to-talk functionality on CDMA-based wireless devices, and QPoint, which enables operators to offer enhanced 911 (E-911) wireless emergency and other location-based applications and services.
     Subscriber Growth. Based on reports by Wireless Intelligence, an independent source of wireless operator data, the wireless telecommunications industry continued to grow at a rapid pace during fiscal 2006, with worldwide wireless subscribers growing by more than 24% to reach approximately 2.5 billion as of September 2006. CDMA-based subscribers, including both 2G (cdmaOne) and 3G (CDMA2000, 1xEV-DO and WCDMA), represent approximately 17% of total worldwide wireless subscribers. In September 2006, Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting firm, forecast that there will be approximately 3 billion mobile phone users, also referred to as subscribers, by the end of calendar year 2007 and that the figure will grow to more than 3.8 billion globally by the end of 2011.
     The CDMA Development Group (CDG) is an international consortium of companies that joined together to lead the adoption and evolution of cdmaOne and CDMA2000 wireless systems around the world. The CDG reports subscriber information which includes 2G cdmaOne as well as 3G CDMA2000 1X and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

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(collectively, CDMA2000). The CDG does not report WCDMA. According to the CDG, cdmaOne and CDMA2000 wireless networks have been commercially deployed in 76 countries around the world. As reported by the CDG, worldwide subscribers grew by 24% during the 12-month period ended June 2006, to more than 335 million, including approximately 275 million CDMA2000 1X subscribers, approximately 36 million CDMA2000 1xEV-DO subscribers and approximately 24 million cdmaOne subscribers. As of October 2006, over 1,460 different CDMA2000 devices have been introduced to the market, including over 350 1xEV-DO devices, according to public reports made available at www.cdg.org.
     As reported by the CDG, the North America market has nearly 116 million subscribers at June 2006, representing annual growth of 15%. In the Asian Pacific market, the largest and fastest-growing region for CDMA, operators added more than 26 million subscribers during the 12-month period ended June 2006, bringing the total number of cdmaOne and CDMA2000 subscribers in this region to nearly 143 million, an increase of 23% over the prior year. In January 2002, China Unicom launched its nationwide CDMA2000 network, and as of August 2006, China Unicom announced that it had approximately 35 million CDMA2000 subscribers. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of subscribers grew by 43% during the year ended June 2006, reaching more than 70 million cdmaOne and CDMA2000 subscribers through 47 commercial operators.
Third Generation Technologies.The primary 3G standards commonly referred to throughout the wireless industry are CDMA2000, WCDMA and TDD, which includes TD-CDMA and TD-SCDMA.
     According to Wireless Intelligence as of September 2006:
•3G subscribers to wireless operators’ services grew to approximately 402 million worldwide;
•There are approximately 45 million 1xEV-DO subscribers, including over 14 million in South Korea and more than 16 million in the United States;
•There are approximately 85 million WCDMA subscribers, including approximately 34 million in Japan with the remainder primarily located in Western Europe.
     As reported by the CDG as of October 2006:
•CDMA2000 1X has been commercially deployed by more than 170 operators worldwide;
•Within the CDMA2000 family, the higher speed CDMA2000 1xEV-DO has been commercially deployed by more than 50 operators worldwide;
•In the United States, there are 26 operators that have commercially deployed CDMA2000 1X and 5 operators that have commercially deployed 1xEV-DO, making CDMA2000 the first 3G technology commercially available in North America.
     CDMA2000 1xEV-DO continues to evolve with EV-DO Revision A, Revision B and future enhancements, which will allow operators to introduce Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), multi-megabit-per-second speeds, multimedia and broadcast capabilities in the coming years.
     The first commercial deployment of WCDMA was in Japan in October 2001. WCDMA has been deployed by more than 122 operators worldwide, as reported by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), an international organization of WCDMA and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) suppliers, in its September 2006 reports. The WCDMA family includes HSDPA, part of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 5, which was first deployed commercially in December 2005 in the United States using our chipsets; as well as, HSUPA, part of 3GPP Release 6, which is in trial phase. We expect other future enhancements in future revisions of the 3GPP specifications will further increase performance capacity and data speeds. We expect many WCDMA operators to eventually upgrade their networks to HSDPA. More than 65 operators have launched commercial HSDPA networks, as reported by GSA in October 2006. Another 3G technology, TD-SCDMA, is being considered for launch in China along with WCDMA and CDMA2000.
Our Asset Tracking and Messaging Business.We design, manufacture and sell equipment, sell software and provide satelliteservices to our customers to enable them to connect wirelessly with their assets, products and workforce. We offer satellite- and terrestrial-based two-way data messagingwireless connectivity and position reportinglocation services to transportation companies, privateand logistics fleets, construction contractors, original equipment fleetsmanufacturers and other enterprise companies throughout parts of the world. These products permitto enable our customers to track the location and monitor performance of their vehicles or other assets, and to communicate with them en route. These productstheir personnel and services use commercially available satellite and wireless terrestrial-based networks to permitcollect data.

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this communication. Our MediaFLO Business.Our subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, Inc. (MediaFLO USA), began offering services over our nationwide multicast network based on our MediaFLO Media Distribution System (MDS) and Forward Link Only (FLO) technology in the second quarter of fiscal 2007. This network is utilized as a shared resource for wireless operators and their customers use these productsin the United States. The commercial availability of the MediaFLO USA network and service on wireless devices will continue to communicatebe determined by our wireless operator partners. MediaFLO USA’s network uses the 700 megahertz (MHz) spectrum for which we hold licenses nationwide. Additionally, MediaFLO USA has and will continue to procure, aggregate and distribute content in service packages which we will make available on a wholesale basis to our wireless operator customers (whether they operate on CDMA or GSM/WCDMA networks) in the United States.
     MediaFLO USA continues to expand the availability of its commercial service. The initial phase of its network launch includes several major markets. Verizon Wireless began offering the MediaFLO service in fiscal 2007, and MediaFLO USA expects AT&T Mobility to begin offering the service in fiscal 2008. In addition, MediaFLO USA is actively engaged in discussions with drivers, monitor vehicle locationother domestic wireless operators on how they might utilize the MediaFLO USA service.
     In fiscal 2007, Verizon Wireless began offering the MediaFLO USA service, and performance,we supported AT&T’s impending offering of MediaFLO service. We increased the global market awareness of MediaFLO technology through successful trials with British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the U.K., China Network Systems (CNS) in Taiwan, together with Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd. (TTV) in Taiwan, PCCW Limited in Hong Kong and provide automated driver logs, fuel tax reporting, securityMaxis Communications Berhad and enhanced customer services. Our products, which collectASTRO All Asia Networks plc, in Malaysia. In addition, we are pursuing numerous other international opportunities to market and transmit this data, are also integrateddeploy MediaFLO. We continue to maintain a joint venture with our customers’ operations software, suchKDDI to explore the deployment of MediaFLO services in Japan. FLO technology is now established as dispatch, payroll and accounting, so our customers can better manage their information and operations. Using our asset tracking and messaging infrastructure, we also provide a managed wireless data service, QConnect, to other service providers. For example, we provideglobal open standard with the QConnect service to CardioNet, a providerpublication of outpatient cardiac telemetry technology services, where we manage the wireless data service connectivity between CardioNet mobile monitoring devices and the CardioNet Monitoring Center.five new Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) specifications.
     Further Investments in New Products, Services and Technologies.We continue to invest heavily in research and development in a variety of ways, to grow our earnings and extend the market for our products and services.
     We continue to develop and commercialize third generation CDMA-based technologies, such as CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, EV-DO Revision A, EV-DO Revision B, WCDMA, HSDPA (3GPP Release 5), HSUPA (3GPP Release 6), HSPA+ (3GPP Release 7) and other future standards. These technologies support more efficient voice communications, broadband access to the Internet, multimedia services, VoIP and other delay sensitive applications (including Voice over Internet Protocol, video telephony, push-to-talk and multiplayer gaming) and other revenue-generating services, in turn accelerating the growth of CDMA. At the same time, we are working to fulfill the growing demand for affordable, voice-centric CDMA phoneswireless devices within the emerging entry-level market through various efforts including the introduction of Single Chip (SC) solutions, streamlined test and certification processes and the aggregation of device procurements. With regard to our 1xEV-DO technology, we have improved its value, performance and economics with EV-DO Revision A, which provides a number of enhancements, including greater spectral efficiency, faster reverse-link data rates, lower latency and optimized quality of service. EV-DO Revision B enables CDMA operators to utilize a software upgrade to allow multiple RF operators to transmit to a single device and hence significantly increase the user data rates (e.g. three times in a 5 MHz bandwidth) and reduce latency for bursty applications.
     We also continue to develop and commercialize multimode, multiband and multinetwork products that embody technologies such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Universal Serial Bus (USB), Forward Link Only (FLO),FLO, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Global System for Mobile Communications-Mobile Application Port (GSM-MAP), American National Standards Institute 41 (ANSI-41) and Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) core networks. We continue to support multiple mobile client software environments in our multimedia and convergence chipsets, such as BREW, Java, Windows Mobile, PalmOS, Linux and Linux.the recently announced Open Handset Alliance.
     We continue to develop on our own, and with our partners, new innovations that are integrated into our product portfolio to further expand the market and enhance the value of our products and services. These products and features include BREW, uiOne, deliveryOne, OmniOne, gpsOne, QChat, Qtunes, QConcert, Qtv, Q3Dimension, Qcamera, Qcamcorder, Qvideophone, Secure MSM, compact media extension (CMX), mobile display digital interface (MDDI), next-generation voice codec (4GV), Platinum Multicasting and MediaFLO. At the same time, we are very active within many industry bodies, including 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2), Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), to ensureencourage the (1) universal implementation of these innovations are (1) universally implemented to support economies of scale and (2) interoperableinteroperability of these innovations with existing and future mobile communication services to preserve ongoing investments.

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     In particular, we continue to contribute to 3GPP2 and 3GPP standards to enable the next level of mobile broadband data services. In April 2007, 3GPP2 standards are evolving beyond EV-DO Revision A to offer much higherpublished the first version of UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), an OFDMA-based specification. UMB is a broadband air interface using primarily OFDMA, but also incorporating CDMA, providing data rates through Revision B and Revision C. Revision B enables CDMA operators to upgrade their networks through software upgrades to support transmissions to a single handset using multiple carriers to increase the data rates (in a 5 MHz bandwidth, more than three times the data rate). Revision C will enable an OFDMA/CDMA path for delivering ultra mobile broadband data rates using up to 20 MHz channels in new152 Mbps on the downlink with and vacant spectrum. In a system using 20 MHz bandwidths75 Mbps on both the uplink and downlink, uplink rates are greater than 50 Mbps and downlink rates are greater than 100 Mbps with two base station antennas and two handset antennas.antennas using the 20 MHz bandwidth. With the same bandwidths and with four antennas at both the base station and handset,device, downlink rates greater than 200288 Mpbs can be obtained. The data rates will be less with lower bandwidths. 3GPP standards are also evolving beyond current HSDPA and HSUPA through Release 7 and Release 8 to offer Evolved HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) or, also known as HSPA+, technologies to enable much higher broadband data rates.rates and higher capacity voice services. In parallel, 3GPP is also introducing an OFDMA-based air-interface through its Long Term Evolution (LTE)LTE standard to deliver ultrahigher mobile broadband data rates using channel bandwidths up to 20 MHz. These standards also enable end-to-end IPInternet Protocol (IP) transport using advanced IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) platform to deliver voice (VoIP), multimedia and other broadband data services cost effectively.

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     UMB and LTE have been proposed to be part of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 specification as part of the normal update process. WiMax has been proposed to be the sixth air interface in the IMT-2000 family. Initial systems utilizing 802.16e WiMax standard are expected to be commercialized in the 2008 time frame. These systems are targeted at TDD spectrum and higher frequency bands (e.g. 2.5 and 3.5 GHz). Similarly, WiBRO, a variant of WiMax, has been deployed in South Korea at 2.3 GHz with limited commercial success. Since the WiMax family of standards has evolved from a wire line legacy, we believe that, in the near future, the efficiency and mobility are not expected to be as robust as those technologies that were designed from the ground up for mobile broadband (i.e. UMB and LTE). Furthermore, the 3G economies of scale greatly improve the availability and cost structure of 3GPP and 3GPP2 evolved technologies. The OFDMA family of standards is expected to be complementary with 3G services, and Qualcomm expects to provide multimode chipsets capable of operating across multiple technology deployment scenarios.

effectively.     These innovations are expected to enable our customers to improve the performance or value of their existing services, offer these services more affordably, and introduce revenue-generating broadband data services ahead of their competition. Our patented technologies, resulting from our strong investment in fundamental system research and development, have been and are expected to continue to play a significant role in each of these future standards.
     These innovations are expected to enable our customers to improve the performance or value of their existing services, offer these services more affordably, and introduce new revenue-generating broadband data services well ahead of their competition. CDMA network service providers also benefit from these innovations through increased numbers of subscribers, handset replacements and increased annual revenues per user.
     Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), such as Wi-Fi, are complementary to Wide Area Networks (WAN), such as CDMA2000 and WCDMA. They both provide affordable high-speed wireless access to the Internet. The limited coverage offered by Wi-Fi is well suited for private networks (e.g. enterprises, campuses and homes) and certain public “hot spots” (e.g. airports, conference halls and coffee shops) where data usage is expected to be high in a limited portable and stationary environment; whereas,environment. 3G CDMA networks, on the other hand, are ideally suited for geographically diverse voice and data coverage (e.g. cities, highways and neighborhoods) and in environments where public access to the Wi-Fi network is blocked due to a firewall (e.g. a client’s enterprise). We may incorporate this OFDM-based standardWLAN technology into our future multimode 3G CDMA chipsets as we continue to identify and integrate other complementary wireless technologies into our chipsets.
     We are also developing our MediaFLO Media Distribution System (MDS)MDS and OFDM-based FLO technology to optimize the low cost delivery of multimedia content to multiple wireless subscribers simultaneously, otherwise known as multicasting. As part of the standardization of FLO technology, the FLO Forum (www.floforum.org) was established in fiscalMay 2005. To date, more than 6585 companies have joined the FLO Forum, including leaders from across the mobile content distribution industry.Forum. In 2005, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)TIA established a Committee to develop standards for Terrestrial Mobile Multimedia Multicast. In August 2006, TIA published the Standard Forward Link Only Air Interface Specification that was based upon the FLO Forum’s submissions, thus standardizing the lower layers of the FLO air interface. The TIA has published a total of five standards relating to the MediaFLO MDS technology and several other standards are currently in development.
     Our subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, Inc. (MediaFLO USA), plans to deploy and operate a nationwide multicast networkWe are also developing our interferometric modulator (IMOD) display technology based on our MDS and FLO technology. MediaFLO USA will use 700 megahertz (MHz) spectrum for which we hold licenses for a nationwide footprint to deliver high-quality video and audio programming to wireless subscribersmicro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) structure combined with thin film optics. The IMOD display technology may be included in the United States. Additionally, MediaFLO USA plansfull range of consumer-targeted mobile products and is expected to procure, aggregateprovide performance, power consumption and distribute content in service packages which we will make available on a wholesale basiscost benefits as compared to our wireless operator customers (whether they operate on CDMA or GSM/WCDMA networks) in the United States. MediaFLO USA will require minimal access to third generation networks (CDMA or WCDMA) operated by our wireless operator customers for activities such as subscription management. We believe that the service provided by MediaFLO USA will serve to complement many of the wireless operators’ third generation network service offerings.
     MediaFLO USA continues to prepare for the launch of its commercial service. Its San Diego Broadcast Operation Center and Network Operations Center are currently operating, while construction of the initial phase of its network is nearing completion in several major markets. In addition to Verizon Wireless, which announced its intention to launch the MediaFLO USA service in early calendar 2007, MediaFLO USA is actively engaged in discussions with multiple domestic wireless operators on how they might utilize the MediaFLO USA service.
     Outside of the United States, we continue to see interest in FLO technology. In May 2006, we signed a nonbinding letter of intent with British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) to conduct the first technical trials of MediaFLO technology in the United Kingdom. The trial features 10 channels of BSkyB content and a small number of non-commercial devices provided by us. The BSkyB technical trial is the first of what we expect will be a number of FLO technology trials in Europe and other parts of the world. In Japan, we formed a joint venture with KDDI to explore the deployment of MediaFLO services, and Softbank (which acquired Vodafone KK) is setting up a new company called Mobile Media Planning Corp. to conduct a technical study of MediaFLO and plan a new service using MediaFLO technology.current display technologies.
     Consistent with our strategic approach over the past fifteen years, we intend to continue our active support of CDMA-based technologies, products and network operations to grow our royalty revenues and integrated circuit

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and software revenues. We also plan to continue to broadly grant royalty-bearing licenses to our patented technologies (including CDMA and OFDMA) and software applications under terms and conditions that are fair, reasonable and free from unfair discrimination. From time to time, we may also make acquisitions to meet certain technology needs, to obtain development resources or to pursue new business opportunities. For example, in fiscal 2006, we completed the acquisition of Flarion Technologies, Inc. (Flarion), a developer of OFDMA technology. Our acquisition of

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Flarion is intended to broaden our ability to effectively support operators who may prefer an OFDMA or a hybrid OFDM/CDMA/WCDMA network alternative. The addition of Flarion’s engineering resources also supplements the resources that we have already dedicated over the years towards the development of OFDM/OFDMA technologies. Flarion’s intellectual property portfolio contributed significantly to our strong OFDM/OFDMA patent portfolio.
     We plan to continue to make strategic investments in start-up companies that we believe open new markets for our technology, support the design and introduction of new products and services and/or possess unique capabilities or technology. Most of our strategic investments entail a high degree of risk and will not become liquid until more than one year from the date of investment, if at all. To the extent that such investments become liquid and meet our strategic objectives, we intend to make regular periodic sales of our interests in these investments that are recognized in investment income (expense). In some cases, we make strategic investments in early-stage companies, which require us to consolidate or record our equity in losses of those companies. These losses will adversely affect our financial results until we exit from or reduce our exposure to these investments.
     Giving Back.Corporate Responsibility.At QUALCOMM,Qualcomm, we are not only committedrealize we have a significant role to being good corporate citizens, but also good neighbors in the communities we call home. We contribute collectivelyplay as a corporation, and we participatepartner in waysour communities. We also believe that touch people’s lives on a personal level. We encourageparticipating in community organizations is an important avenue for our employees to give their timedevelop as professionals and considerable talents to the community, and their significant volunteer efforts are evident in, for example, schools, the arts, feeding the homeless and serving on the advisory boards of not-for-profit organizations. We make donations to community causes, with a focus on programs that promote education, health and human services, and culture and the arts. Our charitable giving programs include our active and ongoing employee matching grant program, which matches a certain level of donations made by employees to qualifying organizations, and educational giving, such as engineering partnerships with universities intended to make a sustainable difference in educational systems in the various regions in which we do business. Our charitable giving and volunteer programs are based on respect for community organizations, cooperative leadership development and philanthropic creativity.citizens.
     In addition, our Wireless Reach initiative empowers underserved communities through the use of 3G wireless technologies. The objective of this initiative is to strengthen economic and social development with a focus on education, governance, healthcare and public safety. Wireless Reach creates sustainable 3G projects through partnerships with non-government organizations, universities, government institutions, development agencies and other private sector companies.
•Community Involvement.Qualcomm’s spirit of innovation is at the heart of our commitment to corporate citizenship. Our creativity, talent and technology are strong tools that energize and empower our global communities.
•Diversity.We strongly believe in fostering a diverse environment and are committed to advancing opportunities for minorities and encouraging diversity through the workforce.
•Environmental Health and Safety.We take a proactive approach to programs and techniques that contribute to a better environment for our local communities as well as our employees.
•Wireless Reach.We believe access to advanced wireless voice and data services improves people’s lives. Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative supports programs and solutions that bring the benefits of connectivity to developing communities globally. By working with partners, Wireless Reach projects create new ways for people to communicate, learn, access healthcare and reach global markets.
Wireless Telecommunications Industry OverviewMarket
     The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is a telecommunication standards setting organization that is recognized as an impartial, international organization within which governments and the private sector work together to advance the development of international standards for communications technology. The ITU’s standardization activities foster the growth of new technologies, such as mobile telephony, mobile broadcast and mobile Internet, as well as the emerging global information infrastructure, which handles a mix of voice, data and multimedia signals. The ITU develops internationally agreed-upon technical and operating standards to foster seamless interconnection of the world’s communication networks and their subsystems. As the world of telecommunications, information technology and media content distribution rapidly converge, the role of the ITU is to forge new recommendations that promote the interoperability of equipment and facilitate the development of advanced communication networks. The ITU identifies sound technical recommendations and develops them into internationally recognized ITU standards.
     The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is a United States-based non-profit trade association serving the telecommunications technology industry. The TIA provides a forum for its member companies, which manufacture or supply the products and services used in global communications. Through its voluntary standards setting committees, the TIA facilitates the interoperability of new communications networks with the stated objective of working towards a competitive and innovative market environment. The TIA is a major contributor of voluntary industry standards that support global trade and commerce in communications products and systems.
     Standards Development Organizations (SDO), including, among others, TIA and Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) in the United States, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) in South Korea, Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) in Japan, China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), and the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), are non-profit voluntary standards, trade and professional associations that serve the telecommunications technology industry. Through their worldwide activities, these organizations work in

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conjunction with the ITU, to develop common specifications to facilitate global business development opportunities. They each provide a market-focused forum for their member companies, which manufacture or supply products and services used in global communications. They also facilitate the interoperability of new communications networks with a stated objective of working towards a competitive and innovative market environment. Each organization contributes voluntary industry standards that support global trade and commerce in communications products and systems.
     None of these organizations have the mission, ability or authority to enforce or protect intellectual property rights. Today, these organizations generally ask participating companies to declare whether they believe they hold patents essential for compliance with a particular standard and, if so, whether they are willing to license such patents on terms and conditions that are fair, reasonable and free from unfair discrimination (and, in some instances, whether the patent holder is willing to license royalty free).
     Usage of mobile phones and other typesUse of wireless telecommunications equipmentdevices has increased dramatically in the past decade. According to forecasts made in September 2006July 2007 by Strategy Analytics, the number of worldwide mobile subscribers areis expected to reach approximately 33.6 billion by the end of 20072008 and to exceed 3.8almost 4.6 billion in 2011,2012, including approximately 3.13.5 billion unique users, equivalent to a penetration rate of 47%67%. Growth in the market for wireless telecommunications services has traditionally been fueled by demand for voice communications. There have been several factors responsible for the increasing demand for wireless voice services, including:
 • lower cost of wireless handsets, joined with an increasing selection of appealing mobile devices;
 
 • lower cost of service, including flat-rate and bundled long-distance calling plans;
 
 • prepaid services, particularly popular in developing countries;
 
 • an increasingly mobile workforce with increased need for wireless voice communications;
•a consumer base that desires to be accessible, informed and entertained within a mobile environment;
•increased coverage, roaming, privacy, reliability and call clarity of voice transmissions;
 
 • wireless networks becoming the primary communications infrastructure in developing countries due to the higher costs of and longer time required for installing wireline networks; and
 
 • regulatory environments worldwide favoring increased competition in wireless telecommunications.
     In addition to the tremendous demand for wireless voice services, wireless service providers are increasingly focused on providing broadband wireless access to the Internet, as well as multimedia entertainment, messaging, mobile commerce and position location services. These services have been aided by the development and commercialization of 3G wireless networks and 3G handsets which are capable of supporting higher data rates that incorporate an ever-increasing array of new features and functionality, such as assisted GPS-based position location, digital cameras with flash and zoom capabilities, internet browsers, email, interactive games, music and video downloads and software download capability (e.g. our BREW platform). In June 2006,October 2007, the Yankee Group, a global market intelligence and advisory firm in the technology and telecommunications industries, estimated that more than 1.92.5 billion people will be using mobile data services by 20102011 and the revenue produced from these services will account for 23% of total service revenue worldwide. We believe the growing availability of 3G-enabled handsets capable of performing a wide variety of consumer and enterprise applications will accelerate the demand for many wireless data services on a global basis and thus lead to an increased replacement rate of mobile

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devices to those using our technologies and integrated circuits. Affordable wireless broadband data connectivity is important to the consumer and enterprise, and its demand will continue to drive the evolution of wireless standards.
     The adoption of wireless standards for mobile communications within individual countries is generally determined by the telecommunication service providers operating in those countries and, in some instances, local government regulations. Such determinations are typically based on economic criteria and the service provider’s evaluation of each technology’s ability to provide the features and functionality required for its business plan. More than a decade and a half ago, the European Community developed regulations requiring the use of a telecommunication standard known as Global System for Mobile Communications, commonly referred to as GSM, a TDMA-based technology. According to Wireless Intelligence, the use of this second generation wireless standard has spread throughout the world and is currently the basis for approximately 80% of the digital mobile

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communications in use. With the deployment of WCDMA, a third generation CDMA-based technology, by GSM operators, many of the current 22.5 billion GSM subscribers willare expected to upgrade to third generation wireless services to enjoyand are enjoying the added features and functionality available with 3G systems. For instance, a worldwide forecast published by Strategy Analytics in July 2007 indicated that the total number of WCDMA (UMTS) subscribers will grow from 190 million at the end of 2007 to over 1 billion by the beginning of 2012.
The Evolution of Wireless StandardsTechnologies
     The significant growth in the use of wireless phonesdevices worldwide and demand for enhanced network functionality requires constant innovation to further improve network reliability, expand capacity and introduce new types of services. To meet these requirements, progressive generations of wireless telecommunications technology standards have evolved.
     First Generation.The first generation of wireless telecommunications, widely deployed by the late 1980s in most of the developed world, was based on analog technology. While this generation helped introduce the adoption of cellular wireless telecommunications by some business and consumer users, the technology was characterized by inherent capacity limitations, minimal or no data transfer capabilities, lack of privacy, inconsistent service levels and significant power consumption.
Second Generation.As the deployment of mobile phoneCompared to first generation analog systems, grew, the limitations of analog technology drove the development of second generation, digital-based technologies. Second generation digital technology provided for significantly enhanced efficiency within a fixed spectrum as well asresulting in greatly increased voice capacity compared to analog systems.capacity. Second generation technologies also enabled numerous enhanced services, including paging, e-mail, facsimile, connections to computer networks, greater privacy, lower prices, a greater number of service options and greater fraud protection. However, data services (email, fax, computer connections) were generally limited to low speed transmission rates. The main second-generation digital cellular technologies are CDMA, called cdmaOne or IS-95A/B, a technology we developed and patented, North American TDMA, PDC (Personal Digital Cellular—a variant of North American TDMA), and GSM, also a form of TDMA.
     Some At this time, sales of the advantages of CDMA technology over both analogNorth American TDMA and TDMA- and GSM-based technologies include increased network capacity, network flexibility, compatibilityPDC phones have been discontinued with Internet protocols, higher capacity for data and faster accesssubscribers being moved to data (Internet), higher data throughput rates and easier transition toGSM or 3G networks. GSM has the benefits of roaming due to its wider worldwide deployment, and, for the near term, lower priced low-end handsets.
     A number of GSM operators deployed 2.5G mobile packet data technologies, such as GPRS and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) in areas serviced by GSM, as a bridging technology, while they waited for 3G WCDMA devices to become more readily available and affordable so they can justify the expense of upgrading their GSM system to provide WCDMA service. In some regions of the world, regulatory restrictions prevent deploying WCDMA in the lower frequency bands used by GSM, thus requiring more cell sites for WCDMA to provide coverage. As a result, in less dense areas, sometechnologies. Many operators have not deployed WCDMA. From a technological perspective, we do not believe that GPRS and EDGE effectively compete with 3G CDMA-based packet data services, either on a cost per bit or transmitted performance basis.plans to shut down usage of these second generation systems. Similarly, analog systems have been shut down in many places. In the United States, the FCC is permitting operators to shut down the analog system beginning in 2008.
     Third Generation.As a result of demand for wireless networks that simultaneously carry both high speed data and voice traffic, several 3G wireless standards were proposed to the ITU by a variety of SDOs. These proposals included both CDMA- and TDMA-based technologies. A technology standard selected for 3G must efficiently support significantly increased data speeds and increased voice and data capacity, thereby enabling new and enhanced services and applications such as mobile e-commerce, position location and mobile multimedia web browsing, including music and video downloads.
CDMA-Based 3G Technology.Inin May 2000, the ITUInternational Telecommunications Union (ITU), a standards setting organization, adopted the 3G standard known as IMT-2000, which encompasses five terrestrial operating radio interfaces, three of them based on our CDMA intellectual property. The other two are TDMA-based.
     The three IMT-2000Some of the advantages of 3G CDMA radio interfaces are:
(1)CDMA Multicarrier (MC). This is also called MC-CDMA and CDMA2000. It includes CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO (EV-DO), and 1xEV-DV;
(2)CDMA Direct Spread (DS). This is also called WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) and UTRA-FDD (Universal Terrestrial Radio-Access Frequency Division Duplex).
technology over both analog and TDMA- and GSM-based technologies include increased network capacity, network flexibility, compatibility with internet protocols, higher capacity for data and faster access to data (Internet) and higher data throughput rates. GSM has the benefits of roaming due to its wider worldwide deployment Once considered an advantage of GSM, several low priced handsets of approximately $30 or less are available today for CDMA, further enabling wireless CDMA growth in developing regions.

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(3)CDMA TDD. There are two versions of CDMA TDD: TD-CDMA, also known as UTRA-TDD (Time Division Duplex), and TD-SCDMA. Effectively TD-CDMA and TD-SCDMA are different radio interfaces, but are classified as one by the ITU.
     There are two IMT-2000 radio interfaces that are not based upon CDMA:
(4)TDMA Single Carrier. This is also called Universal Wireless Communication-136 (UWC-136).     The main parts are based upon the TIA/EIA-136 standard for TDMA and EDGE.
(5)FDMA/TDMA. This is also called Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone (DECT).
     The two current commercial versions of CDMA2000, are: CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO. These versions use a pair of 1.25 MHz channels to1xEV-DO, provide both voice and high-speed wireless data communications. CDMA2000 1X/1X and 1xEV-DO utilizesutilize the same standard channel bandwidth as existing cdmaOne systems and, as a result, isare compatible with wireless telecommunications operators’ existing network equipment, making the migration to 3G simple and affordable. We believe CDMA2000 1X provides approximately twice the voice capacity of cdmaOne and six to eight times that of TDMA-based networks. Position location technology, accomplished through a hybrid approach that utilizes signals from both the GPS satellite constellation and CDMA cell sites, enables CDMA system operators to meet the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate requiring wireless operators to implement enhanced 911 (E911)E911 wireless emergency location services and offer other commercial location-based services. In the future, updates of CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO are expected to further increase performance. Other enhancements, such as multicast services, higher-resolution displays, longer battery life, push-to-talk services and Voice over Internet ProtocolVoIP are becoming available to improve the user experience and operator profitability. The price differential between low-end third generation CDMA2000 handsets and GSM handsets is diminishing.
     Commercial deployment of CDMA2000 1X beganGSM operators around the world, including those in South Korea in October 2000. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO was first commercially launched in January 2002 with SKT’s high-speed mobile multimediathe European Community and broadcast service called “June,” and KTF also launched 1xEV-DO later the same year. Other prominent carriers, such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint NextelAT&T in the United States, KDDI in Japan, VIVO in Brazil and Telecom New Zealand, have deployed 1xEV-DO network equipment in numerous markets and are expanding coverage nationwide. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO subscribers are expected to continue to grow as more operators begin to offer the service and the cost of providing the wireless broadband service becomes more affordable and attractive through lower cost handsets, additional network enhancements, the embedding of the technology into laptops and increased competition between operators. Currently, major laptop computer companies, including Lenovo, Dell, HP, Toshiba and Panasonic, have products incorporating 1xEV-DO technology.
     The European Community and Cingular, a United States carrier, have focused primarily on the UTRA-FDD radio interface of the IMT-2000 standard, known as WCDMA, which is based on our underlying CDMA technology and incorporates many of our patented inventions (as are all of the CDMA radio interfaces of the IMT-2000 Standard). The majority of the world’s leading wireless phonedevice and infrastructure manufacturers (more than 70)85) have licensed our technology for use in WCDMA products, enabling them to utilize this WCDMA mode of the 3G technology. This includes
     A number of GSM operators deployed 2.5G mobile packet data technologies, such as GPRS and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) in areas serviced by GSM, as a bridging technology, while they waited for 3G WCDMA devices to become more readily available and affordable so they can justify the following major wireless equipment suppliers: Agilent, Alcatel, BenQ, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kyocera, LG Electronics, Lucent, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Pantech & Curitel, NEC, Nokia, Nortel, Novatel Wireless, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Siemens, Sierra Wireless and Toshiba, among others. We expect significant growthexpense of upgrading their GSM system to provide WCDMA service. In some regions of the world, regulatory restrictions have prevented deploying WCDMA in the lower frequency bands used by GSM, thus requiring more cell sites for WCDMA subscriber base overto provide coverage. As a result, in less dense areas, some operators have not deployed WCDMA. From a technological perspective, we do not believe that GPRS and EDGE effectively compete with 3G CDMA-based packet data services, either on a cost per bit or transmitted performance basis. The European Union permitted IMT-2000 technologies, which include WCDMA, to be deployed in the next five years, driven by Japan (led by NTT DoCoMo), Europe, Chinalower frequency 900 MHz band. This is called UMTS900. As a result, commercial deployments are expected, and the United States (led by Cingular); thus, wethere have allocated a significant amount of engineering, production and business resources to support this large growth opportunity.been announcements from vendors indicating they will provide UMTS900 equipment.
     The three ITU 3G CDMA radio interfaces are all based on the underlying core principles of CDMA technology; however, the CDMA2000 mode enables a direct and more economical conversion for current cdmaOne networks. While the WCDMA wireless air interface does use CDMA technology for communications between the wireless device and the network, the infrastructure backhaul network has been specifically designed to be compatible with the GSM backhaul network, which is why it is expected that most GSM operators will migrate to WCDMA rather than to CDMA2000.We will continue to develop integrated circuits for CDMA2000 and WCDMA and expect to develop integrated circuits for all 3G versions based on CDMA when commercially worthwhile. In addition, ourOur intellectual property rights include a valuable patent portfolio that includes patents essential to implementation of each of the 3G CDMA alternative standards and patents that are useful for commercially successful product implementations. Generally, we have licensed substantially all of our patents to our CDMA subscriber and infrastructure equipment licensees. Under each of our existing license

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agreements covering multiple CDMA standards, the royalty rate paid to us for sales of licensed 3G CDMA (regardless of whether it is CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-CDMA or TD-SCDMA) subscriber products is no less than the rate that such licensee pays for its licensed second generation cdmaOne subscriber products.
     These 3G CDMA versions (CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-CDMA and TD-SCDMA) from a technological perspective require separate implementations and are not interchangeable. While the fundamental core technologies are derived from CDMA and, in addition to other features and functionality, are covered by our patents, they each require unique infrastructure products, network design and management. However, subscriber roaming amongst systems using different air interfaces is made possible through multimode wireless devices.
Operating Segments
     Consolidated revenues from international customers and licensees as a percentage of total revenues were 87%, in both fiscal 2007 and 2006 and 82% and 79% in fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.2005. During fiscal 2006, 32%2007, 31%, 21% and 17% of our revenue wasrevenues were from customers and licensees based in South Korea, JapanChina and China,Japan, respectively, as compared to 32%, 17% and 21% during fiscal 2006, respectively, and 37%, 21%11% and 11%21% during fiscal 2005, respectively,respectively. Revenues from three customers, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc. and 43%, 18%Samsung Electronics Company, constituted a significant portion (each more than 10%) of consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 and 7% during fiscal 2004, respectively.2005.
     Risks related to our conducting business with customers and licensees outside of the United States are described in Risk Factors –— “We, and our licensees, are subject to the risks of conducting business outside of the United States.” Additional information regarding our operating segments is provided in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 10 –— Segment Information.”
QUALCOMMQualcomm CDMA Technologies Segment (QCT)
     QCT is a leading developer and supplier of CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products. QCT’s integrated circuit products and system software are used in wireless devices, particularly mobile phones, data cards and infrastructure equipment. These products provide customers with advanced wireless technology, enhanced

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component integration and interoperability, and reduced time-to-market. QCT markets and sells products in the United States through a sales force based in San Diego, California, and internationally through a direct sales force based in China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. QCT products are sold to many of the world’s leading wireless handset, data card and infrastructure manufacturers. In fiscal 2006,2007, QCT shipped approximately 207253 million MSM integrated circuits for CDMA wireless devices worldwide. QCT revenues comprised 58%59%, 58% and 64%58% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, and 2004, respectively. Three customers, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, constitute a significant portion of QCT’s revenues.
     QCT utilizes a fabless production business model, which means that we do not own or operate foundries for the production of silicon wafers from which our integrated circuits are made. Integrated circuits are die, cut from silicon wafers, that have completed the assembly and final test manufacturing processes. Die, cut from silicon wafers, are the essential components of all of our integrated circuits and a significant portion of the total integrated circuit cost. We rely on independent third party suppliers to perform the manufacturing and assembly, and most of the testing, of our integrated circuits. Our suppliers are also responsible for the procurement of most of the raw materials used in the production of our integrated circuits. The majority ofWe employ both turnkey and two-stage manufacturing business models to purchase our integrated circuits are purchased on a turnkey basis, in whichcircuits. Turnkey is when our foundry suppliers are responsible for delivering fully assembled and tested integrated circuits. We also employ aUnder the two-stage manufacturing business model, in which we purchase completed die directly from semiconductor manufacturing foundries and contract directly manage and contract with third party manufacturers for back-end assembly and test services. We refer to this two-stage manufacturing business model as Integrated Fabless Manufacturing (IFM). IBM, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and United Microelectronics are the primary foundry suppliers for our family of baseband integrated circuits. Atmel, Freescale (formerly Motorola Semiconductor) and IBM are the primary foundry suppliers for our family of analog, radio frequency and power management integrated circuits. We continue to add foundry suppliers and have recently begun volume manufacturing with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation. Our fabless model provides us the flexibility to select suppliers that offer advanced process technologies to manufacture, assemble and test our integrated circuits at a competitive price.
     QCT’sIBM, Samsung Electronics Co., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and United Microelectronics Corporation are the primary foundry suppliers for our family of baseband integrated circuit products, includingcircuits. Atmel Corporation, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., IBM and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation are the MSM, RFprimary foundry suppliers for our family of analog, radio frequency and PM devicespower management integrated circuits. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc., Amkor Technology Inc., and system software enable phone manufacturers to design attractive, slimSTATSChipPAC Ltd. are the primary back-end semiconductor assembly and feature-rich handsets for cdmaOne and 3G services with longer standby and talk times. These products also enable data card manufacturers to design modems that insert into laptop computers to facilitate access to the Internet via wireless networks. For wireless infrastructure manufacturers,test (SAT) suppliers under our IFM model.
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signals to and from wireless handsets. In addition to the key components in a wireless system, QCT provides our customers with system reference designs and development tools to assist in customizing wireless phones and user interfaces, to integrate our products with components developed by others, and to test interoperability with existing and planned networks. QCT is also closely aligned with manufacturers and operators in product plans, design specifications and development timelines.
     The 1xEV-DO technology is designed to provide reliable, cost-effective and always-on wireless data and Internet access to consumers. It is fully compatible with existing cdmaOne and CDMA2000 1X technologies and has been standardized as part of the CDMA2000 mode of the 3G standard. The 1xEV-DO technology can be embedded in phones, laptop and handheld computers, and other fixed, portable and mobile devices to enable manufacturers to deliver products with access to services that were previously only available through wired connections to the Internet or to enterprise networks. The 1xEV-DO technology also allows operators to leverage their current infrastructure investment and maintain compatibility with existing phone equipment. We designed and developed a complete packagebroad portfolio of products, including both infrastructurewireless device and phoneinfrastructure integrated circuits, in support of 1xEV-DO as well as the industry-wide movement to standardize, developEV-DO Revision A, EV-DO Revision B, and deploy 1xEV-DO technology in CDMA2000 networks.
UMB evolutions of CDMA 2000 technology. Leveraging our expertise in CDMA, we have also developed integrated circuits for manufacturers and operators deploying the WCDMA version of 3G. More than 30 device manufacturers have selected our WCDMA products that support GSM/GPRS, WCDMA, HSDPA and HSDPAHSUPA for their devices. To support near-term commercial network roll-outs, weWe have also completed interoperability testing with global infrastructure providers representing wireless network operators worldwide using test devices based on ournot commercially sold a CSM integrated circuit products.product for WCDMA base station equipment.
     Our gpsOne position-location technology is in more than 300 million gpsOne-enabled handsets sold worldwide. Compatible with all major air interfaces, our gpsOne technology is the industry’s only fully-integrated wireless baseband and assisted-GPS product, and has enabled CDMA system operators to cost-effectively meet the FCC’s E911 mandate.
     Our MSM integrated circuit products are offered on four distinct platforms (Value, Multimedia, Enhanced Multimedia and Convergence) in order to address specific market segments and offer products tailored to the needs of users in those various market segments. The Value Platform addresses entry-level markets and enables voice-centric and basic data wireless phones.devices. The Value Platform includes our QUALCOMMQualcomm Single Chip (QSC) product family, the industry’s first single-chip CDMA2000 1X products targeted at lowering overall handset costs and driving the broader adoption of high-speed data services in emerging markets. The first generation of QSC products, which includes the QSC6020, QSC6030 and QSC6040, are now shipping in volume. The second generation of QSC products, the QSC6055 and QSC6065, are expected to ship samples in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The QSC1100 product is expected to ship samples in the second half of calendar year 2007.
The Multimedia and Enhanced Multimedia Platforms are designed to facilitate the rapid adoption of high-speed wireless data applications. Features from the Multimedia and Enhanced Multimedia Platforms include support for multi-megapixel cameras, videotelephony, streaming multimedia, audio, 3D graphics and advanced position-location capabilities. Our CDMA2000 Multimedia Platform MSM6500 and Enhanced Multimedia Platform MSM6550 integrated circuits have been widely adopted and used in numerous devices currently commercially available. WCDMA/HSDPA devices based on Multimedia Platform MSM6250 and Enhanced Multimedia Platform MSM6275 integrated circuits are also commercially available or currently in design. The MSM6275 was our first high performance HSDPA integrated circuit shipped to customers in the first quarter of fiscal 2005. In the first quarter of fiscal 2006, we shipped samples of our second generation HSDPA integrated circuit, the MSM6280, which supports data speeds of up to 7.2 megabits per second to enable the deployment of advanced data and multimedia services among wireless subscribers worldwide. The MSM6280 integrated circuit also integrates advanced receiver technologies for increased data throughput and network capacity. In the second quarter of fiscal 2006, we also shipped samples of the industry’s first HSUPA chipset for wireless devices, the MSM7200. In addition to supporting HSUPA networks, the MSM7200 chipset also supports Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS).
The Convergence Platform enables portable business, high-fidelity entertainment, interactive 3D gaming and other advanced multimedia, connectivity and position location applications which are easily integratedapplications.
     The new Snapdragon platform of chipset products is designed to enable the conveniencecomputing-centric devices that also offer a full range of wireless devices and the next generation of wirelessconnectivity capabilities. With a dual-core architecture, the MSM7xxx-series of Convergence Platform chipsets is also capable of supporting third party operating systems, such as Windows Mobile. In the third quarter of fiscal 2006, we announced a collaboration with Microsoft to provide integrated support for Windows MobileBased on the MSM7xxx-series products.
     Our Cell Site Modem (CSM) integrated circuit products areScorpion microprocessor, the primary integrated circuits in aSnapdragon platform expands Qualcomm’s reach beyond the traditional wireless operator’s CDMA2000 base station equipment. EV-DO Revision A networks based on our CSM6800 product are beginning to launch around the world. The CSM6800 provides a seamless migration path to EV-DO Revision A, which enables feature-rich wireless multimedia services such as high-speed transfer of bandwidth-intensive filesmarket into computing and consumer electronics.

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(including high-quality pictures, video and music) and interactive 3D gaming, as well as multicasting services powered by our FLO technology. The CSM6700 product is compatible with IS-95 and EV-DO Revision A standards. We have not commercially sold a CSM integrated circuit product for WCDMA base station equipment.
     Our gpsOne position-location technology is in more than 200 million gpsOne-enabled handsets sold worldwide. Enabling a wide range of consumer and enterprise location-based services around the globe, gpsOne supports four modes of operation across a variety of terrains: Hybrid Mobile Station-Assisted GPS (Global Positioning System) enables a location fix whenever a call can be placed; Mobile Station-Assisted GPS provides extreme sensitivity to GPS signals across a broad range of environments; Mobile Station-Based GPS provides repetitive fix capabilities that are ideal for navigation, tracking and games; and Standalone GPS enables positioning in off-network scenarios. Compatible with all major air interfaces, the gpsOne technology is the industry’s only fully-integrated wireless baseband and GPS product, and has enabled CDMA system operators to cost-effectively meet the FCC’s E911 mandate.
     We also offer a broad portfolio of power management integrated circuits to provide optimized system performance for each MSM platform. In fiscal 2006, we announced and began to ship samples of the PM7500, a power management product which supports the advanced capabilities of our Convergence Platform chipsets. Our portfolio of PM integrated circuits delivers enhanced performance, time-to-market advantages and reduced power demands on wireless handsets when combined with MSM integrated circuits.
     In addition to our relationship with Phillips Semiconductor, Inc. announced in fiscal 2005, we announced a relationship in fiscal 2006 with Atheros Communications, Inc. to provide support for its wireless local area network (WLAN) module on select MSM integrated circuits. These MSM integrated circuits will offer connectivity to WLAN networks, as well as to existing wireless networks, and will feature compatibility with 802.11b and 802.11g protocols on both CDMA2000 and WCDMA networks.
     In fiscal 2006, we also announced the introduction of the Universal Broadcast Modem integrated circuit which supports our FLO technology, as well as Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) and one-segment Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T), creating a common platform that handset manufacturers can leverage to address multiple standards. The Universal Broadcast Modem product will interface with integrated circuits from the Enhanced Multimedia and Convergence Platforms for both CDMA2000 and WCDMA networks, and we expect to ship samples in the second quarter of fiscal 2007.
QUALCOMM Technology Licensing Segment (QTL)networks.
     QTL grants licenses to use portions of our intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD and/or OFDMA (including WiMax) standards and their derivatives. QTL receives revenue from license fees as well as ongoing royalties based on worldwide sales by licensees of products incorporating or using our intellectual property. License fees are fixed amounts paid in one or more installments. Ongoing royalties are generally based upon a percentage of the wholesale selling price of licensed products, net of certain permissible deductions (e.g. certain shipping costs, packing costs, VAT, etc.). Revenues generated from royalties are subject to quarterly and annual fluctuations. QTL revenues comprised 35%, 32% and 27% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet Segment (QWI)
     QWI revenues comprised 9%, 11% and 12% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The three divisions aggregated into QWI are:
QUALCOMM Internet Services (QIS).The QIS division provides technology to support and accelerate the growth of the wireless data market. The BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) products and services facilitate the delivery of data services. BREW customers can benefit from several offerings which include: uiOne for rich, integrated user experiences with fast access to services on mobile phones; deliveryOne for differentiated and integrated, operator-managed support and delivery of advanced wireless data content and services; and marketOne for a quick-to-market, hosted, scalable content delivery service that includes media titles, flexible management and monetization, content provider settlement and business intelligence services. QIS offers this comprehensive set of BREW offerings to meet the distinct needs of companies delivering mobile products and services around the world. The BREW platform is part of a complete package of products for wireless applications development, device configuration, application distribution and billing and payment.

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     KTF, a leading wireless phone operator in South Korea, launched the world’s first commercial BREW-enabled applications service in 2001. KTF’s BREW-enabled wireless data service runs on both CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO high-speed data networks. Numerous other operators have since commercially launched BREW services, including Alltel, Midwest Cellular, Sprint Nextel, US Cellular and Verizon Wireless in the United States, KDDI in Japan, Telefonica in Colombia, VIVO in Brazil, Reliance and Tata in India, and China Unicom in China.
     In October 2006, we announced an agreement with Sprint for the continued development and use of our QChat product, a next-generation push-to-talk technology designed to deliver advanced walkie-talkie services optimized for EV-DO Revision A wireless networks, as well as interoperability with the Nextel National Network which uses Integrated Dispatch Enhance Network (iDen) technology. QChat enables one-to-one (private) and one-to-many (group) calls over 3G CDMA networks. The technology also allows over-the-air upgrades of handset software, management of group membership by subscribers and ad-hoc creation of chat groups. QChat uses Voice over Internet Protocol technologies, thereby sending voice information in digital form over Internet protocol-based data networks (including CDMA) in discrete packets rather than the traditional circuit-switched protocols of the public switched telephone network.
QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS).The QWBS division provides satellite and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging and position reporting services to transportation companies, private fleets, construction equipment fleets and other enterprise companies. QWBS wirelessly enables businesses to assist in tracking and managing their assets through backend platforms and services which provide information to the businesses and their employees on a real-time basis. The satellite-based OmniTRACS mobile communications system was first introduced in the United States in 1988. Through September 2006, we have shipped approximately 609,000 satellite-based mobile communications systems (OmniTRACS, OmniVision, EutelTRACS and TruckMAIL) and approximately 125,000 terrestrial-based mobile communications systems (OmniExpress, T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS and GlobalTRACS), which currently operate in 40 countries. Message transmission and position tracking for the OmniTRACS, OmniVision and TruckMAIL systems are provided by use of leased Ku-band and C-band transponders on commercially available geostationary earth orbit satellites. The OmniExpress, T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS and GlobalTRACS systems use wireless digital and analog terrestrial networks for messaging transmission, and the GPS constellation for position tracking. These mobile communications systems help transportation companies, private fleets and construction equipment fleets improve the utilization of assets and increase efficiency and safety by improving communications between drivers, machines and dispatchers. System features include status updates, load and pick-up reports, position reports at regular intervals, and vehicle and driving performance information.
     In the United States and Mexico, we manufacture OmniTRACS, EutelTRACS, TruckMAIL, OmniExpress, T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS and GlobalTRACS mobile communications equipment, sell related software packages and provide ongoing messaging and maintenance services. We have sold OmniTRACS, OmniVision, TruckMAIL and OmniExpress systems for use by for-hire and private trucking fleets, service vans, marine vessels, trains, federal emergency vehicles, and for oil and gas pipeline control and monitoring sites. Our GlobalTRACS system is sold to the construction equipment industry, providing wireless access to equipment operating data and location, regardless of equipment type or manufacturer. Message transmissions for operations in the United States are formatted and processed at our Network Management Center in San Diego, California, with a fully-redundant backup Network Management Center located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
     In fiscal 2006, we announced the availability of our integration of our GlobalTRACS equipment management system with the next generation of the RentalMan product, a third party enterprise resource planning application. The enhanced application further integrates telematics data from the GlobalTRACS platform with RentalMan’s improved business information capabilities. Further integration of GlobalTRACS data into the RentalMan application means that users can more easily access and use information about equipment hours, operational history, location, maintenance and administrative data provided by GlobalTRACS. Other new or enhanced functionalities of the application include the capacity to help rental companies capture off-rent revenue, provide more accurate and timely overtime billings and help validate rain day, holiday and downtime credits. The Data Visor business intelligence platform and the Critical Event Reporting service were also announced. The Data Visor business intelligence platform, initially designed for use with our SensorTRACS/400 services, improves fuel and driver management through pinpointing excess idling and identifying important business trends. The Critical Event Reporting service provides an automatic, accurate critical incident record, initiated by either an automatic or manual trigger helping truckload carriers and private fleets improve driver performance and operational efficiency, and help effectively manage liability exposure.

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     In addition to the United States, the OmniTRACS system is currently operating throughout Europe and in the Middle East, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, China, Japan and South Korea. Outside of the United States, Mexico and Europe, we work with distributors or through joint ventures to provide the OmniTRACS service and products in foreign markets. We generate revenues from the OmniTRACS system through license fees, sales of network products and terminals, and messaging and service fees. Service providers that operate network management centers for a region under our granted licenses provide OmniTRACS messaging services.
QUALCOMM Government Technologies (QGOV).The QGOV division provides development, hardware and analytical expertise to United States government (USG) agencies involving wireless communications technologies. We have developed, produced and shipped second generation CDMA secure wireless terrestrial phones for the USG that operate in enhanced security modes (referred to as Type 1) and incorporate end-to-end encryption. In fiscal 2006, QGOV adapted, integrated and shipped CDMA2000 1X deployable base stations to the USG. Additionally, OmniTRACS products and services are being used for USG worldwide applications and were sold to the USG during fiscal 2006. Based on the percentage of QGOV revenues to our total consolidated revenues, the USG is not a major customer.
QUALCOMM Strategic Initiatives Segment (QSI)
     We make strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA-based products and services for wireless voice and Internet data communications, including CDMA operators, licensed device manufacturers and companies that support the design and introduction of new CDMA-based products or possess unique capabilities or technology. We make strategic investments in early-stage companies and, from time to time, venture funds to support the adoption of CDMA and the use of the wireless Internet.
     Our MediaFLO USA subsidiary plans to deploy and operate a nationwide multicast network in the United States based on our MDS and FLO technology. MediaFLO USA will use 700 MHz spectrum for which we hold licenses for a nationwide footprint to deliver high-quality video and audio programming to wireless subscribers. Additionally, MediaFLO USA plans to procure, aggregate and distribute content in service packages which we will make available on a wholesale basis to our wireless operator customers (whether they operate on CDMA or GSM/WCDMA networks) in the United States. The commercial availability of the MediaFLO network and service will be determined by our wireless operator partners.
     MediaFLO USA continues to prepare for the launch of its commercial service. Its San Diego based Broadcast Operations Center and Network Operations Center are currently operating, while construction of the initial phase of its network is nearing completion in several major markets. In addition to Verizon Wireless, which announced its intention to launch the MediaFLO USA service during early calendar 2007, MediaFLO USA is actively engaged in discussions with multiple domestic wireless operators on how they might utilize the MediaFLO USA service.
     We are developing our MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology to enable MediaFLO USA and potentially other international operators to optimize the low cost delivery of multimedia content to multiple wireless subscribers simultaneously. Our efforts to sell this technology internationally will be conducted by a nonreportable segment and not by MediaFLO USA or QSI. The MDS will provide wireless network operators the ability to enhance their multimedia service offering capabilities via efficient scheduling and delivery of multimedia content. Wireless network operators can utilize the MDS with their current unicast networks and with multicast networks, which are soon to be available, operating on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO or WCDMA. The MDS is not air interface specific and thus can be utilized by CDMA2000, WCDMA and FLO technology operators alike. FLO is a multicast air interface technology specifically designed for markets where dedicated spectrum is available and where regulations permit high-power transmission, thereby reducing the number of towers and related infrastructure required to provide market coverage. MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology are complementary to existing wireless networks because interactive services are supported within the mobile device using the CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO or WCDMA wireless link. Furthermore, the MediaFLO MDS can seamlessly integrate multicasting services provided over 3G operator networks with such services provided over a stand-alone FLO network.
     As part of our strategic investment activities, we may consider various corporate structuring and exit strategies at some point in the future, which may include distribution of our ownership interest in MediaFLO USA to our stockholders in a spin-off transaction.

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Other Businesses
QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies (QMT).QMT is developing display technology for the full range of consumer-targeted mobile products. QMT’s interferometric modular display (iMoD) technology, based on a micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) structure combined with thin film optics, is expected to provide substantial performance, power consumption and cost benefits as compared to current display technologies. We expect the iMoD product to deliver a vivid and realistic display image quality that can withstand extreme temperatures and be viewed in virtually any environment, including bright sunlight. Displays have become a key factor in the overall power consumption of wireless devices, with the increasing use of vibrant color screens and multimedia applications that generate rapidly changing images. The iMoD product is expected to offer significantly lower power consumption than existing display products, thereby extending the battery life of wireless devices. With the inclusion of color displays in all types of wireless phones, including models at the low end of the market, the cost of the display has become an even more significant factor in the overall cost of the handset. An iMoD display should cost less to manufacture than a comparable liquid crystal display because it requires fewer components and processing steps, thus enabling advanced multimedia capabilities on all tiers of mobile devices.
QUALCOMM Flarion Technologies (QFT).QFT is the developer and provider of FLASH-OFDM, the wireless industry’s first and only fully mobile OFDM offering. We acquired Flarion Technologies, Inc. in January 2006 to expand our already extensive portfolio of OFDMA intellectual property and enhance our research and development organization with expertise in OFDMA technology and products. FLASH-OFDM is an air interface technology designed for the delivery of advanced Internet services in the mobile environment. The technology is based on the OFDM airlink, a wireless access method that combines the attributes of its two predecessors, TDMA and CDMA, to address the unique demands posed by mobile users of broadband data and packetized voice applications. Through FLASH-OFDM, QFT has created an end-to-end network offering for mobile operators, which includes the RadioRouter base station product line, wireless modems, embedded chipsets and system software. The all-IP wireless network will support both broadband data and packetized voice applications.
QUALCOMM Wireless Systems (QWS).QWS sells products and provides services under commercial agreements to Globalstar, Inc. (Globalstar) and its service providers and other customers. Globalstar operates a worldwide, low-Earth-orbit satellite-based telecommunications system. We received ownership interests in Globalstar in fiscal 2004 as a result of its emergence from bankruptcy related to our claims as a creditor. On October 5, 2004, we received an additional ownership interest in Globalstar as partial consideration for the sale of mobile phones. At September 24, 2006, we held an approximate 6.6% interest in Globalstar in our QSI segment.
Research and Development
     The wireless telecommunications industry is characterized by rapid technological change, requiring a continuous effort to enhance existing products and develop new products and technologies. Our research and development team has a strong and proven track record of innovation in wireless communications technologies. Our research and development expenditures in fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004 totaled approximately $1.5 billion, $1.0 billion and $720 million, respectively. Research and development expenditures in fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004 were primarily related to integrated circuit product and other initiatives to support lower cost phones, multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork products and technologies, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, EV-DO Revision A, EV-DO Revision B, WCDMA (including GSM/GPRS/EDGE), HSDPA, HSUPA and OFDMA, and the development of our FLO technology, MediaFLO MDS and iMoD display products using MEMS technology.
     We have research and development centers in various locations throughout the world that support our global development activities and ongoing efforts to advance CDMA and a broad range of other technologies. We continue to use our substantial engineering resources and expertise to develop new technologies, applications and services and make them available to licensees to help grow the wireless telecommunications market and generate new or expanded licensing opportunities. In addition to internally sponsored research and development, we perform contract research and development for various government agencies and commercial contractors.
Sales and Marketing
     QCT markets and sells products in the United States through a sales force based in San Diego, California, and internationally through a direct sales force based in China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. QCT’s sales and marketing strategy is to achieve design wins with technology leaders in our targeted markets by, among other things, providing high performance products combined with superior field application and engineering support.

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     The QIS division of QWI develops and sells business-to-business products and services to companies worldwide. The sales and marketing team is headquartered in San Diego with offices worldwide. The QIS sales and marketing strategy is to enter into agreements with companies in target markets by providing comprehensive technology and services to help them provide next-generation wireless data services that combine wireless Internet, data and voice capabilities.
     The QWBS division of QWI markets and sells products through a sales force, partnerships and distributors based in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea and Mexico. QWBS’ sales and marketing strategy is to enter into contracts with companies in our target markets by providing high-value wireless fleet management products and services to the transportation, logistics and construction equipment industries.
     Marketing activities include advertising and public relations, web-marketing, participation in technical conferences and trade shows, development of business cases, competitive analyses and other marketing collateral programs. Corporate Marketing provides company information on products, strategies and technology to industry analysts and publications which are also supported on our Internet website. We also developed and maintain an Internet website (www.3Gtoday.com) dedicated to highlighting commercial 3G wireless services and products around the world.
     Our Technology Center in China is a 36,000 square foot facility in Beijing in an area popularly known as “China’s Silicon Valley.” The center provides consultation, training, support and equipment testing services primarily to manufacturers and mobile operators in China, as well as supporting research and development of 3G and future broadband wireless standards based on CDMA and OFDMA. The center houses the QUALCOMM CDMA University, which offers classroom and hands-on training programs on CDMA2000 and WCDMA. The center also offers an integrated test program designed to enable time and cost savings when bringing products to market. The center and its staff are focused on providing China with the resources to enable the most timely development of its mobile communications industry using our technologies and applications, such as cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, UMTS/HSDPA multimode solutions, GSM1x and gpsOne. The center also supports the transfer of certain hardware and software technologies for product development and manufacturing to licensed manufacturers, as well as network design and optimization methods to operators and government bodies in China.
Competition
     Competition in the telecommunications industry throughout the world continues to increase at a rapid pace as businesses and governments realize the market potential of wireless telecommunications products and services. We have facilitated competition in the CDMA market by licensing a large number of manufacturers. Although we have attained a major position in the industry, many of our current and potential competitors may have advantages over us, including:
•longer operating histories and presence in key markets;
•greater name recognition;
•access to larger customer bases; and
•greater sales and marketing, manufacturing, distribution, technical and other resources than we have.
     These competitors may have more established relationships and greater technical, marketing, sales and distribution capabilities and greater access to channels in markets not currently deploying wireless communications technology or markets primarily deploying 2G wireless communications technology. These competitors also have established or may establish financial or strategic relationships among themselves or with our existing or potential customers, resellers or other third parties. These relationships may affect customers’ decisions to purchase products or license technology from us or to use alternative technologies. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors could emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share to our detriment. In addition, many of these companies are licensees of our technology and have established market positions, trade names, trademarks, patents, copyrights, intellectual property rights and substantial technological capabilities. We may face competition throughout the world with new technologies and services introduced in the future as additional competitors enter the marketplace for products based on 3G standards or other wireless technologies. Although we intend to continuously

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develop improvements to existing technologies, as well as potential new technologies, there may be a continuing competitive threat from companies introducing alternative versions of wireless technologies. We also expect that the price we charge for our products and services may continue to decline as competition intensifies.
QCT Segment.The markets in which our QCT segment operates are intensely competitive. QCT competes worldwide with a number of United States and international semiconductor designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. As a result of the trend toward a larger CDMA wireless market, global expansion by foreign and domestic competitors and technological changes, we anticipate that additional competitors will enter this market. We believe that the principal competitive factors for CDMA integrated circuit providers to our addressed markets are product performance, level of integration, quality, compliance with industry standards, price, time-to-market, system cost, design and engineering capabilities, new product innovation and customer support. The specific bases on which we compete against alternative CDMA integrated circuit providers vary by product platform. We also compete in both single and dual-mode environments against alternative wireless communications technologies including, but not limited to, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, TDMA, WiMax and analog.
     QCT’s current competitors include major semiconductor companies such as Freescale, Infineon, NEC, Philips, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and VIA Telecom, as well as major telecommunication equipment companies such as Ericsson, Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia and Samsung, who design their own integrated circuits and software for certain products. QCT also faces competition from some start-up ventures.
Our competitors may devote a significantly greater amountamounts of their financial, technical marketing and other resources to aggressively market competitive telecommunications systems or to develop and adopt competitive digital cellular technologies, and those efforts may materially and adversely affect QCT. Moreover, competitors may offer more attractive product pricing or financing terms than we do as a means of gaining access to the wireless telecommunications markets.markets or to new customers.
     We have entered into licensing agreements with certain companies, including EoNex Technologies, Infineon, Lucent, Motorola, NEC, Philips, Texas Instruments and VIA Telecom. These licensesagreements permit the licensees to manufacture CDMA-based integrated circuits using certain of our intellectual property for sale to CDMA-based phonewireless device manufacturers. In exchange for granting the licenses,these rights, we are entitled to receive license fees, royalties (determined as a percentage of the selling price of the integrated circuits) and/or royalty-free cross-licenses, which allow us to use these companies’ CDMA and, in some cases, non-CDMA intellectual property for specified purposes. In every case, the phonewireless device manufacturers’ sales of CDMA-based phoneswireless subscriber devices are subject to the payment of royalties to us on the products into which the integrated circuits are incorporated in accordance with the manufacturers’ separate licensing arrangements with us. We licensemake available our essential CDMA intellectual property to the competitors of our QCT segment to support the deployment of CDMA-based systems and technologies worldwide in order to grow our royalty revenues from customers licensed to sell CDMA phoneswireless devices and equipment. We believe that, if CDMA basedCDMA-based systems expand sufficiently, QCT’s business will also grow, even if we lose market share. To date, most cdmaOne and CDMA2000 phonewireless device manufacturer licensees have elected to purchase their CDMA-based integrated circuits from us.
Qualcomm Technology Licensing Segment (QTL)
QTL Segmentgrants licenses to use portions of our intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD and/or OFDMA (including WiMax) standards and their derivatives. QTL receives revenue from license fees as well as ongoing royalties based on worldwide sales by licensees of products incorporating or using our intellectual property. License fees are fixed amounts paid in one or more installments. Ongoing royalties are generally based upon a percentage of the wholesale selling price of licensed products, net of certain permissible deductions (e.g. certain shipping costs, packing costs, VAT, etc.). Revenues generated from royalties are subject to quarterly and annual fluctuations. QTL revenues comprised 31%, 33% and 30% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
As part of our strategy to generate new and ongoing licensing revenues and expand the marketplace, significant resources are allocated to develop leading edge technology for the telecommunications industry. In addition to licensing manufacturers of subscriber and network equipment, we have made licenses to our essential CDMA patents available to competitors of our QCT segment. We face competition in the development of intellectual property for future generations of digital wireless communications technology and services.

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     On a worldwide basis, we currently compete primarily with the GSM/GPRS/EDGE digital wireless telecommunications technologies. GSM has been utilized extensively utilized in Europe, much of Asia other than Japan and South Korea, and certain other markets. To date, GSM has been more widely adopted than CDMA, however, CDMA technologies have been adopted for all third generation wireless systems. In addition, most GSM operators have deployed GPRS, a packet data technology, as a 2.5G bridge technology, and a number of GSM operators have deployed or are expected to deploy EDGE, while waiting for third generation WCDMA to become available and/or more cost effective for their system. A limited number of operators have started testing OFDMA technology, a multi-carrier transmission technique not based on CDMA technology, which divides the available spectrum into many carriers, with each carrier being modulated at a low data rate relative to the combined rate for all carriers. We have invested in the development of our own OFDMA technology and intellectual property and have acquired Flarion, a major developer and patent holder of OFDMA technology.
Qualcomm Wireless & Internet Segment (QWI)
     QWI revenues comprised 9%, 10% and 12% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The three divisions aggregated into QWI are:
Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS).The QIS division provides technology to support and accelerate the growth of the wireless data market. The BREW products and services facilitate the delivery of data services. QIS offers a comprehensive set of BREW offerings (uiOne, deliveryOne, QPoint and Senses) to meet the distinct needs of companies delivering mobile products and services around the world. The BREW platform is part of a complete package of products for wireless applications development, device configuration, application distribution and billing and payment. The QIS division develops and sells business-to-business products and services to companies worldwide. The sales and marketing team is headquartered in San Diego with offices worldwide. The QIS sales and marketing strategy is to enter into agreements with companies in target markets by providing comprehensive technology and services that combine wireless Internet, data and voice capabilities.
     In October 2006, we announced an agreement with Sprint for the continued development and use of our QChat product, a next-generation push-to-talk technology designed to deliver advanced walkie-talkie services optimized for EV-DO Revision A wireless networks, as well as interoperability with the Nextel National Network which uses Integrated Dispatch Enhance Network (iDen) technology. QChat enables one-to-one (private) and one-to-many (group) calls over 3G CDMA networks. The technology also allows over-the-air upgrades of handset software, management of group membership by subscribers and ad-hoc creation of chat groups. QChat uses VoIP technologies, thereby sending voice information in digital form over IP-based data networks (including CDMA) in discrete packets rather than the traditional circuit-switched protocols of the public switched telephone network.
     We have numerous competitors for each of our BREW products and services. These competitors are continuing to develop their products with a focus on client provisioning, user interface, content distribution and billing products and services. Competitors are attempting to offer value added products and services similar, in many cases, to our existing or developing BREW technologies. In some cases, competitors attempt to displace only certain components or areas of the greater BREW offering, such as only the runtime client/device environment portion of BREW. Certain competitors in the computing and device manufacturing industries are attempting to replicate the entire BREW system offering, including both runtime device environments and billing/distribution systems. Similarly, some operators are developing their own products by piecing together both internal and external components. Emergence of these and other new competitors may adversely impact our margins and market share.
Qualcomm Enterprise Services (QES). The QES division (formerly known as Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions, or QWBS) provides equipment, software and services to enable companies to wirelessly connect with their assets, products and workforce. QES offers satellite- and terrestrial-based two-way wireless connectivity and position location services to transportation and logistics fleets, construction contractors, original equipment manufacturers and other enterprise companies that permit customers to track the location and monitor performance of their assets, communicate with their personnel and collect data. QES also sells products that operate on the Globalstar low-Earth-orbit satellite-based telecommunications systems and provides related services. QES will begin offering mobile-commerce (mCommerce) services in fiscal 2008 to allow consumers to communicate and conduct mobile financial service transactions via mobile devices. The QES division markets and sells products through a sales force, partnerships and distributors based in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea and Mexico. Through September 2007, we have shipped approximately 1,192,000 satellite- and terrestrial-based mobile communications systems, which currently operate in 40 countries.

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QWI Segment.Wireless transmissions and position tracking for satellite-based systems are provided by using leased transponders on commercially available geostationary Earth orbit satellites. The terrestrial-based systems use wireless digital and analog terrestrial networks for messaging transmission and the GPS constellation for position tracking. We generate revenues from license fees, sales of network products and terminals, and information and location-based service fees.
     In the United States and Mexico, we manufacture mobile communications equipment, sell related software packages and provide ongoing messaging and maintenance services. Message transmissions for operations in the United States are formatted and processed at our Network Management Center in San Diego, California, with a fully-redundant backup Network Management Center located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Existing competitors of our QWBSQES division offering alternatives to our products are aggressively pricing their products and services and could continue to do so in the future. In our domestic markets, we face over ten key competitors to our OmniVision, OmniTRACS, TruckMAIL, OmniExpress, T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS and QConnect products and services, as well as over six key competitors to our GlobalTRACS system. Internationally, we face several key competitors each in Europe and Mexico. These competitors are offering new value-added products and services similar in many cases to our existing or developing technologies. Emergence of new competitors, particularly those offering low cost terrestrial-based products and current as well as future satellite-based systems, may impact margins and intensify competition in new markets. Similarly, some original equipment manufacturers of trucks and truck components are beginning to offer built-in, on-board communications and position location reporting systems that may impact our margins and intensify competition in our current and new markets. We are currently in discussions with some trucking manufacturers about using our products as their embedded solution.
Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV).The QGOV division provides development, hardware and analytical expertise involving wireless communications technologies to United States government (USG) agencies. In fiscal 2007, QGOV adapted, integrated and shipped CDMA2000 1X deployable base stations to the USG and also developed an EV-DO version of the deployable base station. We have also continued to ship second generation CDMA secure wireless terrestrial phones for the USG that operate in enhanced security modes (referred to as Type 1) and incorporate end-to-end encryption. Additionally, OmniTRACS products and services are used for USG worldwide applications and were sold to the USG during fiscal 2007. Based on the percentage of QGOV revenues to our total consolidated revenues, the USG is not a major customer.
Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives Segment (QSI)
     We make strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA-based products and services for wireless voice and internet data communications, including CDMA operators, licensed device manufacturers and companies that support the design and introduction of new CDMA-based products or possess unique capabilities or technology. We make strategic investments in early-stage companies and, from time to time, venture funds to support the adoption of CDMA and the use of the wireless Internet.
     Our MediaFLO USA subsidiary operates a nationwide multicast network in the United States based on our MDS and FLO technology. MediaFLO USA uses 700 MHz spectrum for which we hold licenses nationwide to deliver high-quality video and audio programming to wireless subscribers. Additionally, MediaFLO USA procures, aggregates and distributes content in service packages which we make available on a wholesale basis to our wireless operator customers (whether they operate on CDMA or GSM/WCDMA networks) in the United States. The commercial availability of the MediaFLO network and service is determined by our wireless operator partners.
     MediaFLO USA’s Broadcast Operations Center and Network Operations Center are based in San Diego, California. Verizon Wireless began offering the MediaFLO USA service during fiscal 2007, and MediaFLO USA expects AT&T Mobility to begin offering the services in fiscal 2008. In addition, MediaFLO USA is actively engaged in discussions with other domestic wireless operators on how they might utilize the MediaFLO USA service.
     We are developing our MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology to enable MediaFLO USA and potentially other international operators to optimize the low cost delivery of multimedia content to multiple wireless subscribers simultaneously. Our efforts to sell this technology internationally are being conducted by a nonreportable segment, and not by QSI, as we do not intend to exit this business. The MDS will provide wireless network operators the ability to enhance their multimedia service offering capabilities via efficient scheduling and delivery of multimedia content. Wireless network operators can utilize the MDS with their current unicast networks and with multicast

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networks, which are soon to be available, operating on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO or WCDMA. The MDS is not air interface specific and thus can be utilized by CDMA2000, WCDMA and FLO technology operators alike. FLO is a multicast air interface technology specifically designed for markets where dedicated spectrum is available and where regulations permit high-power transmission, thereby reducing the number of towers and related infrastructure required to provide market coverage. MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology are complementary to existing wireless networks because interactive services are supported within the mobile device using the CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO or WCDMA wireless link. Furthermore, the MediaFLO MDS can seamlessly integrate multicasting services provided over 3G operator networks with such services provided over a stand-alone FLO network.
     As part of our strategic investment activities, we intend to pursue various exit strategies at some point in the future, which may include distribution of our ownership interest in MediaFLO USA to our stockholders in a spin-off transaction.
Other Businesses
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (QMT).QMT is developing display technology for the full range of consumer-targeted mobile products. QMT’s IMOD display technology, based on a MEMS structure combined with thin film optics, is expected to provide performance, power consumption and cost benefits as compared to current display technologies. With the inclusion of color displays in all types of wireless devices, including models at the low end of the market, the cost of the display has become an even more significant factor in the overall cost of the handset. An IMOD display should cost less to manufacture than a comparable liquid crystal display because it requires fewer components and processing steps, thus supporting advanced multimedia capabilities on all tiers of mobile devices.
Qualcomm Flarion Technologies (QFT).QFT is the developer and provider of FLASH-OFDM, the wireless industry’s first and only fully mobile OFDMA offering. FLASH-OFDM is an air interface technology designed for the delivery of advanced internet services in the mobile environment. Through FLASH-OFDM, QFT created an end-to-end network offering for mobile operators, which includes the RadioRouter base station product line, wireless modems, embedded chipsets and system software. The all-IP wireless network supports both broadband data and packetized voice applications. QFT is leveraging its considerable experience with OFDMA technology and products to develop the 3GPP2/UMB reference design and chipsets for infrastructure and test equipment vendors. UMB is the next generation air interface and is expected to deliver the mobility, high data rates and low latency necessary for a superior broadband user experience. The reference design provides a path for equipment manufacturers to introduce new UMB base stations and gain a foothold in the high-speed mobile broadband market. Using this design, both large and small equipment manufacturers are able to leverage our extensive research and development experience with OFDMA-based technologies, reducing typical barriers to market entry.
MediaFLO Technologies (MFT).MFT is developing our MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology and marketing MediaFLO for deployment outside of the United States.
Research and Development
     The wireless telecommunications industry is characterized by rapid technological change, requiring a continuous effort to enhance existing products and develop new products and technologies. Our research and development team has a demonstrated track record of innovation in wireless communications technologies. Our research and development expenditures in fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 totaled approximately $1.8 billion, $1.5 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively. Research and development expenditures were primarily related to integrated circuit products, next generation CDMA and OFDMA technologies, the expansion of our intellectual property portfolio and other initiatives to support the acceleration of advanced wireless products and services, including lower cost devices, the integration of wireless with consumer electronics and computing, the convergence of multiband, multimode, multinetwork products and technologies, third party operating systems and services platforms. The technologies supporting these initiatives may include CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, EV-DO Revision A, EV-DO Revision B, WCDMA (including GSM/GPRS/EDGE), HSDPA, HSUPA and OFDMA. Research and development expenditures were also incurred related to the development of our FLO technology, MediaFLO MDS and IMOD display products using MEMS technology.
     We have numerous competitorsresearch and development centers in various locations throughout the world that support our global development activities and ongoing efforts to advance CDMA and a broad range of other technologies. We continue to use our substantial engineering resources and expertise to develop new technologies, applications and services

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and make them available to licensees to help grow the wireless telecommunications market and generate new or expanded licensing opportunities. In addition to internally sponsored research and development, we perform contract research and development for eachvarious government agencies and commercial contractors.
Sales and Marketing
     Sales and marketing activities of our BREWoperating segments are discussed under Operating Segments in Item 1. Other marketing activities include public relations, web-marketing, participation in technical conferences and trade shows, development of business cases and white papers, competitive analyses, market intelligence and other marketing programs. Corporate Marketing provides company information on our internet website and through other media regarding our products, strategies and technology to industry analysts and for publications.
Competition
     Competition to our operating segments is discussed under Operating Segments in Item 1. Competition in the telecommunications industry throughout the world continues to increase at a rapid pace as businesses and governments realize the market potential of wireless telecommunications products and services. We have facilitated competition in the CDMA market by licensing a large number of manufacturers. Although we have attained a major position in the industry, many of our current and potential competitors may have advantages over us, including:
•longer operating histories and presence in key markets;
•greater name recognition;
•access to larger customer bases; and
•greater sales and marketing, manufacturing, distribution, technical and other resources.
These competitors may have more established relationships and greater technical, marketing, sales and distribution capabilities and greater access to channels in markets not currently deploying wireless communications technology or markets primarily deploying 2G wireless communications technology. These competitors also have established or may establish financial or strategic relationships among themselves or with our existing or potential customers, resellers or other third parties. These relationships may affect customers’ decisions to purchase products or license technology from us or to use alternative technologies. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors could emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share to our detriment. In addition, many of these companies are continuinglicensees of our technologies and have established market positions, trade names, trademarks, patents, copyrights, intellectual property rights and substantial technological capabilities. We may face competition throughout the world with new technologies and services introduced in the future as additional competitors enter the marketplace for products based on 3G standards or other wireless technologies. Although we intend to continue to develop their products withimprovements to existing technologies, as well as potential new technologies, there may be a focus on client, provisioning, user interface, content distribution, and billing products and services. Competitors are attempting to offer value addedcontinuing competitive threat from companies introducing alternative versions of wireless technologies. We also expect that the price we charge for our products and services similar, in many cases,may continue to our existing or developing BREW technologies. In some cases, competitors are continuing to explicitly attempt to displace only certain components or areas of the greater BREW offering, suchdecline as only the runtime client/device environment portion of BREW. In addition, certain competitors in the computing and device manufacturing industries are now beginning to more aggressively attempt to replicate the entire BREW system offering that includes both runtime device environments and billing/distribution systems. Similarly, some operators are developing their own products by piecing together both internal and external components. Emergence of these and other new competitors may adversely impact our margins and market share.competition intensifies.
Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
     We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and proprietary information to maintain and enhance our competitive position. We have filed approximately 5,1006,500 United States patent applications, of which approximately 1,9002,300 patents have been issued. The vast majority of such patents and patent applications relate to digital wireless communications technologies, including patents that are essential or useful formay be relevant to CDMA2000, UMTS, TD-SCDMA, TD-CDMA and OFDMA products. We also have and will continue to file actively file for broad patent protection outside the United States. We have filed approximately 25,80032,800 foreign patent applications, of which approximately 7,40010,100 patents have been issued, with broad coverage throughout most of the world, including China, Japan, South Korea, Europe, Brazil, India and elsewhere.
     The standardsStandards bodies and the ITU have been informed that we hold patents that might be essential intellectual property rights for all 3G standards that are based on CDMA. We have committed to the ITUsuch standards bodies that we will offer to license our essential patents for these CDMA standards on a fair and reasonable basis free from unfair discrimination. We have also informed the standards bodies that we may hold essential intellectual property rights for certain standards that are based on OFDMA technology, e.g. 802.16e, 802.20, UMB and 802.20.LTE.
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deployed forms of CDMA and their derivatives require the use of our patents, our patent portfolio is the most widely and extensively licensed portfolio in the industry with over 140 licensees. Over the years a number of companies have challenged our patent position but at this time most, if not all, companies recognize that any company seeking to develop, manufacture and/or sell products that use CDMA technologies will require a patent license from us. Notwithstanding the strength of this intellectual property position, we have succeeded in licensing our technologies to interested companies on terms that are fair, reasonable and free from unfair discrimination. Unlike some other companies in our industry that hold back certain key technologies, we offer interested companies the opportunity to license essentially our entire patent portfolio for use in subscriber devices and cell site infrastructure equipment. Our broad licensing strategy has been a catalyst for industry growth, helping to enable a wide range of companies offering a broad array of wireless products and features while driving down average and low-end selling prices for 3G handsets and other wireless devices. By licensing a wide range of equipment manufacturers, encouraging innovative applications, supporting equipment manufacturers with a total chipset and software solution, and focusing on improving the efficiency of the airlink for operators, we have helped 3G CDMA evolve, grow, and reduce handset pricing all at a faster pace than the second generation technologies that preceded it (e.g. GSM).
     Under our license agreements, licensees are generally required to pay us a license fee as well as ongoing royalties based on a percentage of the wholesale selling price, net of certain permissible deductions (e.g. certain shipping costs, packing costs, VAT, etc.), of subscriber infrastructure and testinfrastructure equipment. License fees are paid in one or more installments, while royalties generally continue throughout the life of the licensed patents. We believe that our royalty rates are reasonable and fair to the companies that benefit from our intellectual property and provide significant incentives for others to invest in CDMA (including WCDMA) applications, as evidenced by the significant growth in the CDMA portion of the wireless industry and the number of CDMA participants. Our license agreements generally provide us rights to use certain of our licensees’ technology and intellectual property rights to manufacture and sell certain products, e.g. application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)ASICs and related software, subscriber units and/or infrastructure equipment. In most cases, our use of our licensees’ technology and intellectual property is royalty free. However, under some of the licenses, if we incorporate certain of the licensed technology or intellectual property into certain products, we are obligated to pay royalties on the sale of such products. Under their existing agreements with us, two entities were entitled to share in a percentage of the royalty revenues that we receive from third parties for their sale of certain CDMA products. Our sharing obligation under one of these arrangements expired in fiscal 2005, and the other sharing obligation expired in fiscal 2006.
     As part of our strategy to generate licensing revenues and support worldwide adoption of our CDMA technology, we license to other companies, including the competitors of our QCT segment, the rights to design, manufacture and sell products utilizing certain portions of our CDMA intellectual property. Our current publicly announced CDMA licensees are listed on our Internetinternet website (www.qualcomm.com).

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Employees
     As of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, we employed approximately 11,20012,800 full-time, part-time and temporary employees. During fiscal 2006,2007, the number of employees increased by approximately 300 from acquisitions and 1,600 primarily fromdue to increases in engineering resources.
Available Information
     Our Internetinternet address is www.qualcomm.com. There we make available, free of charge, our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our SEC reports can be accessed through the investor relations section of our Internetinternet website. The information found on our Internetinternet website is not part of this or any other report we file with or furnish to the SEC.
     The public may read and copy any materials that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DCD.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. The SEC also maintains electronic versions of our reports on its website at www.sec.gov.

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Executive Officers
     Our executive officers and(and their ages as of September 24, 200630, 2007) are as follows:
     Irwin Mark Jacobs, age 72, one of the founders of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since it began operations in July 1985. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 1985 to June 2005. Dr. Jacobs received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and M.S. and Sc.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Irwin Jacobs is the father of Dr. Paul Jacobs, our Chief Executive Officer, and Jeffrey A. Jacobs, President of QUALCOMM Global Development.
     Paul E. Jacobs, age 43,44, has served as a director since June 2005 and as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2005. He served as Group President of the QUALCOMMQualcomm Wireless & Internet Group from July 2001 to June 2005. In addition, he served as an Executive Vice President from February 2000 to June 2005. Dr. Jacobs holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Paul Jacobs is the son of Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Chairman of our Board of Directors, and the brother of Jeffrey A. Jacobs, President of QUALCOMMQualcomm Global Development.
     Steven R. Altman, age 45,46, has served as our President since July 2005. He served as an Executive Vice President from November 1997 to June 2005 and as President of QUALCOMM Technology LicensingQTL from September 1995 to April 2005. Mr. Altman currently serves on the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He received a B.S. degree from Northern Arizona University and a J.D. from the University of San Diego.
     Irwin Mark Jacobs, age 73, one of the founders of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since it began operations in July 1985. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from July 1985 to June 2005. Dr. Jacobs received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and M.S. and Sc.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Irwin Jacobs is the father of Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, our Chief Executive Officer, and Jeffrey A. Jacobs, President of Qualcomm Global Development.
Sanjay K. Jha, age 43,44, has served as Group President, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT)Chief Operating Officer since February 2004December 2006 and as an Executive Vice President since December 2003. Additionally, he leads QCT as Group President. He was appointedhas led QCT since January 2003, first as Senior Vice President and President, and then as Group President from 2004. Prior to his appointment as President of QCT, in January 2003. Hehe served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of QUALCOMMQualcomm Technologies & Ventures from March 2002 to January 2003 and as a Senior Vice President, Engineering from July 1998 to March 2002. Dr. Jha holds a Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Strathclyde University, Scotland and a B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Liverpool, England.
     William E. Keitel, age 53,54, has served as an Executive Vice President since December 2003 and as our Chief Financial Officer since February 2002. He previously served as a Senior Vice President and as our Corporate Controller from May 1999 to February 2002. Mr. Keitel received a M.B.A. from Arizona State University and a B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
     Roberto Padovani,Marvin Blecker, age 52,60, has served as an Executive Vice President and as our Chief Technology Officer since January 2002. He previously served as Senior Vice President from July 1996 to July 2001December 2006 and as Executive Vice President from July 2001 to January 2002 of our Corporate Research and Development. Dr. Padovani received a Laureate degree from the University of Padova, Italy and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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     Marvin Blecker, age 59, has served as President of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL)QTL since April 2005. From November 2001 to April 2005, he served as General Manager of QTL, as well as Senior Vice President of that division from October 1995 to November 2001. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering-Systems Science from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York (now Polytechnic University).
     Jeffrey A. Jacobs, age 40,41, has served as an Executive Vice President since December 2006 and as President of QUALCOMMQualcomm Global Development since May 2001. He served as Senior Vice President of Business Development from June 1999 to May 2001. Mr. Jacobs holds a B.A. degree in International Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Jeffrey Jacobs is the son of Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Chairman of our Board of Directors, and the brother of Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, a member of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer.
     Margaret “Peggy” L. Johnson, age 44,45, has served as an Executive Vice President since December 2006, as President of QUALCOMM Internet Services (QIS)QIS since July 2001 and as President of QUALCOMMQualcomm MediaFLO Technologies since December 2005. She served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of QIS from September 2000 to July 2001. Ms. Johnson holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.
     Louis M. Lupin,Len J. Lauer, age 51,50, has served as Executive Vice President and Group President since December 2006. He was Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Nextel from August 2005 to December 2006. Mr. Lauer was President and COO of Sprint Corporation from September 2003 until the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. Prior to that, he was President-Sprint PCS from October 2002 until October 2004, and was President-Long Distance (formerly the Global Markets Group) from September 2000 until October 2002. Mr. Lauer also served in several executive positions at Bell Atlantic Corp. from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Lauer currently serves on the board of H&R Block. He holds a B.S. degree in Managerial Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
     Roberto Padovani, age 53, has served as an Executive Vice President and our Chief Technology Officer since January 2002. He previously served as Senior Vice President from July 1996 to July 2001 and as Executive Vice President from July 2001 to January 2002 of our Corporate Research and Development. Dr. Padovani received a

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Laureate degree from the University of Padova, Italy and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
     Donald J. Rosenberg, age 56, has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since October 2007. He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Apple Computer, Inc. from December 2006 to October 2007. From May 1975 to November 2006, Mr. Rosenberg held numerous positions at IBM Corporation, including Senior Vice President and as our General Counsel since September 2000. Mr. Lupin received a B.A.Counsel. He earned his B.S. degree from Swarthmore Collegethe State University of New York at Stony Brook and ahis J.D. from Stanford Law School.St. John’s University School of Law.
     Daniel L. Sullivan, age 55,56, has served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources since August 2001. He served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources from February 1996 to July 2001. Dr. Sullivan holds a Ph.D. in Organization Communication from the University of Nebraska. He also holds B.S and M.A. degrees in Communication from Illinois State University and West Virginia University, respectively.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
     You should consider each of the following factors as well as the other information in this Annual Report in evaluating our business and our prospects. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business and financial results could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline. You should also refer to the other information set forth in this Annual Report, including our financial statements and the related notes.
Risks Related to Our Businesses
If CDMA and CDMA-related technology deployment of our technologies does not expand as anticipated,expected, our revenues may not grow as anticipated.
     We focus our business primarily on developing, patenting and commercializing CDMA technology for wireless telecommunications applications. In addition, with the acquisition of Flarion, we expect anhave increased our emphasis on developing, patenting and commercializing OFDMA technology. Other digital wireless communications technologies, particularly GSM technology, have been more widely deployed than CDMA technology. OFDMA has not been widely deployed commercially. Notwithstanding our portfolio of OFDM/OFDMA intellectual property, technology and products, if CDMA technology does not become the preferred wireless communications industry standard in the countries where our products and those of our customers and licensees are sold, our business and financial results could suffer. If GSM wireless operators do not select CDMA for their networks or update their current networks to any CDMA-based third generation (3G) technology, our business and financial results could suffer since we generally have not generated revenues from GSM product sales, and there is no assurance that our OFDM/OFDMA patent portfolio will be as valuable as our CDMA portfolio or that our OFDMA chipset business will be as successful as our CDMA chipset business.sales. Further, if OFDMA technology is not adopted and deployed commercially, our investmentinvestments in Flarion and OFDMA technology may not provide us an adequate returnreturn.
     Our business and the deployment of our technologies, products and services are dependent on the success of our customers, licensees and CDMA-based wireless operators, as well as the timing of their deployment of new services. Our licensees and CDMA-based wireless operators may incur lower operating margins on products or services based on our investment.technologies than on products using alternative technologies as a result of greater competition in the relevant market or other factors. If CDMA-based wireless operators, wireless device and/or infrastructure manufacturers exit the CDMA-based markets, the deployment of CDMA technology could be negatively affected, and our business could suffer.
We are dependent on the commercial deployment of 3G wireless communications equipment, products and services to increase our revenues, and our business may be harmed if wireless networks deploy other technologies.
     To increase our revenues in future periods, we are dependent upon the commercial deployment of 3G wireless communications equipment, products and services based on our CDMA technology. Although wireless network operators have commercially deployed CDMA2000 and WCDMA, we cannot predict the timing or success of further commercial deployments or expansions of CDMA2000, WCDMA or other CDMA systems. If existing deployments are not commercially successful or do not continue to grow their subscriber base, or if new commercial deployments of CDMA2000, WCDMA or other CDMA-based systems are delayed or unsuccessful, our business and financial

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results may be harmed. In addition, our business could be harmed if wireless network operators deploy competingother technologies or switch existing networks from CDMA to GSM without upgrading to WCDMA or if wireless

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network operators introduce new technologies. A limited number of operators have started testing OFDMA technology, but there can be no assurance that OFDMA willmight not be adopted or deployed commercially or thatand we willmight not be successful in developing and marketing OFDMA products.
Our patent portfolio may not be as successful in generating licensing income with respect to other technologies as it has been for CDMA-based technologies.
     Although the acquisition of Flarion brings us an additional andwe own a very strong portfolio of issued and pending patents related to OFDMA technology, and, prior to the acquisition, we had hundreds of issued or pending patents relating to applications of GPRS, EDGE, OFDM, OFDMA and multi in, multi out (MIMO), there can be no assurance thatMIMO technologies, our patent portfolio licensing program in these areas wouldis less established and might not be as valuablesuccessful in generating licensing income as our CDMA portfolio.portfolio licensing program. Sprint Nextel has indicated that it is planning to deploy WiMax (an OFDMA basedOFDMA-based technology) in its 2.5 GhzGHz spectrum, also known as the Broadband Radio Services band. Other operators are investigating deployment of WiMax. Other operators are considering LTE, being standardized by 3GPP, or UMB, being standardized by 3GPP2, as next generation technologies for deployment in existing or future spectrum bands. Although we believe that our patented technology is essential and useful to implementation of the WiMax, standard, there is no assurance thatLTE or UMB standards, we willmight not achieve the same royalty revenue on such WiMax, LTE or UMB deployments as on CDMA or other technology deployments or thatCDMA/WCDMA, and we willmight not achieve the same chipset market shares within a WiMax, LTE or UMB network.
     Our business and the deployment of our technologies, products and services are dependent on the success of our customers, licensees and CDMA-based wireless operators, as well as the timing of their deployment of new services. Our licensees and CDMA-based wireless operators may incur lower operating margins on products or services based on our technologies than on products using alternative technologies due to greater competition in the relevant market or other factors. If CDMA-based wireless operators, phone and/or infrastructure manufacturers exit the CDMA-based markets, the deployment of CDMA technology could be negatively affected, and our business could suffer.
Our three largest customers accounted for 39%, 39% and 40%41% of consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007 and 39% in fiscal 2006 2005 and 2004, respectively.2005. The loss of any one of our major customers or any reduction in the demand for devices utilizing our CDMA technology could reduce our revenues and harm our ability to achieve or sustain desired levels of operating results.
     QCT Segment.Three customers, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, constitute a significant portion of QCT’s revenues such that theThe loss of any one of theseour QCT segment’s significant customers or the delay, even if only temporary, or cancellation of significant orders from any of these customers would reduce our revenues in the period of the cancellation or deferral and harm our ability to achieve or sustain acceptableexpected levels of operating results. We derive a significant portion of our QCT segment revenues from three major customers. Accordingly, unless and until our QCT segment diversifies and expands its customer base, our future success will significantly depend upon the timing and size of any future purchase orders if any, from these customers. Factors that may impact the size and timing of orders from customers of our QCT segment include, among others, the following:
 • the product requirements of our customers and the network operators;
 
 • the financial and operational success of our customers;
 
 • the success of our customers’ products that incorporate our products;
 
 • changes in wireless penetration growth rates;
 
 • value added features which drive replacement rates;
 
 • shortages of key products and components;
 
 • fluctuations in channel inventory levels;
 
 • the success of products sold to our customers by licensed competitors;
 
 • the rate of deployment of new technology by the wireless network operators and the rate of adoption of new technology by the end consumers;
 
 • the extent to which certain customers successfully develop and produce CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software to meet their own needs;needs or source such products from other suppliers;
 
 • general economic conditions;
 
 • changes in governmental regulations in countries where we or our customers currently operate or plan to operate; and
 
 • widespread illness.

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We derive a significant portion of our royalty revenues in our QTL segment from a limited number of licensees and our future success depends on the ability of our licensees to obtain market acceptance for their products.

     QTL Segment.Our QTL segment derives royalty revenues primarily from sales of CDMA products by our licensees. Although we have more than 135140 licensees, we derive a significant portion of our royalty revenue from a limited

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number of licensees. Our future success depends upon the ability of our licensees to develop, introduce and deliver high-volume products that achieve and sustain market acceptance. We have little or no control over the sales efforts of our licensees, and we cannot assure you that our licensees willmight not be successful or that the demand for wireless communications devices and services offered by our licensees will continue to increase. Any reduction in the demand for or any delay in the development, introduction or delivery of wireless communications devices utilizing our CDMA technology could have a material adverse effect on our business.successful. Reductions in the average selling price of wireless communications devices utilizing our CDMA technology, without a comparable increase in the volumes of such devices sold, could have a material adverse effect on our business. Weakness in the value
We may not be able to modify some of foreign currencies in which our customers’ products are sold may reduce the amount of royalties payable to us in U.S. dollars.
     Royalties under our license agreements are generally payable to us for the lifelicense later patents without modifying some of the patents that weother material terms and conditions of such license underagreements, and such modifications may impact our agreements.revenues.
     The licenses granted to and from us under a number of our license agreements include only patents that are either filed or issued prior to a certain date, and, in a small number of agreements, royalties are payable on those patents for a specified time period. As a result, there are agreements with some licensees where later patents are not licensed by or to us under our license agreements. In order to license any such later patents, we will need to extend or modify our license agreements or enter into new license agreements with such licensees. Although in the past we have amended many of our license agreements to include later patents without affecting the material terms and conditions of our license agreements, there is no assurance that we willWe might not be able to modify oursuch license agreements in the future to license any such later patents or extend such date(s) to incorporate later patents without affecting the material terms and conditions of our license agreements with such licensees. We have a license agreementIn particular, we are party to an ongoing arbitration with Nokia Corp., which in part expires on April 9, 2007. While the parties have been in discussions relating to conclude an extension or a new license agreement beyond that time period, there is no certainty as to when we will be able to conclude an agreement or the terms of any such agreement. There is also a possibility that the parties will not be able to conclude a new or extended agreement by April 2007. In that eventNokia’s continued sales after April 9, 2007 unless and untilof products that incorporate certain Qualcomm patents. One of our contentions in that proceeding (which Nokia disputes) is that such use of our patents resulted in an extension of the existinglicense agreement, is extended or a new agreement is concluded,which also extends our rights to sell integrated circuits under Nokia’s patents. We might not prevail in such arbitration. If we do not prevail, Nokia’s right to sell certain subscriber products (such as cellular phones, wireless personal digital assistant and other devices) under most of our patents (including many that we have declared as potentially essential to the CDMA, WCDMA and other standards), and therefore Nokia’s obligation to pay royalties to us will both cease under the terms of the current agreement, may both cease, and our rights under certain of Nokia’s patents to sell integrated circuits under Nokia’s patents will likewise cease under the terms of the current agreement. Please referagreement may likewise cease. If we do not prevail, and the arbitration panel does not find Nokia to our discussion below underhave extended the subheadings entitled “The enforcement and protection of our intellectual propertylicense agreement, the above rights maycould be expensive and could divert our valuable resources” and “Claims by other companiesextended if Nokia expressly elects to extend the agreement beyond April 9, 2007, a right that we infringe their intellectual property, that patents on which we rely are invalid, or that our business practices are in some way unlawful, could adversely affect our business” and note that any company that makes or sells products without a license under the applicable patents of another company would be exposed to patent infringement litigation by such other company. The patent holder, whether we or another company, would generally be entitled to seek all available legal remedies including an injunction against making and selling products infringing such patent without a license and damages for past unlicensed sales in the form of lost profits or a reasonable royalty (which damages may be trebled for willful infringement).
     Although our patents apply to multiple technologies, such as GPRS, EDGE, OFDM, OFDMA (including WiMax) and MIMO, there can be no assurance that our patent portfolio will generate licensing income or be as valuable in generating licensing income with respect to other technologies, as compared to CDMA-based technologies.is exercisable through December 31, 2008 unless earlier terminated.
Efforts by some telecommunications equipment manufacturers and component suppliers to avoid paying fair and reasonable royalties for the use of our intellectual property may create uncertainty about our future business prospects, may require the investment of substantial management time and financial resources, and may result in legal decisions and/or political actions by foreign governments that harm our business.
     Since our founding in 1985, we have focused heavily on technology development and innovation. These efforts have resulted in a leading intellectual property portfolio related to wireless technology. Because all commercially deployed forms of CDMA and their derivatives require the use of our patents, our patent portfolio is the most widely and extensively licensed portfolio in the industry with over 135 licensees. Over the years a number of companies have challenged our patent position but at this time most, if not all, companies recognize that any company seeking

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to develop, manufacture and/or sell products that use CDMA technologies will require a patent license from us. Notwithstanding the strength of this intellectual property position, we have a policy of, and have succeeded in, licensing our technology to all interested companies on terms that are fair, reasonable and free from unfair discrimination. Unlike some other companies in our industry that hold back certain key technologies, we offer interested companies the opportunity to license essentially our entire patent portfolio. Our broad licensing strategy has been a catalyst for industry growth, helping to enable a wide range of companies offering a broad array of wireless products and features while driving down average and low-end selling prices for 3G handsets and other wireless devices. By licensing a wide range of equipment manufacturers, encouraging innovative applications, supporting equipment manufacturers with a total chipset and software solution, and focusing on improving the efficiency of the airlink for operators, we have helped 3G CDMA evolve, grow, and reduce handset pricing all at a faster pace than the second generation technologies that preceded it (e.g. GSM).
     Having failed in their efforts to challenge the strength of our intellectual property position and, in most cases, despite contracts with us that were freely and fairly negotiated and contain fair and reasonable royalty provisions, aA small number of companies have now initiated various strategies in an attempt to renegotiate, mitigate and/or eliminate their need to pay royalties to us for the use of our intellectual property in order to negatively affect our business model and that of our other licensees. These strategies have included (i) litigation, often alleging infringement of patents held by such companies or unfair competition of some variety, (ii) taking questionable positions on the interpretation of contracts with us, with royalty reduction as the likely true motive, (iii) appeals to governmental authorities, such as the complaints filed with the European Commission (EC) during the fourth calendar quarter of 2005 and with the KoreanKorea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) and the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) during June 2006, and (iv) lobbying with governmental regulators and elected officials for the purpose of seeking the imposition of some form of compulsory licensing and/or to weaken a patent holder’s ability to enforce its rights or obtain a fair return for such rights. A number of these strategies are purportedly based on interpretations of the polices of certain standards development organizations concerning the licensing of patents that are or may be essential to industry standards and our alleged failure to abide by these policies.
     We were notified by the Competition Directorate of the EC that six companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Panasonic, Texas Instruments, Broadcom and NEC) submitted separate formal complaints accusing our business practices, with respect to licensing of patents and sales of chipsets, to be in violation of Article 82 of the EC treaty. We received the complaints, and have submitted a response.response and have cooperated with the EC in its investigation. On October 1, 2007, the EC announced that it has initiated a proceeding though it has not decided to issue a Statement of Objections, and it has not made any conclusions as to the merits of the complaints. While this action does not indicate that the EC has found any evidence of a violation by us and we believe that none of our business practices violate the legal requirements of Article 82 of the EC treaty, if the EC decides to formally investigate these accusations and determines liability as to any of the alleged violations, it could impose fines and/or require us to modify our practices. Further, such anthe continuation of this investigation could be expensive and time consuming to address, divert management attention from our business and harm our reputation. Although such potential adverse findings may be appealed within the EC legal system, an adverse final determination could have a significant negative impact on our revenues and/or earnings. We also understand that 1) two U.S. companies (Texas Instruments and Broadcom) and two South Korean companies (Nextreaming Corp. and THINmultimedia Inc.) have filed complaints with the Korean Fair Trade CommissionKFTC alleging that our business practices are, in some way, a violation of South Korean anti-trust regulations.

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competition laws and 2) unnamed parties filed a complaint with the JFTC allegedly claiming that our business practices are, in some way a violation of the Japanese competition laws. While we have not seen any of these complaints in South Korea or Japan, we believe that none of our business practices violate the legal requirements of South Korean competition law or Japanese competition law. However, any resulting investigationwe have cooperated with the investigations of these complaints in South Korea and Japan, and any continuation or expansion of these investigations could be expensive and time consuming to address, divert management attention from our business and harm our reputation. An adverse final determination on these charges could have a significant negative impact on our business, including our revenues and/or earnings.
     Given our substantial investment in technology innovation, the demonstrable benefits provided byAlthough we believe that these challenges are without merit, and we will continue to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights and long-standing license agreements with more than 135 licensees including many of the world’s foremost wireless equipment manufacturers, we believe that our royalty rates are reasonable andright to continue to receive a fair to the companies that benefit fromreturn for our intellectual property and provide significant incentives for others to invest in CDMA applications, as evidenced by the significant growth in the CDMA portion of the wireless industry, the integration of new features and functionality into CDMA wireless products, and the rapid reduction in the price of low-end CDMA handsets over recent years. Whileinnovations, the distractions caused by challenges to our business model and licensing program are undesirable and the legal and other costs associated with defending our position have been and continue to be significant, we believe that these challenges are without merit, and we will continue to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights and our right to continue to receive a fair return for our innovations. A recent ruling in New Jersey Federal district court granted our motion to dismiss unfounded claims by Broadcom that our business practices have been in violation of anti-trust law in the United States. These business practices are essentially the same as cited in the EC complaints. The court ruled that, assuming all the facts stated by Broadcom are correct (which we believe is not the case), we have not violated any anti-trust laws. This ruling is very important and favorable. Broadcom has appealed it. Regrettably, wesignificant. We assume, as should investors, that such challenges of this nature will continue into the foreseeable future and may require the investment of substantial management time and financial resources to explain and defend our position.

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     Although there can be no guarantees as to the ultimate outcome of these challenges, we intend to expend appropriate resources to educate governmental authorities, elected officials, courts of law, our licensees, wireless service operators and the general public as to the true nature of these disputes. We believe that when such information is fairly evaluated by such parties, these challenges by the complainants to the EC will be seen for what they truly are, an attempt to avoid paying the agreed upon and fair compensation for the use of our significant intellectual property portfolio, and to extend their domination of the second generation wireless handset market into the third generation.
The enforcement and protection of our intellectual property rights may be expensive and could divert our valuable resources.
     We rely primarily on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements and other methods, to protect our proprietary information, technologies and processes, including our patent portfolio. Policing unauthorized use of our products and technologies is difficult and time consuming. We cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent the misappropriation or unauthorized use of our proprietary information and technologies, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully or as readily as United States laws. We cannot be certain that the laws and policies of any country, including the United States, or the practices of any of the international standards bodies, foreign or domestic, with respect to intellectual property enforcement or licensing, issuance of wireless licenses or the adoption of standards, will not be changed in a way detrimental to our licensing program or to the sale or use of our products or technology. Recent decisions from the United States courts relating to patents may affect the ability to enforce patent rights. Within the United States Congress,Senate and House of Representatives, committee work has been initiatedprogressed to draft a “patent reform law.law,” with the House and Senate committees each having reported a different draft bill to the full House and Senate, respectively. The full House has adopted its committee’s draft bill. The end product of such work could be new patent legislation detrimental to our licensing program or to the sale or use of our products or technology. Any actionefforts we takemake to influenceinform and educate policymakers about the effects of such potential changes couldmay absorb significant management time and attention, which, in turn, could negatively impact our operating results.
     The vast majority of our patents and patent applications relate to our wireless communications technology and much of the remainder of our patents and patent applications relate to our other technologies and products. LitigationWe may be requiredneed to litigate to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of proprietary rights of others. As a result of any such litigation, we could lose our proprietary rights to one or more patents or incur substantial unexpected operating costs. Any action we take to enforce our intellectual property rights could be costly and could absorb significant management time and attention, which, in turn, could negatively impact our operating results. In addition, failure to protect our trademark rights could impair our brand identity.
Claims by other companies that we infringe their intellectual property, that patents on which we rely are invalid, or that our business practices are in some way unlawful could adversely affect our business.
     From time to time, companies have asserted, and may again assert, patent, copyright and other intellectual proprietary rights against our products or products using our technologies or other technologies used in our industry. These claims have resulted (see Item 3. Legal Proceedings) and may again result in our involvement in litigation. We may not prevail in such litigation given the complex technical issues and inherent uncertainties in intellectual property litigation. If any of our products were found to infringe on another company’s intellectual property rights, we could be required to redesign our products, which could be costly, or license such rights and/or pay damages or other compensation to such other company. If we were unable to redesign our products or license such intellectual property rights used in our products, we could be prohibited from making and selling such products.
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by companies, some of whom are attempting to gain competitive advantage or negotiating leverage in licensing negotiations. We may not be successful and, if we are not, the range of possible outcomes includes everything from a royalty payment to an injunction on the sale of certain of our chipsets (and on the sale of our customers’ handsets using our chipsets) and the imposition of royalty payments that might make sales of our chipsets uneconomic. Any such litigation could severely disrupt the business of our chipset customers and their wireless customers, which in turn could hurt our relationships with our chipset customers and wireless operators and could result in a decline in our chipset market share and/or a reduction in our licensees’ sales to wireless operators, causing a corresponding decline in our chipset and/or licensing revenues.
     While we have had many settlement discussions with Broadcom, they have not been fruitful to date, and the prospects for a reasonable settlement appear to be remote. To date, Broadcom has insisted that any comprehensive settlement include the right to pass through to its customers’ intellectual property rights licensed by us to Broadcom. Any such arrangement could have a material impact on our licensing and royalty business model.
In addition, as the number of competitors in our market increases and the functionality of our products is enhancedexpands to include additional technologies and overlaps with the products of other companies,features, we may become subject to claims of infringement or misappropriation of the intellectual property rights of others. Any claims, with or withoutregardless of their merit, could be time consuming to address, result in costly litigation, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel or cause product release or shipment delays, any of which could have a material adverse effect upon our operating results. In any potential dispute involving other companies’ patents or other intellectual property, our licenseeschipset customers could also become the targets of litigation. Any such litigation could severely disrupt the business of our licensees,chipset customers and their wireless operator customers, which in turn could hurt our relationsrelationships with our licenseeschipset customers and causewireless operators and could result in a decline in our revenueschipset market share and/or a reduction in our licensees’ sales to decrease.wireless operators, causing a corresponding decline in our chipset and/or licensing revenues.
     A number of other companies have claimed to own patents essential to various CDMA standards, GSM standards and implementations of OFDM and OFDMA systems. If we or other product manufacturers are required to

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obtain additional licenses and/or pay royalties to one or more patent holders, this could have a material adverse effect on the commercial implementation of our CDMA or multimode products and technologies, demand for our licensees’ products, and our profitability.
     Our currently pending or future patent applications for iMoD may not result in issued patents. In addition, our issued iMoD patents may not contain claims sufficiently broad to protect us against third parties with similar technologies or products or from third parties infringing our patents or misappropriating our trade secrets or provide us with any competitive advantage.
Other companies or entities also have and may again commence actions seeking to establish the invalidity of our patents. In the event that one or more of our patents are challenged, a court may invalidate the patentpatent(s) or determine that the patentpatent(s) is not enforceable, which could harm our competitive position. If any of our key patents are invalidated, or if the scope of the claims in any of these patents is limited by court decision, we could be prevented from licensing the invalidated or limited portion of such patents. Such adverse decisions could negatively impact our revenues. Even if such a patent challenge is not successful, it could be expensive and time consuming to address, divert management attention from our business and harm our reputation.
Our industry is subject to competition that could result in decreased demand for our products and the products of our customers and licensees and/or declining average selling prices for our licensees’ products and our products, negatively affecting our revenues and operating results.
     We currently face significant competition in our markets and expect that competition will continue. Competition in the telecommunications market is affected by various factors, including:
•comprehensiveness of products and technologies;
•value added features which drive replacement rates;
•manufacturing capability;
•scalability and the ability of the system technology to meet customers’ immediate and future network requirements;
•product performance and quality;
•design and engineering capabilities;
•compliance with industry standards;
•time-to-market;
•system cost; and
•customer support.

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     This competition may result in increased development costs and reduced average selling prices for our products and those of our customers and licensees. Reductions in the average selling price of our licensees’ products, unless offset by an increase in volumes, generally result in reduced royalties payable to us. While pricing pressures from competition may, to a large extent, be mitigated by the introduction of new features and functionality in our licensees’ products, there is no guarantee that such mitigation will occur. We anticipate that additional competitors will enter our markets as a result of growth opportunities in wireless telecommunications, the trend toward global expansion by foreign and domestic competitors, technological and public policy changes and relatively low barriers to entry in selected segments of the industry.
     Companies that promote non-CDMA technologies (e.g. GSM and WiMax) and companies that design competing CDMA-based integrated circuits are generally included amongst our competitors or potential competitors in the United States or abroad. Examples (some of whom are strategic partners of ours in other areas) include Broadcom, EoNex Technologies, Ericsson, Freescale, Fujitsu, Intel, LSI Corporation, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Texas Instruments and VIA Telecom. With respect to our QES business, our competitors are aggressively pricing products and services and are offering new value-added products and services which may impact margins, intensify competition in current and new markets and harm our ability to compete in certain markets.
     Many of these current and potential competitors have advantages over us, including:
•longer operating histories and presence in key markets;
•greater name recognition;
•motivation by our customers in certain circumstances to find alternate suppliers;
•access to larger customer bases;
•economies of scale and cost structure advantages; and
•greater sales and marketing, manufacturing, distribution, technical and other resources than we have.
     As a result of these and other factors, our competitors may be more successful than us. In addition, we anticipate additional competitors will enter the market for products based on 3G standards. These competitors may have more established relationships and distribution channels in markets not currently deploying CDMA-based wireless communications technology. These competitors also may have established or may establish financial or strategic relationships among themselves or with our existing or potential customers, resellers or other third parties. These relationships may affect our customers’ decisions to purchase products or license technology from us. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors could emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share to our detriment. In addition to the foregoing, we have seen, and believe we will continue to see, an increase in customers requesting that we develop products, including chipsets, that will operate in an “open source” environment. Developing open source compliant products, without imperiling the intellectual property rights upon which our licensing business depends, may prove difficult under certain circumstances, thereby placing us at a competitive disadvantage for new product designs.
     While we continue to believe our QMT Division’s IMOD displays will offer compelling advantages to the display market, there can be no assurance that other technologies will not continue to improve in ways that reduce the advantages we anticipate from our IMOD displays. The flat panel display market is currently, and we believe will likely continue to be for some time, dominated by displays based on liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. Numerous companies are making substantial investments in, and conducting research to improve characteristics of LCDs. Additionally, several other flat panel display technologies have been, or are being, developed, including technologies for the production of organic light-emitting diode (OLED), field emission, inorganic electroluminescence, gas plasma and vacuum fluorescent displays. In each case, advances in LCD or other flat panel display technologies could result in technologies that are more cost effective, have fewer display limitations, or can be brought to market faster than our IMOD technology. These advances in competing technologies might cause display manufacturers to avoid entering into commercial relationships with us, or not renew planned or existing relationships with us. Our QMT Division had $215 million in assets (including $128 million in goodwill) at

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September 30, 2007. If we are not successful in bringing our IMOD display technology to market, our assets may become impaired, which, in turn, could negatively impact our operating results.
Successful attempts by certain companies to amend or modify Standards Development Organizations’ (SDO’s) and other industry forums’ intellectual property policies could impact our licensing business.
     Our technologies, such as CDMA and OFDMA, are generally proposed and incorporated into standards adopted by SDO’s throughout the world (e.g. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Telecommunications Industry Association, Telecommunications Technology Association, IEEE, etc.). These SDO’s have policies with respect to intellectual property contributed by their member companies, which generally require member companies to commit to license their patents essential to the practice of the adopted standard on terms and conditions that are fair, reasonable and free from unfair discrimination (FRAND). We, as a member of these SDO’s and a significant contributor to a number of adopted standards, have made a number of FRAND commitments. Some companies have proposed significant new SDOchanges to existing intellectual property policies for implementation by SDO’s and other industry organizations, some of which would require a maximum aggregate intellectual property royalty rate for the use of all essential patents owned by itsall of the member companies to be applied to the selling price of any product implementing the adoptedrelevant standard. They have further proposed that thesuch maximum aggregate royalty rate be apportioned to each member company with essential patents based upon the size of its essential patent portfolio. Recently, NGMN Ltd., an industry standards development group organized by several wireless operators, has invited other companies in the industry to participate within NGMN Ltd. subject to IP restrictions substantially similar to these proposals. It is quite early in the process of discussing and evaluating these proposals but we expect that, once all parties analyze and understand the full impact of these proposals, they will come to understand that such proposals are not in the best interests of the industry and would have serious undesirable consequences. For example, these proposals, if adopted, would discourage research and development investment, invention and innovation, incentivize bulk filings of marginal patents, and encourage lobbying for introduction of needless features into standards. Further, they would discriminate against companies that develop new technology and enable other companies to manufacture and use products incorporating those new technologies in favor of such manufacturers and users. We are participating in the process and expect to channel it into useful improvements of the existing processes. Although the ETSIEuropean Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) ad hoc IPR group hasand the Next Generation Mobile Network industry group have thus far determined that such proposals should not be adopted as amendments to existing ETSI policies there can be no assurance thator new policies, such proposals as described above will notmight be revisited by ETSI and might be adopted by other SDO’s or industry groups, such as the recently formed NGMN Ltd., resulting in a disadvantage to our business model either by limiting our return on investment with respect to new technologies or forcing us to work outside of the SDO’s or such other industry groups for promoting our new technologies.
We depend upon a limited number of third party suppliers to manufacture component parts, subassemblies and finished goods for our products. If these third party suppliers do not allocate adequate manufacturing capacity in their facilities to manufacture products on our behalf, or if there are any disruptions in the operations of, or the loss of, any of these third parties, it could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers, reduce our revenue, increase our cost of sales and harm our business.
     Our ability to meet customer demand depends, in part, on available manufacturing capacity and our ability to obtain timely and adequate delivery of parts and components from our suppliers. A reductionComponent shortages or interruptiondeclines in our product supply source, an inability of our suppliers to react to shifts in product demand or an increase in component prices could have a material adverse effect on our business or profitability. Component shortages could adversely affect our ability and that of our customers to ship products on a timely basis and as a result our customers’ demand

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for our products. Any such shipment delays or declines in demand could reduce our revenues and harm our ability to achieve or sustain desired levels of profitability. Additionally, failure to meet customer demand in a timely manner could damage our reputation and harm our customer relationships potentially resulting in reduced market share.
relationships. Our operations may also be harmed by lengthy or recurring disruptions at any of our suppliers manufacturing facilities and by disruptions in the distribution channels from our suppliers and to our customers. These disruptions may include labor strikes, work stoppages, widespread illness, terrorism, war, political unrest, fire, earthquake, flooding or other natural disasters. TheseAny such disruptions could cause significant delays in shipments until we are able to shift the products from an affected manufacturer to another manufacturer. If the affected supplier was a sole source supplier, we may not be able to resourceobtain the product without significant cost and delay. The loss of a significant third party supplier or the inability of a third party supplier to meet performance and quality specifications or delivery schedules could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers and negatively impact our revenues and business operations.
     QCT Segment.A supplier’s ability to meet our product manufacturing demand is limited mainly by their overall capacity and current capacity availability. Although we have entered into long-term contracts with our suppliers, most of these contracts do not provide for long-term capacity commitments. To the extent that we do not have firm commitments from our suppliers over a specific time period, or in any specific quantity, our suppliers may allocate, and in the past have allocated, capacity to the production of products for their other customers while reducing capacity to manufacture our products. Accordingly, capacity for our products may not be available when we need it or available at reasonable prices. We have experienced capacity limitations from our suppliers in the past and may experience it in the future. During fiscal 2004 and the first quarter of fiscal 2005, we experienced supply constraints which resulted in our inability to meet certain customer demand. While we were able to alleviate these supply constraints and improve the supply and delivery of integrated circuits by working with our existing suppliers to increase available manufacturing capacity, and by increasing and extending our firm orders to our suppliers, thereThere can be no assurance that we will not experience supply constraints, in the future, which could result in our failure to meet customer demand.
     While our goal is to establish alternate suppliers for technologies that we consider critical, some of our integrated circuits products are only available from single sources, with which we do not have long-term contracts. Our reliance on sole or limited-source vendorssuppliers involves significant risks including possible shortages of manufacturing capacity, poor product performance and reduced control over delivery schedules, manufacturing capability and yields, quality assurance, quantity and costs. The timely readiness of our foundry suppliers to support transitions to smaller geometry process technologies could impact our ability to meet customer demand, revenue, and cost expectations. In addition, the timing of acceptance of smaller technology designs by our customers may subject us to the risk of excess inventories of earlier designs.
     In the event of a loss of, or a decision to change a key third party supplier, qualifying a new foundry supplier and commencing volume production or testing could involve delay and expense, resulting in lost revenues, reduced operating margins and possible loss of customers. We work closely with our customers to expedite their processes for evaluating new integrated circuits from our foundry suppliers; however, in some instances, transition of

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integrated circuit production to a new foundry supplier may cause a temporary decline in shipments of specific integrated circuits to individual customers.
     QMT Division.QMT needs to form and maintain reliable business relationships with flat panel display manufacturers or other targeted partners to support the manufacture of iMoDIMOD displays in commercial volumes. All of our current relationships have been for the development and limited production of certain iMoDIMOD display panels and/or modules. Some or all of these relationships may not succeed or, even if they are successful, may not result in the display manufacturers’ entering into material supply relationships with us.
We are expandinghave expanded our QCT segment’s manufacturing model to include the purchase of completed die from semiconductor manufacturing foundries and to contract directly with third party manufacturers for assembly and test services. This new production model may increase costs and lower our control over the manufacturing process.
     To further enable flexibility of supply and access to potential new foundry suppliers, and in response to the complexity of our product roadmap, starting in fiscal 2005, we expanded our manufacturing model to include purchasing completed die directly from semiconductor manufacturing foundries. Under our IFMIntegrated Fabless Manufacturing (IFM) model, we contract directly manage and contract with third party manufacturers for back-end assembly and test services, and we ship the completed integrated circuits to our customers. We expect to increase the volume of our purchases of completed die directly from our foundry suppliers under our IFM model as we source new products and convert existing turnkey production to continueour IFM model. We are unable to purchasedirectly control the majorityservices provided by our semiconductor assembly and test (SAT) suppliers, including the timely procurement of packaging materials for our requirements for integrated circuit products, on a turnkey basis.availability of assembly and test capacity, quality assurance and product delivery schedules. We have a limited history of working with these third partythe SAT suppliers under this expanded manufacturing model, and their services and volume of activity may not be

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completely reliable during the initial stages. We cannot guarantee that this change and our lack of control will not cause disruptions in our operations that could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers, reduce our revenue, or increase our cost of sales.
Our suppliers may also be our competitors putting us at a disadvantage for pricing and capacity allocation.
     One or more of our suppliers may obtain licenses from us to manufacture CDMA-based integrated circuits that compete with our products. In this event, the supplier could elect to allocate raw materials and manufacturing capacity to their own products and reduce deliveries to us to our detriment. In addition, we may not receive reasonable pricing, manufacturing or delivery terms. We cannot guarantee that the actions of our suppliers will not cause disruptions in our operations that could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers or increase our cost of sales.
We, and our licensees, are subject to the risks of conducting business outside the United States.
     A significant part of our strategy involves our continued pursuit of growth opportunities in a number of international markets. We market, sell and service our products internationally. We have established sales offices around the world. We expect to continue to expand our international sales operations and enter new international markets. This expansion will require significant management attention and financial resources to successfully develop direct and indirect international sales and support channels, and we cannot assure you that we will be successful or that our expenditures in this effort will not exceed the amount of any resulting revenues. If we are not able to maintain or increase international market demand for our products and technologies, we may not be able to maintain a desired rate of growth in our business.
     Our international customers sell their products to markets throughout the world, including China, India, Japan, South Korea, North America, South America and Europe. We distinguish revenues from external customers by geographic areas based on customer location.the location to which our products, software or services are delivered and, for QTL’s licensing and royalty revenue, the domicile of our licensees. Consolidated revenues from international customers as a percentage of total revenues were 87%, 82% and 79% in fiscal 2007 and 2006 2005 and 2004, respectively.82% in fiscal 2005. Because most of our foreign sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, our products and those of our customers and licensees that are sold in U.S. dollars become less price-competitive in international markets if the value of the U.S. dollar increases relative to foreign currencies.currencies, and our revenues may not grow as quickly as they otherwise might in response to worldwide growth in wireless products and services.
     In many international markets, barriers to entry are created by long-standing relationships between our potential customers and their local service providers and protective regulations, including local content and service requirements. In addition, our pursuit of international growth opportunities may require significant investments for

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an extended period before we realize returns, if any, on our investments. Our business could be adversely affected by a variety of uncontrollable and changing factors, including:
•changes in legal or regulatory requirements, including regulations governing the materials used in our products;
•legal or regulatory limitations on the spectrum available for the deployment of CDMA-based technologies;
 • difficulty in protecting or enforcing our intellectual property rights and/or contracts in a particular foreign jurisdiction, including challenges to our licensing practices under such jurisdictions’ competition laws;
 
 • our inability to succeed in significant foreign markets, such as China, India or Europe;
 
 • cultural differences in the conduct of business;
 
 • difficulty in attracting qualified personnel and managing foreign activities;
 
 • recessions in economies outside the United States;
•longer payment cycles for and greater difficulties collecting accounts receivable;
 
 • export controls, tariffs and other trade protection measures;
•fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

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•inflation and deflation;
 
 • nationalization, expropriation and limitations on repatriation of cash;
 
 • social, economic and political instability;
 
 • natural disasters, acts of terrorism, widespread illness and war;
 
 • taxation;
•variability in the value of the dollar against foreign currency; and
 
 • changes in laws and policies affecting trade, foreign investments, licensing practices and loans.
     In addition to general risks associated with our international sales, licensing activities and operations, we are also subject to risks specific to the individual countries in which we do business.     We cannot be certain that the laws and policies of any country with respect to intellectual property enforcement or licensing, issuance of wireless licenses or the adoption of standards will not be changed or enforced in a way detrimental to our licensing program or to the sale or use of our products or technology. Declines
     The wireless markets in currency valuesChina and India, among others, represent growth opportunities for us. If wireless operators in selected regionsChina or India, or the governments of China or India, make technology deployment or other decisions that result in actions that are adverse to the expansion of CDMA technologies, our business could be harmed.
     We are subject to risks in certain global markets in which wireless operators provide subsidies on wireless device sales to their customers. Increases in device prices that negatively impact device sales can result from changes in regulatory policies related to device subsidies. Limitations or changes in policy on device subsidies in South Korea, Japan, China and other countries may have additional negative impacts on our revenues.
Global economic conditions that impact the wireless communications industry could negatively affect our revenues and operating results.
     Global economic conditions can have wide-ranging effects on markets that we serve, particularly wireless communications equipment manufacturers and wireless network operators. We cannot predict negative events, such as war, that may have adverse effects on the economy or on wireless device inventories at CDMA-based equipment manufacturers and operators. The continued threat of terrorism and heightened security and military action in response to this threat, or any future acts of terrorism, may cause disruptions to the global economy and to the wireless communications industry and create uncertainties. Recent reports suggest that inflation could have adverse effects on the global economy and capital markets. Inflation and/or deflation and economic recessions could adversely affect our operating results becausecustomers, including their ability to obtain financing, upgrade wireless networks and purchase our products and thoseservices, and our end consumers, by lowering their standards of our customersliving and licensees may become more expensivediminishing their ability to purchase wireless devices based on our technology. Inflation could also increase our costs of raw materials and operating expenses and harm our business in the countries of the affected currencies.other ways. During fiscal 2006, 70%2007, 69% of our revenues were from customers and licensees based in South Korea, Japan and China, as compared to 70% and 69% during fiscal 2006 and 2005, and 68% during fiscal 2004.respectively. These customers sell their products to markets worldwide, including Japan, South Korea, China, India, North America, South America and Europe. A significant downturn in the economies of Asian countries where many of our customers and licensees are located, particularly the economies of South Korea, Japan and China, or the economies of the major markets they serve would materially harm our business. Should such

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negative events occur, subsequent economic recovery might not benefit us in Brazil, Chinathe near term. If it does not, our ability to increase or maintain our revenues and India, among others, representoperating results may be impaired. In addition, because we intend to continue to make significant investments in research and development and to maintain extensive ongoing customer service and support capability, any decline in the rate of growth opportunities for us. If wireless operators in Brazil, China or India, or the governments of Brazil, China or India, make technology deployment or other decisions that result in actions that areour revenues will have a significant adverse to the expansion of CDMA technologies, our business could be harmed.
     We are subject to risks in certain global markets in which wireless operators provide subsidies on phone sales to their customers. Increases in phone prices that negatively impact phone sales can result from changes in regulatory policies related to phone subsidies. Limitations or changes in policy on phone subsidies in South Korea, Japan, China and other countries may have additional negative impacts on our revenues.
     We expect that royalty revenues from international licensees based upon sales of their products outside of the United States will continue to represent a significant portion of our total revenues in the future. Our royalty revenues from international licensees are denominated in U.S. dollars. To the extent that such licensees’ products are sold in foreign currencies, any royalties that we derive as a result of such sales are subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. In addition, if the effective price of products sold by our customers were to increase as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of the relevant currencies, demand for the products could fall, which in turn would reduce our royalty revenues.operating results.
Currency fluctuations could negatively affect future product sales or royalty revenue, harm our ability to collect receivables, or increase the U.S. dollar cost of the activities of our foreign subsidiaries and international strategic investments.
     We are exposed to risk from fluctuations in currencies, which may change over time as our business practices evolve, that could impact our operating results, liquidity and financial condition. We operate and invest globally. Adverse movements in currency exchange rates may negatively affect our business due to a number of situations, including the following:
 • If the effective price of products sold by our customers were to increase as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of the relevant currencies, demand for the products could fall, which in turn would reduce our royalty and chipset revenues.
•Declines in currency values in selected regions may adversely affect our operating results because our products and those of our customers and licensees may become more expensive to purchase in the countries of the affected currencies.
•Assets or liabilities of our consolidated subsidiaries and our foreign investees that are not denominated in the functional currency of those entities are subject to the effects of currency fluctuations, which may affect our reported earnings. Our exposure to foreign currencies may increase as we expand into new markets.
 
 • Investments in our consolidated foreign subsidiaries and in other foreign entities that use the local currency as the functional currency may decline in value as a result of declines in local currency values.

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 • Certain of our revenues, such as royalty revenues, are derived from licensee or customer sales that are denominated in foreign currencies. If these revenues are not subject to foreign exchange hedging transactions, weakening of currency values in selected regions could adversely affect our anticipated revenues and cash flows.
 
 • We may engage in foreign exchange hedging transactions that could affect our cash flows and earnings because they may require the payment of structuring fees, and they may limit the U.S. dollar value of royalties from licensees’ sales that are denominated in foreign currencies.
 
 • Our trade receivables are generally U.S. dollar denominated. Any significant increase in the value of the dollar against our customers’ or licensees’ functional currencies could result in an increase in our customers’ or licensees’ cash flow requirements and could consequently affect our ability to sell products and collect receivables.
 
 • Strengthening of currency values in selected regions may adversely affect our operating results because the activities of our foreign subsidiaries may become more expensive in U.S. dollars.
 
 • Strengthening of currency values in selected regions may adversely affect our cash flows and investment results because strategic investment obligations denominated in foreign currencies may become more expensive, and the U.S. dollar cost of equity in losses of foreign investees may increase.
We may engage in acquisitions or strategic transactions or make investments that could result in significant changes or management disruption and fail to enhance stockholder value.
     From time to time, we engage in acquisitions or strategic transactions or make investments with the goal of maximizing stockholder value. We have acquiredacquire businesses, enteredenter into joint ventures or other strategic transactions and madepurchase equity and debt securities, including minority interests in publicly-traded and private companies, non-investment grade debt securities, equity and debt mutual funds, corporate bonds/notes and mortgage/asset-backed securities. Many of our strategic investments are in or loans to CDMA wireless operators, early-stage companies, or venture funds to support our business, including the global adoption of CDMA-based technologies and related services.

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Most of our strategic investments entail a high degree of risk and will not become liquid until more than one year from the date of investment, if at all. We cannot provide assurance that ourOur acquisitions or strategic investments (either those we currently have completed or may undertake in the future) willmay not generate financial returns or that they will result in increased adoption or continued use of our technologies. In addition, our other investments may not generate financial returns or may result in losses due to market volatility, the general level of interest rates and inflation expectations.
     Achieving the anticipated benefits of acquisitions will dependdepends in part upon our ability to integrate the acquired businesses in an efficient and effective manner. The integration of two companies that have previously operated independently may result in significant challenges, and we may be unable to accomplish the integration smoothly or successfully. The difficulties of integrating two companies include, among others:
 • retaining key employees;
 
 • maintenance of important relationships of QUALCOMMQualcomm and the acquired business;
 
 • minimizing the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business matters;
 
 • coordinating geographically separate organizations;
 
 • consolidating research and development operations; and
 
 • consolidating corporate and administrative infrastructures.
     We cannot assure you that the integration of the acquired businesses with our business will result in the realization of the full benefits anticipated by us to result from the acquisition. We may not derive any commercial value from the acquired technology, products and intellectual property or from future technologies and products based on the acquired technology and/or intellectual property, and we may be subject to liabilities that are not covered by indemnification protection we may obtain.
     We will continue to evaluate potential future transactions that we believe may enhance stockholder value. These potential future transactions may include a variety of different business arrangements, including acquisitions, spin-offs, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, restructurings, divestitures, business combinations and equity or debt investments. Although our goal is to maximize stockholder value, such transactions may impair stockholder value or otherwise adversely affect our business and the trading price of our stock. Any such transaction may require us to

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incur non-recurring or other charges and/or to consolidate or record our equity in losses and may pose significant integration challenges and/or management and business disruptions, any of which could harm our operating results and business.
Defects or errors in our products and services or in products made by our suppliers could harm our relations with our customers and expose us to liability. Similar problems related to the products of our customers or licensees could harm our business. If we experience product liability claims or recalls, we may incur significant expenses and experience decreased demand for our products.
     Our products are inherently complex and may contain defects and errors that are detected only when the products are in use. Further, becauseFor example, as our chipset product complexities increase, we are required to migrate to integrated circuit technologies with smaller geometric feature sizes. The design process interface issues are more complex as we enter into these new domains of technology, which adds risk to yields and reliability. Because our products and services are responsible for critical functions in our customers’ products and/or networks, such defects or errors could have a serious impact on our customers, which could damage our reputation, harm our customer relationships and expose us to liability. Defects or impurities in our components, materials or software or those used by our customers or licensees, equipment failures or other difficulties could adversely affect our ability and that of our customers and licensees to ship products on a timely basis as well as customer or licensee demand for our products. Any such shipment delays or declines in demand could reduce our revenues and harm our ability to achieve or sustain desired levels of profitability. We and our customers or licensees may also experience component or software failures or defects that could require significant product recalls, reworks and/or repairs whichthat are not covered by warranty reserves and which could consume a substantial portion of the capacity of our third party manufacturers or those of our customers or licensees. Resolving any defect or failure related issues could consume financial and/or engineering resources that could affect future product release schedules. Additionally, a defect or failure in our products or the products of our customers or licensees could harm our reputation and/or adversely affect the growth of 3G wireless markets.
     As our product complexities increase, we are required to migrate to integrated circuit technologies with smaller geometric feature sizes such as 90nm, 65nm, etc. The design process interface issues are more complex as we enter into these new domains of technology, which adds risks on yieldTesting, manufacturing, marketing and reliability. In addition, the timely readinessuse of our foundry suppliers to support such technology changes could impactproducts and those of our ability to meet customer demand, revenue,licensees and cost expectations. The timing of acceptance of the smaller technology designs by our customers may subject us toentail the risk of excess inventoriesproduct liability. The use of earlier designs.
Global economic conditionswireless devices containing our products to access untrusted content creates a risk of exposing the system software in those devices to viral or malicious attacks. We continue to expand our focus on this issue and take measures to safeguard the software from this threat. However, this issue carries the risk of general product liability claims along with the associated impacts on reputation and demand. Although we carry product liability insurance to protect against product liability claims, we cannot assure you that impact the wireless communications industry could negatively affect our revenues and operating results.
     Global economic conditions can have wide-ranging effects on marketsinsurance coverage will be sufficient to protect us against losses due to product liability claims, or that we serve, particularly wireless communications equipment manufacturers and wireless network operators. We cannot predict negative events,will be able to continue to maintain such as war, that may have adverse effects oninsurance at a reasonable cost. Furthermore, not all losses associated with alleged product

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failure are insurable. Our inability to maintain insurance at an acceptable cost or to protect ourselves in other ways against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the economy or on phone inventories at CDMA-based equipment manufacturers and operators. The continued threatcommercialization of terrorism and heightened security and military action in response to this threat, or any future acts of terrorism, may cause disruptions to the global economy and to the wireless communications industry and create uncertainties. Recent reports suggest that inflation could have adverse effects on the global economy and capital markets. Inflation could adversely affect our customers, including their ability to obtain financing, upgrade wireless networks and purchase our products and services,those of our licensees and our end consumers, by lowering their standards of living and diminishing their ability to purchase wireless devices based on our technology. Inflation could also increase our costs of raw materials and operating expensescustomers and harm our business in other ways. Should such negative events occur, subsequent economic recovery might not benefit us in the near term. If it does not, our ability to increase or maintain our revenues andfuture operating results may be impaired.results. In addition, because we intend to continue to make significant investments in researcha product liability claim or recall, whether against our licensees, customers, or us could harm our reputation and development and to maintain extensive ongoing customer service and support capability, any decline in the rate of growth of our revenues will have a significant adverse impact on our operating results.
Our industry is subject to competition that could result in decreased demand for our products and the products of our customers and licensees and/or declining average selling pricesproducts.
MediaFLO does not fully control promotional activities necessary to stimulate demand for our licensees’ products and our products, negatively affecting our revenues and operating results.services.
     We currently face significant competition inOur MediaFLO business is a wholesale provider of mobile entertainment and information services to our markets and expect that competition will continue. Competition inoperator partners. As such, we do not set the telecommunications market is affected by various factors, including:
•comprehensiveness of products and technologies;
•value added features which drive replacement rates;

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•manufacturing capability;
•scalability and the ability of the system technology to meet customers’ immediate and future network requirements;
•product performance and quality;
•design and engineering capabilities;
•compliance with industry standards;
•time-to-market;
•system cost; and
•customer support.
     This competition may result in increased development costs and reduced average selling prices for our products and those of our customers and licensees. Reductions in the average sellingretail price of our licensees’ products, unless offset by an increase in volumes, generally result in reduced royalties payableservice to us. While pricing pressures from competition may, to a large extent, be mitigated by the introduction of new featuresconsumer, nor do we directly control the marketing and functionality in our licensees’ products, there is no guarantee that such mitigation will occur. We anticipate that additional competitors will enter our markets as a result of growth opportunities in wireless telecommunications, the trend toward global expansion by foreign and domestic competitors, technological and public policy changes and relatively low barriers to entry in selected segmentspromotion of the industry.
     Companies thatservice to the operator’s subscriber base. Therefore, we are dependent upon our operator partners to price, market and otherwise promote non-CDMA technologies (e.g. GSMour services to the end users. If our operator partners do not effectively price, market and WiMax) and companies that design competing CDMA-based integrated circuits are included amongst our competitors. Examples of such competitors (some of whom are strategic partners of ours in other areas) include Agere, Broadcom, EoNex Technologies, Ericsson, Freescale, Fujitsu, Intel, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Texas Instruments and VIA Telecom. With respectotherwise promote the service to our QWBS business, our competitors are aggressively pricing products and services and are offering new value-added products and services which may impact margins, intensify competition in current and new markets and harmtheir subscriber base, our ability to competeachieve the subscriber and revenue targets contemplated in certain markets.our business plan will be negatively impacted.
Consumer acceptance and adoption of our MediaFLO technology will have a considerable impact on the success of our MediaFLO businesses.
     ManyCustomer acceptance of these currentthe services our MediaFLO businesses offer is, and potential competitors have advantages over us, including:
•longer operating histories and presence in key markets;
•greater name recognition;
•motivation by our customers in certain circumstances to find alternate suppliers;
•access to larger customer bases;
•economies of scale and cost structure advantages; and
•greater sales and marketing, manufacturing, distribution, technical and other resources than we have.
     As a result of these and other factors, our competitors may be more successful than us. In addition, we anticipate additional competitors will enter the market for products based on 3G standards. These competitors may have more established relationships and distribution channels in markets not currently deploying CDMA-based wireless communications technology. These competitors also may have established or may establish financial or strategic relationships among themselves or with our existing or potential customers, resellers or other third parties. These relationships may affect our customers’ decisions to purchase products or license technology from us. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors could emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share to our detriment.
     While we continue to believe our iMoD displays will offer compelling advantages to the display market, there can be no assurance that other technologies will not continue to improve in ways that reduce the advantages we anticipate from our iMoD displays. The flat panel display market is currently, and we believe will likely continue to be, affected by technology-based differences and by the operational performance, quality, reliability and coverage of our wireless network. Consumer demand could be impacted by differences in technology, coverage and service areas, network quality, consumer perceptions, media content offerings and rate plans. Our operator partners may have difficulty retaining subscribers if we are unable to meet our customers’ expectations for network quality and coverage, customer care or content. Obtaining content that is appealing to subscribers on economically rational terms may be limited by pre-existing exclusivity agreements content providers have with their customers as well as limitations placed on some time, dominatedcontent with respect to rights for mobile programming. An inability to address those issues could limit our ability to expand our subscriber base and place us at a competitive disadvantage as well as affect our ability to attract new subscribers. Additionally, adoption and deployment of our MediaFLO technology could be adversely impacted by displays based on liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. Numerous companies are making substantial investments in, and conducting research to improve characteristics of LCDs. Additionally, severalgovernment regulatory practices that support a single standard other flat panel display technologies have been, or are being, developed, including technologies for the production of

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organic light-emitting diode (OLED), field emission, inorganic electroluminescence, gas plasma and vacuum fluorescent displays. In each case, advances in LCD or other flat panel display technologies could result in technologies that are more cost effective, have fewer display limitations, or can be brought to market faster than our iMoD technology. These advances intechnology, operator selection of competing technologies might cause display manufacturers to avoid entering into commercial relationships with us, or not renew planned or existing relationships with us.consumer preferences.
Our business and operating results will be harmed if we are unable to manage growth in our business.
     Certain of our businesses have experienced periods of rapid growth and/or increased their international activities, placing significant demands on our managerial, operational and financial resources. In order to manage growth and geographic expansion, we must continue to improve and develop our management, operational and financial systems and controls, including quality control and delivery and service capabilities. We also need to continue to expand, train and manage our employee base. We must carefully manage research and development capabilities and production and inventory levels to meet product demand, new product introductions and product and technology transitions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to timely and effectively meet that demand and maintain the quality standards required by our existing and potential customers and licensees.
     In addition, inaccuracies in our demand forecasts, or failure of the systems used to develop the forecasts, could quickly result in either insufficient or excessive inventories and disproportionate overhead expenses. If we ineffectively manage our growth or are unsuccessful in recruiting and retaining personnel, our business and operating results will be harmed.
Our operating results are subject to substantial quarterly and annual fluctuations and to market downturns.
     Our revenues, earnings and other operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and may fluctuate significantly in the future. General economic or other conditions causing a downturn in the market for our products or technology, and in turn affecting the timing of customer orders or causing cancellations or rescheduling of orders, could also adversely affect our operating results. Moreover, our customers may change delivery schedules, cancel or reduce orders without incurring significant penalties and generally are not subject to minimum purchase requirements.
     Our future operating results will be affected by many factors, including, but not limited to: our ability to retain existing or secure anticipated customers or licensees, both domestically and internationally; our ability to develop, introduce and market new technology, products and services on a timely basis; management of inventory by us and our customers and their customers in response to shifts in market demand; changes in the mix of technology and

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products developed, licensed, produced and sold; seasonal customer demand; the Flarion acquisition; and other factors described elsewhere in this Annual Report and in these risk factors. Our cash investments represent a significant asset that may be subject to fluctuating or even negative returns depending upon interest rate movements and financial market conditions in fixed income and equity securities.
     These factors affecting our future operating results are difficult to forecast and could harm our quarterly and/or annual operating results. If our operating results fail to meet the financial guidance we provide to investors, or the expectations of investment analysts or investors in any period, securities class action litigation could be brought against us and/or the market price of our common stock could decline.
Our stock price may be volatile.
     The stock market in general, and the stock prices of technology-based and wireless communications companies in particular, have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of any specific public company. The market price of our common stock has fluctuated in the past and is likely to fluctuate in the future as well. Factors that may have a significant impact on the market price of our stock include:
 • announcements concerning us or our competitors, including the selection of wireless communications technology by wireless operators and the timing of the roll-out of those systems;
 
 • court or regulatory body decisions or settlements regarding intellectual property licensing and patent litigation and arbitration;
•receipt of substantial orders or order cancellations for integrated circuits and system software products;
 
 • quality deficiencies in services or products;
 
 • announcements regarding financial developments or technological innovations;

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 • international developments, such as technology mandates, political developments or changes in economic policies;
 
 • lack of capital to invest in 3G networks;
 
 • new commercial products;
 
 • changes in recommendations of securities analysts;
 
 • general stock market volatility;
 
 • government regulations, including share-based compensation accounting and tax regulations;
 
 • energy blackouts;
 
 • acts of terrorism and war;
 
 • inflation and deflation;
 
 • widespread illness;
 
 • proprietary rights or product or patent litigation against us or against our customers or licensees;
 
 • strategic transactions, such as spin-offs, acquisitions and divestitures; or
 
 • rumors or allegations regarding our financial disclosures or practices.
     Our future earnings and stock price may be subject to volatility, particularly on a quarterly basis. Shortfalls in our revenues or earnings in any given period relative to the levels expected by securities analysts could immediately, significantly and adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
     In the past, securities class action litigation often has often been brought against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. Due to changes in the volatility of our stock price, we may be the target of securities litigation in the future. Securities and patent litigation could result in substantial uninsured costs and divert management’s attention and resources. In addition, stock price volatility may be precipitated by failure to meet earnings expectations or other factors, such as the potential uncertainty in future reported earnings created by

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the assumptions used for share-based compensation and the related valuation models used to determine such expense.
Our industry is subject to rapid technological change, and we must make substantial investments in new products and technologies to compete successfully.
     New technological innovations generally require a substantial investment before they are commercially viable. We intend to continue to make substantial investments in developing new products and technologies, and it is possible that our development efforts will not be successful and that our new technologies will not result in meaningful revenues. In particular, we intend to continue to invest significant resources in developing integrated circuit products to support high-speed wireless Internetinternet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork operation and multimedia applications, which encompass development of graphical display, camera and video capabilities, as well as higher computational capability and lower power on-chip computers and signal processors. While our research and development activities have resulted in inventions relating to applications of GPRS, EDGE, OFDM, OFDMA and MIMO, and hundreds of issued or pending patent applications, there can be no assurance that our patent portfolio in these areas would be as valuable as our CDMA portfolio. Further, if OFDMA technology is not adopted and deployed commercially, our investment in Flarion and OFDMA technology may not provide us an adequate return on our investment. We also continue to invest in the development of our BREW applications development platform, our MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology and our iMoDIMOD display technology. All of these new products and technologies face significant competition, and we cannot assure you that the revenues generated from these products or the timing of the deployment of these products or technologies, which may be dependent on the actions of others, will meet our expectations. We cannot be certain that we will make the additional advances in development that may be essential to successfully commercialize our iMoD technology.IMOD technology successfully.

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     The market for our products and technology is characterized by many factors, including:
 • rapid technological advances and evolving industry standards;
 
 • changes in customer requirements;
 
 • frequent introductions of new products and enhancements;
 
 • evolving methods for transmission of wireless voice and data communications; and
 
 • intense competition from companies with greater resources, customer relationships and distribution capabilities.
     Our future success will depend on our ability to continue to develop and introduce new products, technology and enhancements on a timely basis. Our future success will also depend on our ability to keep pace with technological developments, protect our intellectual property, satisfy customer requirements, price our products competitively and achieve market acceptance. The introduction of products embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards could render our existing products and technology, and products and technology currently under development, obsolete and unmarketable. If we fail to anticipate or respond adequately to technological developments or customer requirements, or experience any significant delays in development, introduction or shipment of our products and technology in commercial quantities, demand for our products and our customers’ and licensees’ products that use our technology could decrease, and our competitive position could be damaged.
Changes in financial accounting standards relatedassumptions used to estimate the values of share-based payments are expected to continue tocompensation have a significant effect on our reported results.
     On September 26, 2005, we adopted the revised statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. FAS 123 (FAS 123R), “Share-Based Payment,” which requires that weWe are required to estimate and record compensation expense in the statement of operations for share-based payments, such as employee stock options, using the fair value method. The adoption of this new standard is expected to continue to haveThis method has a significant effect on our reported earnings, although it will not affect our cash flows, and could adversely impact our ability to provide accurate guidance on our future reported financial results due to the variability of the factors used to estimate the values of share-based payments. If factors change andand/or we employ different assumptions or different valuation methods in the application of FAS 123R in future periods, the compensation expense that we record under FAS 123R may differ significantly from what we haveamounts recorded in the current period,previously, which could negatively affect our stock price and our stock price volatility.
     The accounting guidance for share-based compensation is relatively new, and best practices are not well established. The application of these principles may be subject to further interpretation and refinement over time. There are significant differences among valuation models, and there is a possibility that we will adopt different valuation models in the future. This may result in a lack of consistency in future periods and materially affect the fair value estimate of share-based payments. It may also result in a lack of comparability with other companies that use different models, methods and assumptions.

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     Theoretical valuation models and market-based methods are evolving and may result in lower or higher fair value estimates for share-based compensation. The timing, readiness, adoption, general acceptance, reliability and testing of these methods is uncertain. Sophisticated mathematical models may require voluminous historical information, modeling expertise, financial analyses, correlation analyses, integrated software and databases, consulting fees, customization and testing for adequacy of internal controls. Market-based methods are emerging that, if employed by us, may dilute our earnings per share and involve significant transaction fees and ongoing administrative expenses. The uncertainties and costs of these extensive valuation efforts may outweigh the benefits to our investors.
Potential tax liabilities could adversely affect our results.
     We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes. Although we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, the final determination of tax audits and any related litigation could be materially different than that which is reflected in historical income tax provisions and accruals. In such case, a material effect on our income tax provision and net income in the period or periods in which that determination is made could result.
If In addition, tax rules may change that may adversely affect our future reported financial results or the way we experience product liability claims or recalls,conduct our business. For example, we may incur significant expenses and experience decreased demand for our products.
     Testing, manufacturing, marketing and useconsider the operating earnings of our products and those of our licensees and customers entailcertain non-United States subsidiaries to be invested indefinitely outside the risk of product liability. The use of wireless devices containing our products to access un-trusted content creates a risk of exposing the system software in those devices to viral or malicious attacks. We continue to expand our focusUnited States based on this issue and take measures to safeguard the software from this threat. However, this issue carries the risk of general product liability along with the associated impacts on reputation and demand. Although we believe our product liability insuranceestimates that future domestic cash generation will be adequatesufficient to protect against product liability claims, we cannot assure youmeet future domestic cash needs. No provision has been made for United States federal and state or foreign taxes that we willmay result from future remittances of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Our future reported financial results may be ableadversely affected if tax or accounting rules regarding unrepatriated earnings change or if domestic cash needs require us to continue to maintain such insurance at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses due to product liability. Our inability to maintain insurance at an acceptable cost or to otherwise protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of our products and those of our licensees and customers and harm our future operating results. Furthermore, not all losses associated with alleged product failure are insurable. In addition, a product liability claim or recall, whether against our licensees, customers, or us could harm our reputation and result in decreased demand for our products.repatriate foreign earnings.

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The high amount of capital required to obtain radio frequency licenses, deploy and expand wireless networks and obtain new subscribers could slow the growth of the wireless communications industry and adversely affect our business.
     Our growth is dependent upon the increased use of wireless communications services that utilize our technology. In order to provide wireless communications services, wireless operators must obtain rights to use specific radio frequencies. The allocation of frequencies is regulated in the United States and other countries throughout the world, and limited spectrum space is allocated to wireless communications services. Industry growth may be affected by the amount of capital required to: obtain licenses to use new frequencies; deploy wireless networks to offer voice and data services; expand wireless networks to grow voice and data services; and obtain new subscribers. The significant cost of licenses, wireless networks and subscriber additions may slow the growth of the industry if wireless operators are unable to obtain or service the additional capital necessary to implement or expand 3G wireless networks. Our growth could be adversely affected if this occurs.
If wireless phonesdevices pose safety risks, we may be subject to new regulations, and demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers may decrease.
     Concerns over the effects of radio frequency emissions, even if unfounded, may have the effect of discouraging the use of wireless phones,devices, which would decrease demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers. In recent years, the FCC and foreign regulatory agencies have updated the guidelines and methods they use for evaluating radio frequency emissions from radio equipment, including wireless phones.phones and other wireless devices. In addition, interest groups have requested that the FCC investigate claims that wireless communications technologies pose health concerns and cause interference with airbags, hearing aids and medical devices. Concerns have also been expressed over the possibility of safety risks due to a lack of attention associated with the use of wireless phonesdevices while driving. Any legislation that may be adopted in response to these expressions of concern could reduce demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers in the United States as well as foreign countries.
Our QWBS business dependsQES and MediaFLO businesses depend on the availability of satellite and other networks.
     Our OmniTRACS and OmniVision systems currently operate on leased Ku-band satellite transponders in the United States, market on leased Ku-band satellite transponders.Mexico and Europe. Our primary data satellite transponder and position reporting satellite transponder lease for these systems runs through October 2012 and includes transponder and satellite protection (back-up capacity in the event of a transponder or satellite failure), which we believe will provide sufficient transponder capacity for our United States OmniTRACS and OmniVision operations through fiscal 2012. A failure to maintain adequate satellite

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capacity could harm our business, operating results, liquidity and financial position. QWBSQES terrestrial-based products rely on various wireless terrestrial communication networks operated by third parties. The unavailability or nonperformance of these network systems could harm our business. The products and services that we sell for use on Globalstar Inc.’s (Globalstar) low-Earth-orbit satellite network are dependent on the availability and performance of the Globalstar satellite system. On February 6, 2007, Globalstar announced that many Globalstar satellites are experiencing an anomaly resulting in degraded performance of the amplifiers for the S-band satellite communications antenna. Globalstar stated that unless remedied, by some time in 2008, this degradation or degraded performance will have a significant adverse impact on Globalstar’s ability to provide uninterrupted two-way voice and data services on a continuous basis in any given location. On May 30, 2007, Globalstar announced that four Globalstar satellites were successfully launched, and four additional satellites are planned for launch shortly. Globalstar stated that it believes the additional satellites will augment the current operating constellation and improve two-way voice and data services until the launch of the second-generation satellite constellation, which is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2009. If the recent launch of the satellites does not remedy the problem or if Globalstar is unable to launch a second-generation satellite constellation, this degraded performance will have an adverse impact on sales of our products and services that rely on the Globalstar network.
     Our MediaFLO network and systems currently operate in the United States market on a leased Ku-band satellite transponder. Our primary program content and data distribution satellite transponder lease runs through December 31, 2012 and includes transponder and satellite protection (back-up capacity in the event of a transponder or satellite failure), which we believe will provide sufficient transponder capacity for our domestic United States MediaFLO services through fiscal 2012. Additionally our MediaFLO Transmitter Sites are monitored and controlled by a variety of terrestrial-based data circuits relying on various terrestrial communication networks operated by third parties. A failure to maintain adequate satellite capacity or the unavailability or nonperformance of the terrestrial-based network systems could have an adverse effect on our business and operating results.
Our business and operations would suffer in the event of system failures.
     Despite system redundancy, the implementation of security measures and the existence of a Disaster Recovery Plan for our internal information technology networking systems, our systems are vulnerable to damages from computer viruses, unauthorized access, energy blackouts, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication failures. Any system failure, accident or security breach that causes interruptions in our operations or to our customers’ or licensees’ operations could result in a material disruption to our business. To the extent that any disruption or security breach results in a loss or damage to our customers’ data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential information, we may incur liability as a result. In addition, we may incur additional costs to remedy the damages caused by these disruptions or security breaches.
     Message transmissions for QWBSQES operations are formatted and processed at the Network Management Center in San Diego, California, with a fully redundant backup Network Management Center located in Las Vegas, Nevada. BothContent from third parties for MediaFLO operations is received, processed and retransmitted at the Broadcast Operations Center in San Diego, California. The centers, operated by us, are subject to system failures, which could interrupt the services and have an adverse effect on our operating results.
     From time to time, we install new or upgraded business management systems. To the extent such systems fail or are not properly implemented, we may experience material disruptions to our business, delays in our external financial reporting or failures in our system of internal controls, that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

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Noncompliance with environmental or safety regulations could cause us to incur significant expenses and harm our business.
     As part of the development of our iMoDIMOD display technology, we are operating a research and development fabrication facility. The development of iMoDIMOD display prototypes is a complex and precise process involving hazardous materials subject to environmental and safety regulations. Failure or inability to comply with existing or future environmental and safety regulations could result in significant remediation liabilities, the imposition of fines and/or the suspension or termination of development activities.
We cannot assure stockholders that ourOur stock repurchase program willmay not result in a positive return of capital to stockholders.
     At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, we have remaining authority to repurchase up to $0.9$1.5 billion of our common stock, net of outstanding put options. There can be no assurance thatoptions outstanding. Our stock repurchases will createmay not return value forto stockholders because the market price of

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the stock may decline significantly below the levels at which we repurchased shares of stock. Our stock purchase program is intended to deliver stockholder value over the long-term, but short-term stock price fluctuations can reduce the program’s effectiveness.
     As part of our stock repurchase program, we may sell put options or engage in structured derivative transactions to reduce the cost of repurchasing stock. In the event of a significant and unexpected drop in stock price, these arrangements may require us to repurchase stock at price levels that are significantly above the then-prevailing market price of our stock. Such overpayments may have an adverse effect on the effectiveness of our overall stock repurchase program and may losereduce value for our stockholders.
We cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends at all or in any particular amounts.
     We intend to continue to pay quarterly dividends subject to capital availability and periodic determinations that cash dividends are in the best interest of our stockholders. Future dividends may be affected by, among other items, our views on potential future capital requirements, including those related to research and development, creation and expansion of sales distribution channels and investments and acquisitions, legal risks, stock repurchase programs, changes in federal income tax law and changes to our business model. Our dividend payments may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends at all or in any particular amounts. A reduction in our dividend payments could have a negative effect on our stock price.
Government regulation and policies of industry standards bodies may adversely affect our business.
     Our products and those of our customers and licensees are subject to various regulations, including FCC regulations in the United States and other international regulations, as well as the specifications of national, regional and international standards bodies. Changes in the regulation of our activities, including changes in the allocation of available spectrum by the United States government and other governments or exclusion or limitation of our technology or products by a government or standards body, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, liquidity and financial position.
     We hold licenses in the United States from the FCC for the spectrum referred to as Block D in the Lower 700 MHz Band (also known as TV Channel 55), covering the entire nation for use in our MediaFLO business. As a result, we are regulated by the FCC pursuant to Part 27 of the FCC’s rules, which are subject to a variety of ongoing FCC proceedings. It is impossible to predict with certainty the outcome of pending FCC or other federal or state regulatory proceedings relating to our MediaFLO service or our use of the spectrum for which we hold licenses. Unless we are able to obtain relief, existing laws and regulations may inhibit our ability to expand our business and to introduce new products and services. In addition, the adoption of new laws or regulations or changes to the existing regulatory framework could adversely affect our business plans.
We may not be able to attract and retain qualified employees.
     Our future success depends largely upon the continued service of our board members, executive officers and other key management and technical personnel. Our success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. In addition, implementing our product and business strategy requires specialized engineering and other talent, and our revenues are highly dependent on technological and product innovations. The market for such specialized engineering and other talented employees in our industry is extremely competitive. In addition, existing immigration laws make it more difficult for us to recruit and retain highly skilled foreign national graduates of U.S. universities, making the pool of available talent even smaller. Key employees represent a significant asset, and the competition for these employees is intense in the wireless communications industry. In the event of a labor shortage, or in the event of an unfavorable change in prevailing labor and/or immigration laws, we could experience difficulty attracting and retaining qualified employees. We continue to anticipate increases in human resources, particularly in engineering, through fiscal 2007.2008. If we are unable to attract and retain the qualified employees that we need, our business may be harmed.
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of one or more of our key employees or our inability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel could negatively impact our ability to design, develop and commercialize our products and technology.
     Since our inception, we have used stock options and other long-term equity incentives as a fundamental component of our employee compensation packages. We believe that stock options and other long-term equity incentives directly motivate our employees to maximize long-term stockholder value and, using long-term vesting, encourage employees to remain with us. To the extent that new regulations make it less attractive to grant options to employees or if stockholders do not authorize shares for the continuation of equity compensation programs in the future, we may incur increased compensation costs, change our equity compensation strategy or find it difficult to attract, retain and motivate employees, each of which could materially and adversely affect our business.

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Future changes in financial accounting standards or practices or existing taxation rules or practices may cause adverse unexpected revenue fluctuations and affect our reported results of operations.
     A change in accounting standards or practices or a change in existing taxation rules or practices can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change is effective. New and often complex accounting pronouncements, taxation rules, and varying interpretations of accounting pronouncements and taxation practice have occurred and may occur in the future. Changes to existing rules or the questioning of current practices may adversely affect our reported financial results or the way we conduct our business.
Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.
     Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure may create uncertainty regarding compliance matters. New or changed laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations in many cases. As a result, their application in practice may evolve over time. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. Complying with evolving interpretations of new or changed legal requirements may cause us to incur higher costs as we revise current practices, policies and procedures, and may divert management time and attention from revenue generating to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, our reputation might also be harmed. In addition, it has become more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we have purchased reduced coverage at substantially higher cost than in the past. Further, our board members, chief executive officer and chief financial officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which could harm our business.
Our charter documents and Delaware law could limit transactions in which stockholders might obtain a premium over current market prices.
     Our certificate of incorporation includes a provision that requires the approval of holders of at least 66 2/3% of our voting stock as a condition to certain mergers or other business transactions with, or proposed by, a holder of 15% or more of our voting stock. Under our charter documents, stockholders are not permitted to call special meetings of our stockholders or to act by written consent. These charter provisions may discourage certain types of transactions involving an actual or potential change in our control, including those offering stockholders a premium over current market prices. These provisions may also limit our stockholders’ ability to approve transactions that they may deem to be in their best interests.
     Further, our Board of Directors has the authority under Delaware law to fix the rights and preferences of and issue shares of preferred stock, and our preferred share purchase rights agreement will cause substantial dilution to the ownership of a person or group that attempts to acquire us on terms not approved by our Board of Directors. While our Board of Directors approved our preferred share purchase rights agreement to provide the board with greater ability to maximize shareholder value, these rights could deter takeover attempts that the board finds inadequate and make it more difficult to bring about a change in our ownership.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 2. Properties
     At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, we occupied the indicated square footage in the owned or leased facilities described below (square footage in thousands):
                
Number Total   Total  
of Square   Square  
Buildings Location Status Footage Primary Use Location Status Footage Primary Use
18 United States Owned 2,498 Executive and administrative offices, research and development, sales and marketing, service functions, manufacturing and network management hub.
                
41 United States Leased 1,578 Administrative offices, research and development, sales and marketing, service functions and network management hub.
22 United States Owned  2,707  Executive and administrative offices, research and development, sales and marketing, service functions, manufacturing and network management hub.
                
6 India Leased 154 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
43 United States Leased  1,603  Administrative offices, research and development, sales and marketing, service functions and network management hub.
          
5 India Leased  240  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
                
8 Mexico Leased 134 Administrative offices, sales and marketing, service functions, manufacturing and network operating centers. Mexico Leased  134  Administrative offices, sales and marketing, service functions, manufacturing and network operating centers.
                
3 China Leased 88 Administrative offices, research and development, sales and marketing, service functions and network operating centers. China Leased  88  Administrative offices, research and development, sales and marketing, service functions and network operating centers.
                
6 Korea Leased 71 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
4 England Leased  71  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing
                
4 England Leased 62 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
3 Korea Leased  65  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
                
1 India Owned 56 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing. India Owned  56  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
                
1 Israel Leased 49 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing. Israel Leased  51  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
                
4 Germany Leased 31 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing. Taiwan Leased  47  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
                
23 Other International Leased 102 Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
4 Germany Leased  31  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
          
27 Other International Leased  104  Administrative offices, research and development and sales and marketing.
                  
       Total square footage    5,197   
 Total square footage   4,823            
        
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pursuant to 129220 lease arrangements for our MediaFLO USA network. The majority of our cell site leases have an initial term of five to seven years with renewal options of up to five additional five-year periods.
     We are constructing severalSeveral owned and leased facilities in San Diego, California are under construction totaling approximately 800,000690,000 additional square feet to meet the requirements projected in our long-term business plan. We expect to place the new facilities in service in fiscal 2007. We believe that our facilities will be suitable and adequate for the present purposes and that

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the productive capacity in such facilities is substantially utilized. In the future, we may need to purchase, build or lease additional facilities to meet the requirements projected in our long-term business plan.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated and SnapTrack, Inc.:On March 30, 2001, Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. filed suit against us and SnapTrack, Inc. (SnapTrack), a QUALCOMM wholly-owned subsidiary, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based on the alleged infringement of three patents. Following a verdict and finding of no infringement of Zoltar’s patent claims, the Court entered a judgment in favor of us and SnapTrack on Zoltar’s complaint and awarded us and SnapTrack our costs of suit. Zoltar filed a notice of appeal that was dismissed as premature. While we have already obtained a verdict of non-infringement of Zoltar’s patents, our additional affirmative claims seeking declarations of the non-enforceability and invalidity of those patents were set to be retried in the same Court on October 10, 2006. However, Zoltar has informed the Court that it will covenant not to sue us or SnapTrack on the patents. The final form of dismissal and judgment in favor of us and SnapTrack remains to be determined.
Whale Telecom Ltd. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On November 15, 2004, Whale Telecom Ltd. sued us in the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, seeking monetary damages based on the claim that we fraudulently induced it to enter into certain infrastructure services agreements in 1999 and later interfered with their performance of those agreements. On March 15, 2006, the Court dismissed all claims against us. The plaintiff has filed a notice of appeal.
     Broadcom Corporation v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On May 18, 2005, Broadcom filed two actions in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against usthe Company alleging infringement of ten patents and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On the same date, Broadcom also filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging infringement of five of the same patents at issue in the Central District Court cases seeking a determination and relief under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. On July 1, 2005, Broadcom filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against usthe Company alleging violations of state and federal antitrust and unfair competition laws as well as common law claims, generally relating to licensing and chip sales activities, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On September 1, 2006, the New Jersey District Court dismissed the complaint; Broadcom has filed noticeappealed. On September 4, 2007, the Court of appeal. Discovery is underway in oneAppeals for the Third Circuit reinstated two of the Central District Court patent actions, with trial scheduled for May 2007.eight federal claims and five pendant state claims in Broadcom’s complaint and affirmed the dismissal of the remaining counts. On November 2, 2007, Broadcom filed an amended complaint in the New Jersey case, adding the allegations from a state court case in California that had been stayed, as discussed below. On December 12, 2005, the Central District Court in California ordered two of the Broadcom patent claims filed in the other Central District patent action (which is stayed pending completion of the ITC action) to be transferred to the Southern District of California to be considered in the case filed by usthe Company on August 22, 2005. That case now containswas subsequently dismissed by agreement of the parties. Trial was held in May 2007 in one of the remaining Central District Court patent actions, and on May 29, 2007, the jury rendered a verdict finding willful infringement of three patents and awarding past damages in the approximate amount of $20 million, which has been expensed pending appeals. Following a change in the law governing the definition of willfulness, the Court issued a tentative ruling that the jury’s finding of willfulness and inducement should be vacated. After a hearing on October 15, 2007, the Court requested additional related claims filedbriefings by usboth parties, including briefing on the question of whether the damages awarded under the two patents must be vacated and Broadcom.indicated that the Court would postpone any decision on an appropriate injunction remedy pending its final decision on the jury’s finding of willfulness. The Court’s final ruling on these issues and the appropriate remedy for the jury’s infringement findings is expected within the next several weeks.
     On February 14, 2006, thean ITC hearing also commenced as to three ofpatents alleged by Broadcom to be infringed by the patents alleged.Company. On October 10, 2006, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an interim decisioninitial determination in which he recommended against any downstream remedies and found no infringement by usthe Company on two of the three remaining patents and most of the asserted claims of the third patent. The ALJ did find infringement on some claims of one patent. We will petitionThe ALJ did not recommend excluding chips accused by Broadcom but, instead, recommended a limited exclusion order directed only to chips that are already programmed with a specific software module and recommended a related cease and desist order. The Commission adopted the CommissionALJ’s initial determination on violation and, on June 7, 2007, issued a cease and desist order and an exclusion order directed at chips programmed with specific software and certain downstream products first imported after the date of the exclusion order. The Federal Circuit has issued stays of the exclusion order with respect to the downstream products of all of the Company’s customers that requested the stay. The Company is appealing both the infringement finding and the cease and desist order and the exclusion order to the United States Court of Appeal for reviewthe Federal Circuit. On April 13, 2007, Broadcom filed a new complaint in California state court against the Company alleging unfair competition, breach of at leastcontract and fraud, and seeking injunctive and monetary relief. On October 5, 2007, the limited infringement findings and patent validity findings.Court ordered the case stayed pending resolution of the New Jersey case, referenced above.
     QUALCOMM Incorporated v. Broadcom Corporation:On July 11, 2005, we filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Broadcom alleging infringement of seven patents, each of which is essential to the practice of either the GSM or 802.11 standards, and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On September 23, 2005, Broadcom answered and counterclaimed, alleging infringement of six patents. On October 14, 2005, wethe Company filed anotheran action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Broadcom alleging infringement of two patents, each of which relates to video encoding and decoding for high-end multimedia processing, and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. That action is scheduled forIn January 2007, a jury rendered a verdict finding the patents valid but not infringed. In a subsequent ruling, the trial in January 2007. On March 24, 2006, we filed another action injudge held that the United States District Court for the Southern DistrictCompany was not guilty of California, alleging that Broadcom, during the period in which it has been attempting to bring to market a WCDMA baseband solution, misappropriated our confidential and trade secret information relating to our WCDMA baseband chips, and relating to our multimedia capabilities for such chips. The complaint also asserts another patent claim against Broadcom’s wireless local area network products, including such capability bundled with Broadcom’s WCDMA product offerings. Broadcom counterclaimed with the assertion of two patents. On October 27, 2006, the Court issued a preliminary injunction against Broadcom, prohibiting the future use or solicitation of certain of our confidential business and technical documents and information.inequitable

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conduct before the Patent Office but the Company’s actions in a video-encoding standards development organization amounted to a waiver of the right to enforce the patents under any circumstances. The Court also ordered Qualcomm to pay Broadcom’s attorneys’ fees and costs for the case. Qualcomm and Broadcom have each filed notices of appeal. The Court is also considering a motion for discovery sanctions against Qualcomm for failing to produce certain documents in discovery.
     QUALCOMM IncorporatedActions by the Company and SnapTrack, Inc. v.its subsidiaries against Nokia Corporation andand/or Nokia Inc.:On November 4, 2005, we,the Company, along with ourits wholly-owned subsidiary, SnapTrack, filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Nokia alleging infringement of eleven of ourQualcomm patents and one SnapTrack patent relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and position location and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. The case is currently stayed pending a decision by the Federal Circuit regarding Nokia’s arbitration demand. On May 24, 2006, wethe Company filed an action in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice for England and Wales against Nokia alleging infringement of two of ourQualcomm patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. On June 9, 2006, wethe Company filed a complaint with the ITC against Nokia alleging importation of products that infringe six of ourQualcomm patents relating to power control, video encoding and decoding, and power conservation mode technologies and seeking an exclusionary order and a cease and desist order. On July 7, 2006, the ITC commenced an investigation. The Company subsequently withdrew three of the patents from the proceedings. The ITC trial was completed in September 2007. The date for an initial determination from the ITC ALJ is December 12, 2007, and the target date for resolution of the investigation is April 14, 2008. On August 9, 2006, wethe Company filed an action in the District Court of Dusseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany, against Nokia alleging infringement of two of ourQualcomm patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. On October 9, 2006, wethe Company filed an action in the High Court of Paris, France against Nokia alleging infringement of two patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. On October 9, 2006, wethe Company filed an action in the Milan Court, Italy against Nokia alleging infringement of two patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. In February 2007, the Company initiated proceedings in the People’s Republic of China against Nokia for infringement of three patents by Nokia’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE products. On April 2, 2007, the Company filed suit against Nokia in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division for infringement of two patents and in the Western District of Wisconsin for infringement of three patents. These cases are directed to Nokia GSM/GPRS/EDGE cellular phones. In response, Nokia filed counterclaims alleging infringement by the Company of six Nokia patents, two of which Nokia also asserted against the Company’s subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, Inc. No trial date is set and discovery has not yet begun. On October 17, 2007, the Company and MediaFLO USA, Inc. filed a motion to stay Nokia’s infringement counterclaims pending the arbitration proceeding filed on April 5, 2007, discussed below. On July 11, 2007, the Wisconsin Court issued an order transferring that case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the parties have consolidated the matter with the San Diego matter referenced above and stipulated to a stay of the proceedings pending final resolution of the ITC matter referenced above. On April 5, 2007, the Company filed an arbitration demand with the American Arbitration Association requesting a ruling that, among other things, Nokia’s continued use of the Company’s patents in Nokia’s CDMA cellular handsets (including WCDMA) after April 9, 2007 constitutes an election by Nokia to extend its license under the parties’ existing agreement. On July 9, 2007, the Company filed an amended demand for arbitration, alleging that Nokia’s institution of certain patent infringement proceedings against the Company was a material breach of the license agreement between the parties.
     Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On August 9, 2006, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. filed a complaint in Delaware Chancery Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief relating to alleged commitments made by usthe Company to wireless industry standards setting organizations. WeThe Company has moved to dismiss the complaint. On April 12, 2007 and June 5, 2007, the Company filed counterclaims seeking declarations that, among other things, the Company’s 2001 license agreement with Nokia fulfilled and/or superseded any ostensible obligations to offer or grant patent licenses to Nokia allegedly arising from the Company’s participation in certain standards setting organizations. Both parties have moved to dismiss the complaint.other’s complaints. In March 2007, Nokia filed actions in Germany and the Netherlands alleging that certain of the Company’s patents are exhausted with regards to Nokia’s products placed on the European market that contain chipsets supplied to Nokia by Texas Instruments. On October 23, 2007, the German court dismissed Nokia’s claims. On August 16, 2007, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging importation of products that infringe five Nokia patents and seeking an exclusionary order and a cease and desist order. The ITC instituted an investigation on September 17, 2007. The Company filed a motion to terminate the investigation pending resolution of the arbitration proceeding instituted by the Company on

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April 5, 2007. On October 18, 2007, the ALJ issued an order recommending the Company’s motion be granted. The ALJ’s determination will become the ITC’s final decision unless the ITC decides within 30 days to review the decision.
European Commission Complaint:On October 28, 2005, it was reported that six companies (Broadcom, Nokia, Texas Instruments, NEC, Panasonic and Ericsson) filed complaints with the European Commission, alleging that the Company violated European Union competition law in its WCDMA licensing practices. The Company has received the complaints and has submitted replies to the allegations, as well as documents and other information requested by the European Commission. On October 1, 2007, the European Commission announced that it was initiating a proceeding, though it has not decided to issue a Statement of Objections, and it has not made any conclusions as to the merits of the complaints.
Tessera, Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On April 17, 2007, Tessera, Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas and a complaint with the United States ITC pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the Company and other companies, alleging infringement of two patents relating to semiconductor packaging structures and seeking monetary damages and injunctive and other relief based hereon. The ITC instituted the investigation on May 15, 2007. On July 11, 2007, the ITC issued an order that set August 21, 2008 as the target date for completion of the investigation.
     Other:We haveThe Company has been named, along with many other manufacturers of wireless phones, wireless operators and industry-related organizations, as a defendant in several purported class action lawsuits, and several individually filed actions pending in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C., and Louisiana, seeking monetary damages arising out of its sale of cellular phones. The courts that have reviewed similar claims against other companies to date have held that there was insufficient scientific basis for the plaintiffs’ claims in those cases.
     On October 28, 2005, it was reported that six companies (Broadcom, Nokia, Texas Instruments, NEC, Panasonic and Ericsson) filed complaints with the European Commission, alleging that we violated European Union competition law in its WCDMA licensing practices. We have received the complaints and have submitted a reply.
It has been reported that two U.S. companies (Texas Instruments and Broadcom) and two South Korean companies (Nextreaming Corp. and THINmultimedia Inc.) have filed complaints with the KoreanKorea Fair Trade Commission alleging that ourthe Company’s business practices are, in some way, a violation of South Korean anti-trust regulations. To date, we havethe Company has not received the complaints.complaints but has submitted information and documents to the Korea Fair Trade Commission.
     The Japan Fair Trade Commission has also received unspecified complaints alleging the Company’s business practices are, in some way, a violation of Japanese law. The Company has not received the complaints but has submitted information and documents to the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
     Although there can be no assurance that unfavorable outcomes in any of the foregoing matters would not have a material adverse effect on ourthe Company’s operating results, liquidity or financial position, we believethe Company believes the claims made by other parties are without merit and will vigorously defend the actions. We haveOther than amounts relating to theBroadcom Corporation v. QUALCOMM IncorporatedandQUALCOMM Incorporated v. Broadcom Corporationmatters, the Company has not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilityliabilities associated with the other legal proceedings described above, based on ourthe Company’s belief that a liability,additional liabilities, while possible, isare not probable. Further, any possible range of loss cannot be estimated at this time. We areThe Company is engaged in numerous other legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business and believebelieves that the ultimate outcome of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on its operating results, liquidity or financial position. In addition, some matters that have previously been disclosed may no longer be described in this Annual Report because of rulings in the case, settlements, changes in our business or other developments rendering them, in our judgment, no longer material to our operating results, liquidity or financial position.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the quarter ended September 24, 2006.30, 2007.

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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
     On July 13, 2004, we announced a two-for-one stock split in the form of a stock dividend. Stock was distributed on August 13, 2004 to stockholders of record as of July 23, 2004. All references in this Annual Report to number of shares and per share amounts reflect the stock split.
Market Information
     Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol “QCOM.” The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices on the NASDAQ Stock Market of the common stock for the fiscal periods indicated, as reported by NASDAQ. Such quotations represent inter-dealer prices without retail markup, markdown or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
                
 High ($) Low ($) High ($) Low ($)
Fiscal 2005
 
2006
 
First quarter 44.99 37.71  46.60 39.02 
Second quarter 44.91 33.99  51.18 42.91 
Third quarter 38.52 32.08  53.01 38.77 
Fourth quarter 44.92 32.98  40.92 32.76 
  
Fiscal 2006
 
2007
 
First quarter 46.60 39.02  40.99 34.10 
Second quarter 51.18 42.91  44.12 36.79 
Third quarter 53.01 38.77  47.72 40.98 
Fourth quarter 40.92 32.76  45.58 35.23 
     As of October 31, 2006,November 6, 2007, there were 10,54910,031 holders of record of our common stock. On October 31, 2006,November 6, 2007, the last sale price reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC for our common stock was $36.39$41.56 per share.
Dividends
     On March 8, 2005, we announced an increase in our quarterly dividend from $0.07 to $0.09 per share on our common stock.     On March 7, 2006, we announced an increase in our quarterly dividend from $0.09 to $0.12 per share on our common stock. On March 13, 2007, we announced an increase in our quarterly dividend from $0.12 to $0.14 per share of common stock. Cash dividends announced in fiscal 20052006 and 20062007 were as follows (in millions, except per share data):
                        
 Cumulative  Cumulative 
 Per Share Total by Fiscal Year  Per Share Total by Fiscal Year 
Fiscal 2005
 
2006
 
First quarter $0.07 $115 $115  $0.09 $148 $148 
Second quarter 0.07 115 230  0.09 150 298 
Third quarter 0.09 147 377  0.12 202 500 
Fourth quarter 0.09 147 524  0.12 198 698 
          
Total $0.32 $524 
      $0.42 $698 
      
Fiscal 2006
 
 
2007
 
First quarter $0.09 $148 $148  $0.12 $198 $198 
Second quarter 0.09 150 298  0.12 200 398 
Third quarter 0.12 202 500  0.14 234 632 
Fourth quarter 0.12 198 698  0.14 230 862 
          
Total $0.42 $698 
      $0.52 $862 
     
     On October 5, 2006,11, 2007, we announced a cash dividend of $0.12$0.14 per share on our common stock, payable on January 4, 20072008 to stockholders of record as of December 7, 2006.2007. We intend to continue to pay quarterly dividends subject to capital availability and periodic determinations that cash dividends are in the best interests of our stockholders. Future dividends may be affected by, among other items, our views on potential future capital requirements,

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Stock OptionsShare-Based Compensation
     OurWe primarily issue stock optionoptions under our share-based compensation plans, which are part of a broad-based, long-term retention program that is intended to attract and retain talented employees and directors and align stockholder and employee interests.
     Pursuant to our 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (2006 Plan), we grant options to selected employees, directors and consultants to purchase shares of our common stock at a price not less than the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. The 2006 Plan provides for the grant of both incentive and non-qualified stock options as well as stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and shares and other stock-based awards. Generally, options outstanding vest over five years and are exercisable for up to 10 years from the grant date. The Board of Directors may terminate the 2006 Plan at any time.
     Additional information regarding our stock option plans and plan activity for fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 20042005 is provided in the notes to our consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 8 –— Employee Benefit Plans” and in our 20072008 Proxy Statement under the heading “Equity Compensation Plan Information.” All of our equity compensation plans have been approved by our stockholders.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
     Issuer purchases of equity securities during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 (in millions, except share and per share data):
                 
          Total Number of  
          Shares Purchased as Approximate Dollar Value
          Part of Publicly of Shares that May Yet Be
  Total Number of Average Price Paid Announced Plans or Purchased Under the
  Shares Purchased Per Share(1) Programs(2) Plans or Programs(3)
June 26, 2006 to July 23, 2006  5,641,028  $42.11   5,641,028  $1,098 
                 
July 24, 2006 to August 20, 2006  1,000,000   48.50   1,000,000   1,050 
                 
August 21, 2006 to September 24, 2006  1,000,000   49.00   1,000,000   1,001 
                 
                 
Total  7,641,028  $43.84   7,641,028  $1,001 
                 
                 
              Approximate Dollar
          Total Number of Value of Shares
          Shares Purchased as That May Yet Be
          Part of Publicly Purchased Under the
  Total Number of Average Price Paid Announced Plans or Plans or
Period Shares Purchased Per Share(1) Programs(2) Programs(3)
July 2, 2007 to July 29, 2007  0.4  $42.35   0.4  $2,856 
July 30, 2007 to August 26, 2007  27.0   38.94   27.0   1,804 
August 27, 2007 to September 30, 2007  3.8   39.45   3.8   1,654 
                 
Total  31.2   39.04   31.2   1,654 
                 
 
(1) Average price paid per share excludes cash paid for commissions. We repurchased 2,000,0002.5 million shares in the fourth quarter of 20062007 upon the exercise of two outstandinga put options. Premiumsoption. A premium totaling $5$3 million werewas excluded from the average price paid per share. If the premiumspremium had been included, the average price paid per share for the purchases of shares made during the fourth quarter would have been $43.23.$38.93.
 
(2) On November 7, 2005,May 22, 2007, we announced that we had been authorized the expenditure ofto repurchase up to $2.5$3.0 billion to repurchase shares of our common stock with no expiration date. The $2.5$3.0 billion stock repurchase program replaced a $2.0$2.5 billion stock repurchase program, of which approximately $1.0$0.9 billion remained authorized for repurchases.
 
(3) The approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased has not been reduced by the net cost of $89$189 million (net of the premiums received) of 2,000,0005 million shares that may be repurchased related to put options we soldoutstanding at September 30, 2007.
     We repurchased and retired 37,263,000 shares of common stock for $1.5 billion during fiscal 2007, excluding $9 million of premiums received.
Performance Measurement Comparison of Stockholder Return
     The following graph compares total stockholder return on our common stock since September 29, 2002 to two indices: the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (the S&P 500) and the Nasdaq Total Return Index for Communications Equipment Stocks, SIC 3660-3669 (the Nasdaq Industry). The S&P 500 tracks the aggregate price performance of the equity securities of 500 United States companies selected by Standard & Poor’s Index Committee to include companies in leading industries and to reflect the United States stock market. The Nasdaq Industry tracks the aggregate price performance of equity securities of communications equipment companies traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The total return for our stock and for each index assumes the reinvestment of dividends and is based on the returns of the component companies weighted according to their capitalizations as of the end of each annual period. We began paying dividends on our common stock on March 31, 2003. Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is a component of each of the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Industry.

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Comparison of Cumulative Total Return on Investment Since
September 29, 2002(1)
     The Company’s closing stock price on September 28, 2007, the last trading day of the Company’s 2007 fiscal year, was $42.26 per share.
(1)Shows the cumulative total return on investment assuming an investment of $100 in each of our common stock, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Industry on September 29, 2002. All returns are reported as of our fiscal 2006.year end, which is the last Sunday of the month in which the fourth quarter ends, whereas the numbers for the S&P 500 are calculated as of the last day of the month in which the corresponding quarter ends.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
     The following balance sheet data and statement of operations data for the five fiscal years ended September 30, 2007, September 24, 2006, September 25, 2005, September 26, 2004 and September 28, 2003 and September 29, 2002 were derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. Consolidated balance sheets at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 200524, 2006 and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 20042005 and notes thereto appear elsewhere herein. The data should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements, related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere herein.
                                        
 Years Ended(1)  Years Ended(1)
 September 24, September 25, September 26, September 28, September 29,  September 30, September 24, September 25, September 26, September 28,
 2006 2005 2004(2)(4) 2003(2) 2002(2)  2007 2006 2005 2004(2)(4) 2003(2)
 (In millions, except per share data)  (In millions, except per share data)
Statement of Operations Data:
  
  
Revenues $7,526 $5,673 $4,880 $3,847 $2,915  $8,871 $7,526 $5,673 $4,880 $3,847 
           
 
Operating income 2,690 2,386 2,129 1,573 840  2,883 2,690 2,386 2,129 1,573 
           
 
Income from continuing operations 2,470 2,143 1,725 1,029 525  3,303 2,470 2,143 1,725 1,029 
Discontinued operations, net of tax — —  (5)  (202)  (165)
           
Net income $2,470 $2,143 $1,720 $827 $360  3,303 2,470 2,143 1,720 827 
            
Per Share Data: (3)
 
  
Basic earnings per common share: (3)
 
Income from continuing operations $1.49 $1.31 $1.07 $0.65 $0.34 
Discontinued operations, net of tax — —  (0.01)  (0.13)  (0.11)
           
Net income $1.49 $1.31 $1.06 $0.52 $0.23 
           
 
Diluted earnings per common share:(3)
 
Income from continuing operations $1.44 $1.26 $1.03 $0.63 $0.32 
Discontinued operations, net of tax — — —  (0.12)  (0.10)
           
Net income $1.44 $1.26 $1.03 $0.51 $0.22 
           
 
Dividends per share announced $0.420 $0.320 $0.190 $0.085 $— 
           
 
Shares used in earnings per share calculations: (3)
 
Basic 1,659 1,638 1,616 1,579 1,542 
Diluted 1,711 1,694 1,675 1,636 1,619 
Income from continuing operations — basic $1.99 $1.49 $1.31 $1.07 $0.65 
Income from continuing operations — diluted 1.95 1.44 1.26 1.03 0.63 
Net income — basic 1.99 1.49 1.31 1.06 0.52 
Net income — diluted 1.95 1.44 1.26 1.03 0.51 
Dividends announced 0.520 0.420 0.320 0.190 0.085 
  
Balance Sheet Data:
  
  
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities $9,949 $8,681 $7,635 $5,372 $3,200  $11,815 $9,949 $8,681 $7,635 $5,372 
Total assets 15,208 12,479 10,820 8,822 6,506  18,495 15,208 12,479 10,820 8,822 
Long-term debt (5)
 58 3 — 123 94  91 58 3 — 123 
Total stockholders’ equity 13,406 11,119 9,664 7,598 5,392  15,835 13,406 11,119 9,664 7,598 
 
(1) Our fiscal year ends on the last Sunday in September. The fivefiscal year ended September 30, 2007 included 53 weeks. The four fiscal years ended September 24, 2006, September 25, 2005, September 26, 2004 and September 28, 2003 and September 29, 2002 each included 52 weeks.
 
(2) During fiscal 2004, we sold the Vésper Operating Companies and the Vésper Towers and returned personal mobile service (SMP) licenses to Anatel, the telecommunications regulatory agency in Brazil. The results of operations, including gains and losses realized on the sales transactions and the SMP licenses, arewere presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations.
 
(3) We effected a two-for-one stock split in August 2004. All references to number of shares and per share amounts reflect this stock split.
 
(4) Prior to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we recorded royalty revenues from certain licensees based on our estimates of royalties during the period they were earned. Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we began recognizing royalty revenues solely based on royalties reported by licensees during the quarter. The change in the timing of recognizing royalty revenue was made prospectively and had the initial one-time effect of reducing royalty revenues recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. See Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this Annual Report for more information.
 
(5) Long-term debt for the years ended September 30, 2007, September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005 consisted of capital lease obligations, which are included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
     In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ substantially from those referred to herein due to a number of factors, including but not limited to risks described in the section entitled Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Overview
Recent HighlightsDevelopments
     Revenues for fiscal 20062007 were $7.53$8.87 billion, with net income of $2.47$3.30 billion. The following recent developments occurred with respect to key elements of our business or our industry:
Duringindustry during fiscal 2006:2007:
 • Worldwide wireless subscribers grew by more than 24%21% to reach approximately 2.53.1 billion.(1)
 
 • CDMA subscribers, including both 2G (cdmaOne) and 3G (CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO and WCDMA), grew to approximately 17% of total worldwide wireless subscribers to date. (1)
 
 • 3G subscribers (all CDMA-based) grew to approximately 402530 million worldwide throughby September 2006,30, 2007, including approximately 272370 million CDMA2000 1X subscribers, approximately 85 million WCDMA1X/1xEV-DO subscribers and approximately 45160 million 1xEV-DOWCDMA/HSPA subscribers. (1)
 
 • CDMA-based handset shipments totaled approximately 255338 million units, an increase of 40%34% over the 182253 million units shipped in fiscal 2005.2006. (2) (4)
 
 • CDMA-based handset shipments grew faster than total worldwide handsets and represent an estimated 28%32% of the total (916 million)(1.1 billion) worldwide handset shipments, compared to 25%28% of the total (726(911 million) shipments in fiscal 2005.2006. (3)
 
 • AverageThe average selling pricesprice of CDMA-based handsets werewas estimated to be approximately $215,$214, same as the prior year. (2) (4)
 
 • We shipped approximately 207253 million Mobile Station Modem (MSM) integrated circuits for CDMA-based phoneswireless devices and data modules, (all of which were 3G, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO and WCDMA), an increase of 37%22%, compared to approximately 151207 million MSM integrated circuits in the prior fiscal year.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006:
•We estimate the ratio of WCDMA reported royalties to total reported royalties was 49%, up from 41% reported in the year ago quarter.2006.
 
 • We estimate that,are engaged in Western Europe, WCDMA handsetmultiple disputes with Nokia Corp., including arbitration over Nokia’s obligation to pay royalties for the use of certain of our patents. As a result, under generally accepted accounting principles, we are not recording royalty revenue attributable to Nokia’s sales represented approximately 41% of all manufacturer handset sales duringafter April 9, 2007 until an arbitrator (or court) awards damages or the period from April 2006 through June 2006, up from 14%disputes are otherwise resolved by agreement with Nokia, resulting in the year ago quarter.(4)a negative impact on royalty revenues reported by our QTL segment. We expect activity in this area to remain high and anticipate some decisions and/or rulings in 2008.
 
(1) According to Wireless Intelligence, an independent source of wireless operator data.
 
(2) Unit shipments and average selling prices are for the periodFiscal 2007 information was derived from July through June based on reports provided during the fiscal year by our licensees/manufacturers.manufacturers during the year and our own estimates of unreported activity. Fiscal 2006 information was derived from reports provided by our licensees/manufacturers during the year.
 
(3) Based on current reports by Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting firm, in their Global Handset Market Share Updates.
 
(4) Based on estimates derived fromWe perform periodic audits of the royalties payable by our licensee reportslicensees. As a result of our audit process, we determined during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 that total CDMA-based handset unit shipments and estimates fromaverage selling prices (ASPs) should be adjusted for certain periods. The adjustments related only to handset shipments and ASPs and did not impact the Yankee Group, a global market intelligence and advisory firm in the technology and telecommunications industry.amount or timing of our revenue.
Our Business and Operating Segments
     We design, manufacture, have manufactured on our behalf and market digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on our CDMA technology and other technologies. We derive revenue principally from sales of integrated circuit products, from license fees and royalties for use of our intellectual property, from services and related hardware sales and from software development and licensing and related services. Operating expenses primarily consist of cost of equipment and services, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses.

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     We conduct business primarily through four reportable segments. These segments are: QUALCOMMQualcomm CDMA Technologies, or QCT; QUALCOMMQualcomm Technology Licensing, or QTL; QUALCOMMQualcomm Wireless & Internet, or QWI; and QUALCOMMQualcomm Strategic Initiatives, or QSI.
     QCT is a leading developer and supplier of CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products. QCT’s integrated circuit products and system software are used in wireless devices, particularly mobile phones, data cards and infrastructure equipment. The integrated circuits for wireless phonesdevices include the Mobile Station Modem (MSM), Radio Frequency (RF)MSM, RF and Power Management (PM)PM devices. These integrated circuits for wireless phonesdevices and system software perform voice and data communication, multimedia and global positioning functions, radio conversion between RF and baseband signals and power management. The infrastructure equipment integrated circuits and system software perform the core baseband CDMA modem functionality in the wireless operator’s equipment providing wireless standards-compliant processing of voice and data signals to and from wireless phones. QCT’s system software enables the other phonedevice components to interface with the integrated circuit products and is the foundation software enabling phone manufacturers to develop handsets utilizing the functionality within the integrated circuits. The infrastructure equipment integrated circuits and system software perform the core baseband CDMA modem functionality in the wireless operator’s base station equipment. In addition to the key components in a wireless system, QCT provides system reference designs and development tools to assist in customizing wireless phonesdevices and user interfaces, to integrate our products with components developed by others, and to test interoperability with existing and planned networks. QCT revenues comprised 58%59%, 58% and 64%58% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively.
     QCT utilizes a fabless production business model, which means that we do not own or operate foundries for the production of silicon wafers from which our integrated circuits are made. Integrated circuits are die, cut from silicon wafers, that have completed the assembly and final test manufacturing processes. Die, cut from silicon wafers, are the essential components of all of our integrated circuits and a significant portion of the total integrated circuit cost. We rely on independent third party suppliers to perform the manufacturing and assembly, and most of the testing, of our integrated circuits. Our suppliers are also responsible for the procurement of most of the raw materials used in the production of our integrated circuits. The majority ofWe employ both turnkey and two-stage manufacturing business models to purchase our integrated circuits are purchased on a turnkey basis, in whichcircuits. Turnkey is when our foundry suppliers are responsible for delivering fully assembled and tested integrated circuits. We also employ aUnder the two-stage manufacturing business model, in which we purchase completed die directly from semiconductor manufacturing foundries and contract directly manage and contract with third party manufacturers for back-end assembly and test services. We refer to this two-stage manufacturing business model as Integrated Fabless Manufacturing (IFM). IBM, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and United Microelectronics are the primary foundry suppliers for our family of baseband integrated circuits. Atmel, Freescale (formerly Motorola Semiconductor) and IBM are the primary foundry suppliers for our family of analog, radio frequency and power management integrated circuits. Our fabless model provides us the flexibility to select suppliers that offer advanced process technologies to manufacture, assemble and test our integrated circuits at a competitive price.
     QTL grants licenses to use portions of our intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD, GPRS/EDGE and/or OFDMA standards and their derivatives. QTL receives revenue from license fees as well as ongoing royalties based on worldwide sales by licensees of products incorporating or using our intellectual property. License fees are fixed amounts paid in one or more installments. Ongoing royalties are generally based upon a percentage of the wholesale selling price of licensed products, net of certain permissible deductions (e.g. certain shipping costs, packing costs, VAT, etc.). QTL revenues comprised 35%31%, 32%33% and 27%30% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively. The vast majority of such revenues hashave been generated primarily through our licensees’ sales of cdmaOne, CDMA2000 and WCDMA products.
     QWI, which includes QUALCOMMQualcomm Enterprise Services (QES) (formerly Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions, (QWBS)or QWBS), QUALCOMMQualcomm Internet Services (QIS) and QUALCOMMQualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV), generates revenues primarily through mobile communication products and services, software and software development aimed at support and delivery of wireless applications. QWBS provides satelliteQES sells equipment, software and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging, position reporting and wireless application services toused by transportation companies, private fleets, construction equipment fleets and other enterprise companies.companies to connect wirelessly with their assets, products and workforce. QES also sells products that operate on the Globalstar low-Earth-orbit satellite-based telecommunications system and provides related services. Through September 2007, QES has shipped approximately 1,192,000 terrestrial-based and satellite-based communications systems. QIS provides BREW-based (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) products that include user interface and content delivery and management products and services for the wireless industry. QIS also provides QChat, and QPoint products and services. QChatwhich enables virtually instantaneous push-to-talk functionality on CDMA-based wireless devices while QPoint enables operators to offer E-911 and location-based applications and

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services.devices. The QGOV division provides development, hardware and analytical expertise involving wireless communications technologies to United States government agencies involving wireless communications technologies.agencies. QWI revenues comprised 9%, 11%10% and 12% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively.
     QSI manages the Company’s strategic investment activities, including MediaFLO USA, Inc. (MediaFLO USA), the Company’s wholly-owned wireless multimedia operator subsidiary. QSI also makes strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA-based products and services. Our strategy is to invest in CDMA-based

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operators, licensed device manufacturers and start-up companies that we believe open new markets for CDMA technology, support the design and introduction of new CDMA-based products or possess unique capabilities or technology. Our MediaFLO USA subsidiary expects to offer aoffers services over our nationwide multicasting network based on our MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology. This network is expected to be utilized as a shared resource for wireless operators and their customers in the United States. The commercial availability of the MediaFLO USA network and service will continue to be determined by our wireless operator partners. MediaFLO USA’s network will useuses the 700 MHz spectrum for which we hold licenses for a nationwide footprint.nationwide. Additionally, MediaFLO USA planshas and will continue to procure, aggregate and distribute content in service packages which we will make available on a wholesale basis to our wireless operator customers (whether they operate on CDMA or GSM/WCDMA networks) in the United States. Distribution, marketing, billing and customer relationships are expected to remain services provided by our wireless operator partners. As part of our strategic investment activities, we may considerintend to pursue various corporate structuring and exit strategies at some point in the future, which may include distribution of our ownership interest in MediaFLO USA to our stockholders in a spin-off transaction.
     Nonreportable segments include: the QUALCOMM Wireless Systems division, which sells products that operate on the Globalstar low-Earth-orbit satellite-based telecommunications system and provides related services; the QUALCOMMQualcomm MEMS Technologies division, which is developing an iMoDIMOD display technology based on micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) structure combined with thin film optics; the QUALCOMMQualcomm Flarion Technologies division, which is developing OFDM/OFDMA technologies; the MediaFLO Technologies division, which is developing our MediaFLO MDS and FLO technology and markets MediaFLO for deployment outside of the United States; and other product initiatives.
Looking Forward
     The deployment of 3G networks (CDMA2000 and WCDMA) enables higher voice capacity and data rates, thereby supporting more minutes of use and data intensive applications like multimedia. As a result, we expect continued growth in demand for 3G products and services around the world:world. As we look forward to the next several months, the following items are likely to have an impact on our business:
The deployment of CDMA2000 networks is expected to continue.
 o• More than 170230 operators have launched CDMA2000 1X; (1)
 
 o• More than 5075 operators have deployed the higher data speeds of 1xEV-DO and 10 operators have deployed, and several more are preparing to deploy EV-DO Revision A. (1)
GSM operators are expected to continue transitioning to WCDMA networks.
 o• More than 122180 GSM operators have migrated their networks to WCDMA; (2)
 
 o• More than 65140 operators have launched commercial HSDPA networks and manufacturers are beginning to trialtest and deploy the faster uplink speeds of HSUPA. (2)
 • We expect WCDMA phonedevice prices will continue to segment into high and low end with low-end prices decreasing significantly asdue to high volumes increase and vibrant competition intensifies among WCDMA phone manufacturers and integrated circuit suppliers, as happened with CDMA2000. Wein marketplaces around the world. As more operators deploy the higher data speeds of HSPA, we expect phone market share will change and competition will increase as WCDMA networks grow and expand beyond Japan and Western Europe into the United States and China.consumer demand for advanced 3G devices to accelerate.
 
 • To meet growing demand for advanced 3G phoneswireless devices and increased multimedia MSM functionality, we intend to continue to invest significant resources toward the development of multimedia products, software and services for the wireless industry. However, we expect that a portion of our research and development initiatives in fiscal 20072008 will not reach commercialization until several years in the future.

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 • We expect demand for low-end phoneswireless devices to continue and we have invested resources to develop single chipdeveloped a family of Qualcomm Single Chip (QSC) products, which integrate the baseband, radio frequency and power management chipsfunctions into one package,chip, lowering component counts and enabling faster time-to-market.time-to-market for our customers. While we are movingcontinue to invest resources aggressively to expand our QSC product family to address the low-end market more effectively with CDMA-based products, we still face significant competition from GSM-based products, at the very low end, particularly in Brazilemerging markets.

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We will continue to invest in the evolution of CDMA and a broad range of other technologies as part of our vision to enable a range of technologies, each optimized for specific services, including the following products and technologies:
•The continued evolution of CDMA-based technologies, including the long-term roadmaps of 1xEV-DO and India.High Speed Packet Access (HSPA);
 
 • We will continue to invest in the evolution of CDMAOFDM and a broad range of other technologies as part of our vision to enable a range of technologies, each optimized for specific services, including the following products and technologies:OFDMA-based technologies;
 o• TheOur BREW applications platform, content delivery services and user interfaces;
 
 o• TheOur MediaFLO Media Distribution System (MDS)MDS and FLO technology for delivery of multimedia content; and
 
 o• The DO Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions (DMMX)Our IMOD display technology.
     In addition to the foregoing business and market-based matters, the following items are likely to have an impact on our business and results of operations over the next several months:
•We expect that we will continue to be involved in litigation, including our ongoing disputes with Broadcom and HSDPA Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions (HMMX) platformsNokia, and to supportappear in front of administrative and regulatory bodies, including the long-term roadmaps of 1xEV-DOEuropean Commission, the Korea Fair Trade Commission and HSDPA;the Japan Fair Trade Commission to defend our business model and, in some cases, to thwart efforts by companies to gain competitive advantage or negotiating leverage.
 
 o• OFDMWe have been and OFDMA-based technologies;continue to consider reasonable ways that we can be of assistance to our customers, including in some cases certain levels of financial support to minimize the impact of the litigation in which we are involved.
 
oOur iMoD display technology.
 • We will continue to devote resources to working with and educating all participants in the wireless value chain as to the benefits of our business model in promoting a highly competitive and innovative wireless market. However, we expect that certain companies may continue to be dissatisfied with the need to pay fairreasonable royalties for the use of our technology and not welcome the success of our business model in enabling new, highly cost-effective competitors to their products. We expect that such companies will continue their attacks onto challenge our business model in various forums throughout the world.
•In addition, our license agreement with Nokia Corp. expires in part on April 9, 2007. If we cannot conclude an extension or a new license agreement beyond that time period, Nokia’s rights to sell subscriber products under most of our patents will expire, as will our rights to sell integrated circuits under Nokia’s patents. While we continue to work with Nokia to see if we can reach an agreement, there is no guarantee that we will be able to successfully resolve this matter before April 9, 2007, and little progress has been made to date. If we are unable to reach agreement, we will aggressively pursue all our legal and business remedies and assume that Nokia will do likewise. Nokia has stated publicly that it does not intend to pay us for its use of our patents prior to the resolution of the dispute. As a result, under generally accepted accounting principles, we will be unable to record royalty revenue attributable to Nokia’s sales until a court awards damages or agreement is reached, potentially resulting in a negative impact on future royalty revenues reported by our QTL segment.
 
(1) According to public reports made available at www.cdg.org.
 
(2) As reported by the Global mobile Suppliers Association, an international organization of WCDMA and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) suppliers in their September and October 20062007 reports.
     Further discussion of risks related to our business is presented in the Risk Factors included in this Annual Report.
Revenue Concentrations
     Revenues from customers in South Korea, China, Japan China and the United States comprised 32%31%, 21%, 17% and 13%, respectively, of total consolidated revenues infor fiscal 20062007, as compared to 32%, 17%, 21% and 13%, respectively, for fiscal 2006, and 37%, 21%11%, 11%21% and 18%, respectively, in fiscal 2005, and 43%, 18%, 7% and 21%, respectively, in fiscal 2004.2005. We distinguish revenuerevenues from external customers by geographic areas based on customer location. Revenuesthe location to which our products, software or services are delivered and, for QTL’s licensing and royalty revenues, the domicile of our licensees. The increase in revenues from customers in China increased as a percentagefrom 11% and 17% of total revenues in fiscal 2005 and 2006, andrespectively, to 21% in fiscal 2005, as compared2007 is primarily attributable to the prior years, primarily dueincreased shipments of integrated circuits to the maturing of CDMA-basedCDMA device manufacturers with locations in China. The increasing trend in revenues from customers in China that are experiencing wider adoption of their products in international markets for low priced CDMA2000 phones and WCDMA phones.is expected to continue. Combined revenues from customers in South Korea, Japan and the United States decreased as a percentage of total revenues, from 82% in fiscal 2004 to 76% in fiscal 2005 andto 66% in fiscal 2006 and 61% in fiscal 2007, primarily due to increases in the percentage of revenues from WCDMA manufacturers in Western Europe and increased activity by manufacturers with locations in China.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
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judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, valuation of intangible assets and investments, share-based payments, income taxes, and litigation. We base our estimates on historical and anticipated results and trends and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. These estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. By their nature, estimates are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. Actual results that

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differ from our estimates could have a significant adverse effect on our operating results and financial position. We believe that the following significant accounting policies and assumptions may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity than others.
     Revenue Recognition.We derive revenue principally from sales of integrated circuit products, from royalties and license fees for our intellectual property, from messaging and other services and related hardware sales and from software development and licensing and related services. The timing of revenue recognition and the amount of revenue actually recognized in each case depends upon a variety of factors, including the specific terms of each arrangement and the nature of our deliverables and obligations. Determination of the appropriate amount of revenue recognized involves judgments and estimates that we believe are reasonable, but it is possible that actual results may differ from our estimates. We record reductions to revenue for customer incentive programs, including special pricing agreements and other volume-related rebate programs. Such reductions to revenue are estimates, which are based on a number of factors, including our assumptions related to historical and projected customer sales volumes and the contractual provisions of our customer agreements.
     We license rights to use portions of our intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD and/or the OFDMA standards and their derivatives. Licensees typically pay a license fee in one or more installments and ongoing royalties based on their sales of products incorporating or using our licensed intellectual property. License fees are recognized over the estimated period of future benefit to the average licensee, typically five to seven years. We earn royalties on such licensed CDMA products sold worldwide by our licensees at the time that the licensees’ sales occur. Our licensees, however, do not report and pay royalties owed for sales in any given quarter until after the conclusion of that quarter, and, in some instances, although royalties are reported quarterly, payment is on a semi-annual basis. During the periods preceding the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we estimated and recorded theWe recognize royalty revenues earned for sales by certain licensees (the Estimated Licensees) in the quarter in which such sales occurred, but only when reasonable estimates of such amounts could be made. Not all royalties earned were recorded based on estimates.
     In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we determined that, due to escalating and changing business trends, we no longer had the ability to reliably estimate royalty revenues from the Estimated Licensees. These escalating and changing trends included the commercial launches and global expansion of WCDMA networks, changes in market share among licensees due to increased global competition, and increased variability in the integrated circuit and finished product inventories of licensees. Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we began recognizing royalty revenues solely based on royalties reported by licensees during the quarter. The change inFrom time to time, licensees will not report royalties timely due to legal disputes, and when this occurs, the timing and comparability of recognizing royalty revenue was made prospectively and had the initial one-time effect of reducing royalty revenues recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004.could be affected.
     Valuation of Intangible Assets and Investments.Our business acquisitions typically result in the recording of goodwill and other intangible assets, and the recorded values of those assets may become impaired in the future. As of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, our goodwill and intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, were $1.2$1.3 billion and $450$664 million, respectively. The determination of the value of such intangible assets requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect our consolidated financial statements. We assess potential impairments to intangible assets when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recovered. Our judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators and future cash flows related to intangible assets are based on operational performance of our businesses, market conditions and other factors. Although there are inherent uncertainties in this assessment process, the estimates and assumptions we use, including estimates of future cash flows, volumes, market penetration and discount rates, are consistent with our internal planning. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record an impairment charge on all or a portion of our goodwill and intangible assets. Furthermore, we cannot predict the occurrence of future impairment-triggering events nor the impact such events might have on our reported asset values. Future events could cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist and that goodwill or other intangible assets associated with our acquired businesses is impaired. Any resulting impairment loss could have an adverse impact on our results of operations.
     We hold minority investments in publicly-traded companies whose share prices may be highly volatile. We also hold investments in other marketable securities, including non-investment grade debt securities, equity and debt mutual funds, corporate bonds/notes and mortgage/asset-backed securities. These investments, which are recorded at fair value with increases or decreases generally recorded through stockholders’ equity as other comprehensive income or loss, totaled $1.3$9.4 billion at September 24, 2006.30, 2007. We record impairment charges through the statement of

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that a decline is other-than-temporaryother than temporary is subjective and influenced by many factors. In addition, the fair values of our strategic investments are subject to substantial quarterly and annual fluctuations and to significant market volatility. Future adverse changes in market conditions or poor operating results of investees could result in losses or an inability to recover the carrying value of the investments, thereby possibly requiring impairment charges in the future. When assessing a publicly-traded investmentthese investments for an other-than-temporary decline in value, we consider such factors as, among other things, how significant the decline in value is as a percentage of the original cost, how long the market value of the investment has been less than its original cost, the performance of the investee’s stock price in relation to the stock price of its competitors within the industry, and the market in general and analyst recommendations.recommendations, as applicable. We also review the financial statements of the investee to determine if the investee is experiencing financial difficulties. In the event our judgments change as to other-than-temporary declines in value, we may record an impairment loss, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations. During fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, we recorded $15$16 million, $12$20 million and $12$13 million, respectively, in other-than-temporary losses on our minority investments in publicly-traded companies.marketable securities.
     We hold minority strategic investments in private companies whose values are difficult to determine. These investments totaled $94$114 million at September 24, 2006.30, 2007. We record impairment charges when we believe an investment has experienced a decline that is other-than-temporary. The determination that a decline is other-than-temporary is subjective and influenced by many factors. Future adverse changes in market conditions or poor operating results of investees could result in losses or an inability to recover the carrying value of the investments, thereby possibly requiring impairment charges in the future. When assessing investments in private companies for an other-than-temporary decline in value, we consider such factors as, among other things, the share price from the investee’s latest financing round, the performance of the investee in relation to its own operating targets and its business plan, the investee’s revenue and cost trends, the investee’s liquidity and cash position, including its cash burn rate, and market acceptance of the investee’s products and services. From time to time, we may consider third party evaluations, valuation reports or advice from investment banks. We also consider new products/services that the investee may have forthcoming, any significant news that has been released specific to the investee or the investee’s competitors and/or industry and the outlook of the overall industry in which the investee operates. In the event our judgments change as to other-than temporary declines in value, we may record an impairment loss, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations. During fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, we recorded $11 million, $4 million and $1 million, respectively, in other-than-temporary losses on our investments in private companies. Such losses wereDue to financial and competitive challenges facing our investees, we cannot assure you that our investments will generate financial returns or that we will not significant in fiscal 2004.have to write down our investments.
     Share-Based Payments.We grant options to purchase our common stock to our employees and directors under our stock optionequity compensation plans. Eligible employees can also purchase shares of our common stock at 85% of the lower of the fair market value on the first or the last day of each six-month offering period under our employee stock purchase plans. The benefits provided under these plans are share-based payments subject to the provisions of revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (FAS 123R), “Share-Based Payment.” Effective September 26, 2005, weWe use the fair value method to apply the provisions of FAS 123R with a modified prospective application which provides for certain changes to the method for estimating the value of share-based compensation. The valuation provisions of FAS 123R apply to new awards and to awards that are outstanding on the effective date, which are subsequently modified or cancelled.application. Under the modified prospective application method, prior periods are not revised for comparative purposes. Share-based compensation expense recognized under FAS 123R for fiscal 2007 and 2006 was $493 million and $495 million.million, respectively. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, total unrecognized estimated compensation expense related to non-vested stock options granted prior to that date was $1.2$1.3 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.73.4 years. Net stock options, after forfeitures and cancellations, granted during fiscal 20062007 represented 1.9%2.0% of outstanding shares as of the beginning of the fiscal period. Total stock options granted during fiscal 20062007 represented 2.1%2.3% of outstanding shares as of the end of the fiscal period.
     Upon adoption of FAS 123R, we began estimatingWe estimate the value of stock option awards on the date of grant using a lattice binomial option-pricing model (binomial model). Prior to the adoption of FAS 123R, the value of all share-based awards was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (Black-Scholes model) for the pro forma information required to be disclosed under FAS 123. The determination of the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to, our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.

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     If factors change and we employ different assumptions in the application of FAS 123R in future periods, the compensation expense that we record under FAS 123R may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period. Therefore, we We believe it is important for investors to be aware of the high degree of subjectivity involved when using option-pricing models to estimate share-based compensation under FAS 123R. Option-pricing models were developed for use in estimating the value of traded options that have no vesting or hedging restrictions, are fully transferable and do not cause dilution. Because our share-based payments have characteristics significantly different

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from those of freely traded options, and because changes in thevaluation model assumptions are subjective, input assumptions can materially affect our estimates of fair values, in our opinion, existing valuation models, including the Black-Scholes and lattice binomial models, may not provide reliable measures of the fair values of our share-based compensation awards. Consequently, there is a risk that our estimates of the fair values of our share-based compensation awards on the grant dates may bear little resemblance to the actual values realized upon the exercise, expiration, early termination or forfeiture of those share-based payments in the future. Certain share-based payments, such as employee stock options, may expire worthless or otherwise result in zero intrinsic value as compared to the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our consolidated financial statements. Alternatively, value may be realized from these instruments that are significantly in excess of the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our consolidated financial statements. There is not currently a generally accepted market-based mechanism or other practical application to verify the reliability and accuracy of the estimates stemming from these valuation models, nor is there a means to compare and adjust the estimates to actual values.models. Although we estimate the fair value of employee share-based awards is determined in accordance with FAS 123R and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (SAB 107), using anthe option-pricing model that valuewe use may not beproduce a value that is indicative of the fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction.
     Estimates of share-based compensation expenses are significant to our consolidated financial statements, but these expenses are based on option valuation models and will never result in the payment of cash by us. For this reason, and because we do not view share-based compensation as related to our operational performance, we exclude estimated share-based compensation expense when evaluating the business performance of our operating segments.
     The guidance in FAS 123R and SAB 107 is relatively new, and best practices are not well established. The application of these principles may be subject to further interpretation and refinement over time. There are significant differences among valuation models, and there is a possibility that we will adopt different valuation models in the future. This may result in a lack of consistency in future periods and materially affect the fair value estimate of share-based payments. It may also result in a lack of comparability with other companies that use different models, methods and assumptions.
     Theoretical valuation models and market-based methods are evolving and may result in lower or higher fair value estimates for share-based compensation. The timing, readiness, adoption, general acceptance, reliability and testing of these methods is uncertain. Sophisticated mathematical models may require voluminous historical information, modeling expertise, financial analyses, correlation analyses, integrated software and databases, consulting fees, customization and testing for adequacy of internal controls. Market-based methods are emerging that, if employed by us, may dilute our earnings per share and involve significant transaction fees and ongoing administrative expenses. The uncertainties and costs of these extensive valuation efforts may outweigh the benefits to investors.
For purposes of estimating the fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 2006 using the binomial model,2007, we used the implied volatility of market-traded options in our stock for the expected volatility assumption input to the binomial model, consistent with the guidance in FAS 123R and SAB 107.model. We utilized the term structure of volatility up to approximately two years, and we used the implied volatility of the option with the longest time to maturity was used for the expected volatility estimates for periods beyond two years. The weighted-average volatility assumption was 30.7%33.4% for fiscal 2006,2007, which if increased to 37%, would increase the weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 20062007 by $1.66$0.80 per share, or 11%5%. The volatility percentage assumed for fiscal 2007 and 2006 was based on the implied volatility of traded options, as compared to the blend of implied and historical volatility data used in prior years. FAS 123R includes implied volatility in its list of factors that should be considered in estimating expected volatility. We believe implied volatility is more useful than historical volatility in estimating expected volatility because it is generally reflective of both historical volatility and expectations of how future volatility will differ from historical volatility.
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assumption was 4.6% for fiscal 2006,2007, which if increased to 6.5%, would increase the weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 20062007 by $1.19$0.95 per share, or 8%7%.
     We do not target a specific dividend yield for our policy on dividend payments, but we are required to assume a dividend yield as an input to the binomial model. The dividend yield assumption is based on our history and expectation of dividend payouts. The dividend yield assumption was 1.0%1.3% for fiscal 2006,2007, which if decreased to 0.4%, would increase the weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 20062007 by $0.89$0.96 per share, or 6%7%. Dividends and/or increases or decreases in dividend payments are subject to board approval as well as to future cash inflows and outflows resulting from operating performance, stock repurchase programs, mergers and acquisitions, and other sources and uses of cash. While our historical dividend rate is assumed to continue in the future, it may be subject to substantial change, and investors should not depend upon this forecast as a reliable indication of future cash distributions that will be made to investors.
     The post-vesting forfeiture rate is estimated using historical option cancellation information. The weighted-average post-vesting forfeiture rate assumption was 6.0%6.5% for fiscal 2006,2007, which if decreased to 1.5%, would increase the weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 20062007 by $0.88$0.73 per share, or 6%5%.
     The suboptimal exercise factor is estimated using historical option exercise information. The weighted-average suboptimal exercise factor assumption was 1.71.8 for fiscal 2006,2007, which if increased to 2.0,2.1, would increase the weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 20062007 by $1.06$0.66 per share, or 7%5%.
     Income Taxes.Our income tax returns are based on calculations and assumptions that are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. While we believe we have appropriate support for the positions taken on our tax returns, we regularly assess the potential outcomes of these examinations and any future examinations for the current or prior years in determining the adequacy of our provision for income taxes. As part of our assessment of potential adjustments to our tax returns, we increase our current tax liability to the extent an adjustment would result in a cash tax payment or decrease our deferred tax assets to the extent an adjustment would not result in a cash tax payment. We continually assess the likelihood and amount of potential adjustments and adjust the income tax provision, the current tax liability and deferred taxes in the period in which the facts that give rise to a revision become known. Although we believe that the estimates and assumptions supporting our assessments are reasonable, adjustments could be materially different from those which are reflected in historical income tax provisions and recorded assets and liabilities. For example, during fiscal 2007, we recorded an income tax benefit of $331 million resulting from the completion of audits of our fiscal 2003 and 2004 federal tax returns.

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     We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and establish a valuation allowance based on historical taxable income, projected future taxable income, the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences and the implementation of tax-planning strategies. As of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, gross deferred tax assets were $914 million.$1.08 billion. If we are unable to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain tax jurisdictions, or if there is a material change in the actual effective tax rates or time period within which the underlying temporary differences become taxable or deductible, we could be required to increase our valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets which could result in an increase in our effective tax rate and an adverse impact on operating results.
     As of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, we had gross deferred tax assets of $267$192 million related to realized and unrealized capital loss carryforwards.losses and $14 million related to foreign net operating losses. We can only use capital losses to offset capital gains. Based upon our assessments of projected future capital gains and losses and related tax planning strategies, we expect that our future capital gains will not be sufficient to utilize all the capital losses that we have incurred through fiscal 2006.2007. Therefore, we have provided a $16$6 million valuation allowance for the portion of capital losses we do not expect to utilize. We can only use foreign net operating losses to offset taxable income of certain legal entities in certain foreign tax jurisdictions. Based upon our assessments of projected future taxable income and losses and historical losses incurred by these entities, we expect that the future taxable income of the entities in these tax jurisdictions will not be sufficient to utilize the foreign net operating losses we have incurred through fiscal 2007. Therefore, we have provided a full valuation allowance for these net operating losses. Significant judgment is required to forecast the timing and amount of future capital gains, and the timing of realization of capital losses.losses and the amount of future taxable income in certain foreign jurisdictions. Adjustments to our valuation allowance based on changes to our forecast of capital losses, and capital gains and foreign taxable income are reflected in the period the change is made.
     We consider the operating earnings of certain non-United States subsidiaries to be invested indefinitely invested outside the United States based on estimates that future domestic cash generation will be sufficient to meet future domestic cash needs. No provision has been made for United States federal and state, or foreign taxes that may result from future remittances of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries, the cumulative amount of which is approximately $2.7$4.7 billion as of September 24, 2006.30, 2007. Should we repatriate foreign earnings, we would have to adjust the income tax provision in the period in which the decision to repatriate earnings of foreign subsidiaries is made.

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     Beginning September 26, 2005,With the adoption of FAS 123R in fiscal 2006, we recognize windfall tax benefits associated with the exercise of stock options directly to stockholders’ equity only when realized. Accordingly, deferred tax assets are not recognized for net operating loss carryforwards resulting from windfall tax benefits occurring from September 26, 2005 onward. A windfall tax benefit occurs when the actual tax benefit realized by us upon an employee’s disposition of a share-based award exceeds the deferred tax asset, if any, associated with the award that we had recorded. When assessing whether a tax benefit relating to share-based compensation has been realized, we follow the tax law ordering method, under which current year share-based compensation deductions are assumed to be utilized before net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes.
     Litigation.We are currently involved in certain legal proceedings. Although there can be no assurance that unfavorable outcomes in any of these matters would not have a material adverse effect on our operating results, liquidity or financial position, we believe the claims are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the actions. We estimate the range of liability related to pending litigation where the amount and range of loss can be estimated. We record our best estimate of a loss when the loss is considered probable. Where a liability is probable and there is a range of estimated loss with no best estimate in the range, we record the minimum estimated liability related to the claim. As additional information becomes available, we assess the potential liability related to our pending litigation and revise our estimates. WeOther than amounts relating to theBroadcom Corporation v. QUALCOMM IncorporatedandQUALCOMM Incorporated v. Broadcom Corporationmatters, we have not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilityliabilities associated with ourany other legal proceedings based on our belief that a liability,additional liabilities, while possible, isare not probable. Further, any possible range of loss cannot be estimated at this time. Revisions in our estimates of the potential liability could materially impact our results of operations.
Acquisitions
     On January 18, 2006, we completed our acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Flarion Technologies, Inc. (Flarion), a privately held developer of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) technology for approximately $613 million in consideration, consisting of approximately $349 million in shares of QUALCOMM stock, $229 million in cash, and the exchange of Flarion’s existing vested options and warrants with an estimated aggregate fair value of approximately $35 million. In addition, we assumed Flarion’s existing unvested options with an estimated aggregate fair value of $63 million, which is recorded as share-based compensation over the requisite service period pursuant to FAS 123R. Upon achievement of certain agreed upon milestones during the third quarter of fiscal 2006, we incurred additional aggregate consideration of $197 million, consisting of approximately $185 million in cash (of which $75 million will be payable in July 2007), $8 million in shares of QUALCOMM stock (of which $3 million is issuable in March 2007), and the modification of Flarion’s existing vested options and warrants with an estimated incremental fair value of approximately $4 million. The additional amounts payable in cash and shares on the milestone date were treated as additional consideration and recorded as goodwill. In addition, the modification of Flarion’s existing unvested options resulted in an estimated incremental fair value of $7 million, which will be recorded as share-based compensation over the requisite service period pursuant to FAS 123R. The acquisition of Flarion is intended to broaden our ability to effectively support operators who may prefer an OFDMA or a hybrid OFDM/CDMA/WCDMA network alternative. The addition of Flarion’s intellectual property and engineering resources also supplements the resources that we have already dedicated over the years towards the development of OFDM/OFDMA technologies.
Strategic Investments in Our QSI Segment
     Our QSI segment makes strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and services. QSI segment assets totaled $660 million at September 24, 2006, compared to $442 million at September 25, 2005. Our MediaFLO USA subsidiary, a wireless multimedia operator, is expected to begin commercial operations in 2007. QSI’s assets related to MediaFLO USA totaled $329 million and $98 million at September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, respectively. We also enter into strategic relationships with CDMA wireless operators and developers of innovative technologies or products for the wireless communications industry. Due to financial and competitive challenges facing wireless operators, we cannot assure you that our investments in or loans to these operators will generate financial returns or that they will result in increased adoption or continued use of CDMA technologies. CDMA wireless operators to whom we have provided funding have limited operating histories, are faced with significant capital requirements and are highly leveraged and/or have limited financial resources. If these CDMA wireless operators are not successful, we may have to write down our investments in or loans to these operators.
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eliminateFiscal 2007 Compared to Fiscal 2006
Revenues.Total revenues for fiscal 2007 were $8.87 billion, compared to $7.53 billion for fiscal 2006. Revenues from three customers of our exposureQCT, QTL and QWI segments (each of whom accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenues for the period) comprised approximately 41% and 39% in aggregate of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively.
     Revenues from sales of equipment and services for fiscal 2007 were $5.77 billion, compared to market risks in these investments. The fair values$4.78 billion for fiscal 2006. Revenues from sales of these strategic investments are subjectintegrated circuit products increased $922 million, resulting primarily from an increase of $761 million related to substantial quarterlyhigher unit shipments, mostly consisting of MSM and annual fluctuationsaccompanying RF and PM integrated circuits, and an increase of $144 million related to significant market price volatility. Our strategic investments in specific companies and industry segments may vary over time, andthe net effects of changes in concentrationsproduct mix and the average sales prices of such products.
     Revenues from licensing and royalty fees for fiscal 2007 were $3.11 billion, compared to $2.75 billion for fiscal 2006. Revenues from licensing and royalty fees increased primarily as a result of a $306 million increase in royalties reported to QTL by our external licensees resulting from an increase in sales of CDMA-based products by licensees and a $30 million increase in QIS revenues primarily related to our expanded BREW customer base and products and a licensing agreement with Sprint. Worldwide demand for CDMA-based products has increased primarily as a result of the growth in sales of high-end WCDMA products and shifts in the geographic distribution of sales of CDMA2000 products.
Cost of Equipment and Services.Cost of equipment and services revenues for fiscal 2007 was $2.68 billion, compared to $2.18 billion for fiscal 2006. Cost of equipment and services revenues as a percentage of equipment and services revenues was 47% for fiscal 2007, compared to 46% for fiscal 2006. Cost of equipment and services revenues in fiscal 2007 included $39 million in share-based compensation, compared to $41 million in fiscal 2006.
Research and Development Expenses.For fiscal 2007, research and development expenses were $1.83 billion or 21% of revenues, compared to $1.54 billion or 20% of revenues for fiscal 2006. The dollar increase was primarily attributable to a $283 million increase in costs related to integrated circuit products, next generation CDMA and OFDMA technologies, the expansion of our intellectual property portfolio and other initiatives to support the acceleration of advanced wireless products and services, including lower cost devices, the integration of wireless with consumer electronics and computing, the convergence of multiband, multimode, multinetwork products and technologies, third party operating systems and services platforms. The technologies supporting these initiatives may affect price volatility. Downward fluctuationsinclude CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, EV-DO Revision A, EV-DO Revision B, WCDMA (including GSM/GPRS/EDGE), HSDPA, HSUPA and market trends could adversely affectOFDMA. The increase in research and development expenses incurred also related to the development of our operating results. In addition,FLO technology, MediaFLO MDS and IMOD display products using MEMS technology. Research and development expenses in fiscal 2007 included share-based compensation and in-process research and development of $221 million and $10 million, respectively, compared to $216 million and $22 million, respectively, in fiscal 2006.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.For fiscal 2007, selling, general and administrative expenses were $1.48 billion or 17% of revenues, compared to $1.12 billion or 15% of revenues for fiscal 2006. The dollar and percentage increases were primarily attributable to a $152 million increase in costs related to litigation and other legal matters, a $98 million increase in employee related expenses, a $40 million increase in other professional fees, a $39 million increase in bad debt expense, a $32 million increase in cooperative and other marketing expenses and a $28 million increase in depreciation and amortization, partially offset by a $44 million gain on the realizable valuesale of thesea building. Selling, general and administrative expenses in fiscal 2007 included share-based compensation of $233 million, compared to $238 million in fiscal 2006.

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Net Investment Income.Net investment income was $743 million for fiscal 2007, compared to $466 million for fiscal 2006. The net increase was primarily comprised as follows (in millions):
             
  Year Ended    
  September 30,  September 24,    
  2007  2006  Change 
Interest and dividend income:            
Corporate and other segments $551  $410  $141 
QSI  7   6   1 
Interest expense  (11)  (4)  (7)
Net realized gains on investments:            
Corporate and other segments  201   106   95 
QSI  21   30   (9)
Other-than-temporary losses on investments  (27)  (24)  (3)
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments  2   (29)  31 
Equity in losses of investees  (1)  (29)  28 
          
  $743  $466  $277 
          
     The increase in interest and dividend income on cash and marketable securities held by corporate and other segments was a result of higher average cash and marketable securities balances and higher interest rates on interest-bearing securities. Net realized gains on corporate investments increased primarily due to strength in the equity markets and reallocation of certain portfolio assets. Losses on derivative instruments is subject to market and other conditions.
     QSI also makes strategic investments in privately held companies, including early-stage companies and venture funds. These investments are comprised of equity investments, recorded at cost or under the equity method, and warrants that are recorded at fair value or at cost. The recorded values of these investments may be written down duefiscal 2006 related primarily to changes in the companies’ conditions or prospects. These strategic investments are inherently risky as the market for the technologies or products the investees are developing may never materialize. As a result, we could lose all or a portionfair values of put options sold in connection with our investments in these companies, which could negatively affect our financial position and operating results. Most of these strategic investments will not become liquid until more than one year from the date of investment, if at all. To the extent such investments become liquid and meet strategic and price objectives, we may sell the investments and recognize the realized gain (loss) in investment income (expense).
     We regularly monitor and evaluate the realizable value of our investments in both marketable and private securities. If events and circumstances indicate that a decline in the value of these assets has occurred and is other-than-temporary, we will record a charge to investment income (expense). In some cases, we make strategic investments that require us to consolidate or record our equity in the losses of early-stage companies. The consolidation of these losses can adversely affect our financial results until we exit from or reduce our exposure to the investments.
     Key developments in our strategic investments during fiscal 2006 included our ongoing investment in our MediaFLO USA subsidiary, a slow down in the rate of strategic investment, including our investment in Inquam, and realized gains on certain strategic investments.
Investment in Inquam Limited.We and another investor (the Other Investor) own minority interests in Inquam Limited (Inquam), a wireless CDMA-based operator in Romania, and in Inquam’s former subsidiaries in Portugal (the Portugal Companies). We recorded $20 million, $33 million and $59 million in equitystock repurchase program. Equity in losses of investees in fiscal 2006 resulted primarily from the effect of investment losses recognized by Inquam and a venture fund investee in fiscal 2006, of which our share was $20 million and $11 million, respectively.
Income Tax Expense.Income tax expense was $323 million for fiscal 2007, compared to $686 million for fiscal 2006. The annual effective tax rate was 9% for fiscal 2007, compared to 22% for fiscal 2006. The annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2007 is lower than the annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2006 primarily due to the impact of prior year audits completed during fiscal 2006, 20052007 and 2004, respectively, including a $12 million loss resulting from Inquam’s restructuringadditional foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal statutory tax rate.
     The annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2007 is 26% lower than the United States federal statutory rate primarily due to benefits of approximately 20% related to foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, 9% related to the impact of the tax audits completed during fiscal 2006. At September 24, 2006, our equitythe year and debt investments in Inquam2% related to research and the Portugal Companies totaled $5 million, netdevelopment tax credits, partially offset by state taxes of equity in losses. We and the Other Investor have each guaranteed 50% of a portion of amounts owed under certain of Inquam’s long-term financing arrangements, up to a combined maximum of $53 million. The guarantee expires and the facilities mature on December 25, 2011.approximately 5%.
Fiscal 2006 Compared to Fiscal 2005
     Revenues.Total revenues for fiscal 2006 were $7.53 billion, compared to $5.67 billion for fiscal 2005. Revenues from three customers of our QCT, QTL and QWI segments comprised an aggregate of 39% of total consolidated revenues in both fiscal 2006 and 2005.
     Revenues from sales of equipment and services for fiscal 2006 were $4.78 billion, compared to $3.74 billion for fiscal 2005. Revenues from sales of integrated circuits increased $1.00 billion, resulting primarily from an increase of $1.34 billion related primarily to higher unit shipments of MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, partially offset by a decrease of $349 million related to the net effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix.
     Revenues from licensing and royalty fees for fiscal 2006 were $2.75 billion, compared to $1.93 billion for fiscal 2005. Revenues from licensing and royalty fees increased primarily as a result of a $774 million increase in royalty revenue, consisting primarily of royalties reported to QTL by our external licensees, resulting from an increase in sales of CDMA-based products by licensees and the impact of the expiration of one of our royalty sharing obligations. Worldwide demand for CDMA-based products has increased primarily as a result of the growth in sales of WCDMA products into markets formerly dominated by GSM products.
     Cost of Equipment and Services.Cost of equipment and services revenues for fiscal 2006 was $2.18 billion, compared to $1.65 billion for fiscal 2005. Cost of equipment and services revenues as a percentage of equipment and services revenues was 46% for fiscal 2006, compared to 44% for fiscal 2005. The decline in margin percentage in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005 was primarily due to the effect of $41 million in share-based compensation during fiscal 2006 as a result of the adoption of FAS123R during fiscal 2006 and a decrease in QCT margin

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percentage resulting primarily from an increase in product support costs. Cost of equipment and services revenues as a percentage of equipment and services revenues may fluctuate in future quarters depending on the mix of products sold and services provided, competitive pricing, new product introduction costs and other factors.
     Research and Development Expenses.For fiscal 2006, research and development expenses were $1.54 billion or 20% of revenues, compared to $1.01 billion or 18% of revenues for fiscal 2005. Research and development

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expenses for fiscal 2006 included share-based compensation of $216 million as a result of the adoption of FAS 123R during fiscal 2006 and in-process research and development of $22 million resulting from acquisitions, both of which caused the increase in research and development expenses as a percentage of revenues. The dollar increase in research and development expenses also included a $272 million increase in costs related to the development of integrated circuit products and other initiatives to support lower cost phones,devices, multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internetinternet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork products and technologies, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, EV-DO Revision A, EV-DO Revision B, WCDMA (including GSM/GPRS/EDGE), HSDPA, HSUPA and OFDMA, and the development of our FLO technology, MediaFLO MDS and iMoD display products using MEMS technology. We expect that research and development costs will increase in fiscal 2007 as we continue our active support of CDMA-based technologies, products and network operations and other product initiatives.
     Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.For fiscal 2006, selling, general and administrative expenses were $1.12 billion or 15% of revenues, compared to $631 million or 11% of revenues for fiscal 2005. Selling, general and administrative expenses for fiscal 2006 included share-based compensation of $238 million as a result of the adoption of FAS 123R during fiscal 2006. The percentage increase was primarily attributable to the share-based compensation. The dollar increase was also attributable to a $107 million increase in professional fees, primarily related to legal activities, a $90 million increase in employee-related expenses, a $14 million increase in selling and marketing expenses and a $14 million decrease in other income.
     Net Investment Income.Net investment income was $466 million for fiscal 2006, compared to $423 million for fiscal 2005. The change was primarily comprised as follows (in millions):
                        
 Year Ended    Year Ended   
 September 24, 2006 September 25, 2005 Change  September 24, 2006 September 25, 2005 Change 
Interest and dividend income:  
Corporate and other segments $410 $252 $158 
QSI $6 $4 $2  6 4 2 
Corporate and other segments 410 252 158 
Interest expense  (4)  (3)  (1)  (4)  (3)  (1)
Net realized gains on investments:  
Corporate and other segments 106 78 28 
QSI 30 101  (71) 30 101  (71)
Corporate 106 78 28 
Other-than-temporary losses on investments  (24)  (14)  (10)  (24)  (14)  (10)
(Losses) gains on derivative instruments  (29) 33  (62)  (29) 33  (62)
Equity in losses of investees  (29)  (28)  (1)  (29)  (28)  (1)
              
 $466 $423 $43  $466 $423 $43 
              
     The increase in interest and dividend income on cash and marketable securities held by corporate and other segments was a result of higher average cash and marketable securities balances and higher interest rates earned on interest-bearing securities. Net realized gains on QSI investments in fiscal 2005 resulted primarily from a $48 million gain on our minority investment in a wireless publisher and a $41 million gain on the sale of our investment in a wireless telecommunications company. Losses and gains on derivative instruments in fiscal 2006 and 2005, respectively, related primarily to changes in the fair values of put options sold in connection with our stock repurchase program. The change in equity in losses of investees resulted primarily from the decrease in losses recognized by Inquam, of which our share was $20 million and $33 million in fiscal 2006 and 2005, respectively, partially offset by the effect of investment gains recognized by a venture fund investee in 2005, of which our share was $8 million.
     Income Tax Expense.Income tax expense from continuing operations was $686 million for fiscal 2006, compared to $666 million for fiscal 2005. The annual effective tax rate for continuing operations was approximately 22% for fiscal 2006, compared to 24% for fiscal 2005. The annual effective tax rate from continuing operations for fiscal 2006 was lower than the annual effective tax rate from continuing operations for fiscal 2005 primarily due to an increase in foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal tax rate.

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     The annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2006 was 13% lower than the United States federal statutory rate primarily due to benefits of approximately 17%15% related to foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, 2% related to the impact of prior year tax audits completed during the year, 1% related to an increase in tax benefits resulting from our increased ability to use our capital loss carryforwards and 1% related to research and development tax credits, partially offset by state taxes of approximately 5% and other permanent differences of 1%.
     As of September 24, 2006, we had a valuation allowance of $16 million on previously incurred capital losses due to uncertainty as to our ability to generate sufficient capital gains to utilize all capital losses. We will continue to assess the realizability of capital losses. The amount of the valuation allowance on capital losses may be adjusted in the future as our ability to utilize capital losses changes. A change in the valuation allowance may impact the provisionOur Segment Results for income taxes in the period the change occurs.
Fiscal 20052007 Compared to Fiscal 20042006
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Revenues.QCT Segment.TotalQCT revenues for fiscal 20052007 were $5.67$5.28 billion, compared to $4.88$4.33 billion for fiscal 2004. Revenues from three customers2006. Equipment and services revenues, mostly consisting of our QCT, QTLMSM and QWI segments comprised an aggregate of 39% of total consolidated revenues inaccompanying RF and PM integrated circuits, were $5.12 billion for fiscal 2005,2007, compared to 40% of total consolidated revenues$4.20 billion for fiscal 2006. The increase in fiscal 2004.
     Revenues from sales of equipment and services for fiscal 2005 were $3.74 billion, compared to $3.51 billion for fiscal 2004. Revenues from sales of integrated circuits increased $165 million, resultingrevenue resulted primarily from an increase of $396$761 million related to higher unit shipments and an increase of MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, partially offset by a decrease of $241$144 million related to the net effects of reductionschanges in product mix and the average sales prices and changes in product mix. Revenues from the sale of satellite and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging systems and related messaging services increased $25such products. Approximately 253 million and revenues from the sale of satellite portable phones that operate on the Globalstar low-Earth-orbit satellite communications system increased $19 million.
     Revenues from licensing and royalty feesMSM integrated circuits were sold during fiscal 2007, compared to approximately 207 million for fiscal 20052006.
     QCT’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2007 were $1.93$1.55 billion, compared to $1.37$1.30 billion for fiscal 2004. During2006. QCT’s operating income as a percentage of its revenues (operating margin percentage) was 29% in fiscal 2005, the QTL segment recorded royalty revenues solely based on royalties reported by licensees during the year, as2007, compared to 30% in fiscal 2006. The decrease in operating margin percentage was primarily due to increases in research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by an increase in the method used duringgross margin percentage.
     QCT inventories increased by 116% in fiscal 2007 from $179 million to $387 million due to increased purchases of completed die directly from foundry suppliers for use in QCT’s CDMA-based integrated circuit products in connection with the first three quarters ofshift in our manufacturing business model from turnkey to IFM.
QTL Segment.QTL revenues for fiscal 2004 of recording royalty revenues from certain licensees based on estimates of royalty revenues earned by those licensees during the quarter.2007 were $2.77 billion, compared to $2.47 billion for fiscal 2006. QTL’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2007 were $2.34 billion, compared to $2.23 billion for fiscal 2006. QTL’s operating margin percentage was 84% in fiscal 2007, compared to 90% in fiscal 2006. The increase in royalty revenue year to yearrevenues primarily resulted primarily from a $350$306 million increase in royalties reported to us by our external licensees, and the effect of changing the timing of recognizing royalty revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Royalty revenues recorded in fiscal 2004 excluded $151 million of royalties thatwhich were reported by external licensees in the first quarter of fiscal 2004, but estimated and recorded as revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. Royalties reported to us by external licensees in fiscal 2005 were $1.64 billion, as compared to $1.29$2.72 billion in fiscal 2004.2007, compared to $2.42 billion in fiscal 2006. Revenues from amortized license fees were $49 million in fiscal 2007, compared to $50 million in fiscal 2006. The increase in royalties reportedearnings before taxes was primarily attributable to usthe increase in revenues, partially offset by external licensees wasincreases in legal and bad debt expenses, which resulted in a corresponding decline in operating margin percentage.
QWI Segment.QWI revenues for fiscal 2007 were $828 million, compared to $731 million for fiscal 2006. Revenues increased primarily due to anincreases of $78 million and $11 million in QIS and QES revenues, respectively. The increase in sales of CDMA products by licensees,QIS revenues is primarily attributable to a $61 million increase in QChat revenues resulting from higher worldwide demand for CDMA products at higher average selling prices dueincreased development efforts under a licensing agreement with Sprint and an $18 million increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products. The increase in QES revenues is primarily attributable to the growtha $26 million increase in sales of high-end WCDMA products and shifts in the geographic distribution of sales of CDMA products.
Cost of Equipment and Services.Cost of equipment and servicesmessaging revenues, partially offset by a $15 million decrease in amortization of deferred revenues related to historical equipment sales. QES shipped approximately 190,300 terrestrial-based and satellite-based systems during fiscal 2007, compared to approximately 140,300 terrestrial-based and satellite-based systems in fiscal 2006.
     QWI’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2005 was $1.65 billion,2007 were $88 million, compared to $1.48 billion$78 million for fiscal 2004. Cost of equipment and services revenues as a2006. QWI’s operating margin percentage of equipment and services revenues was 44% for11% in fiscal 2005,2007, compared to 42% for fiscal 2004. The margin percentage decline10% in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 20042006. The increase in QWI’s earnings before taxes was primarily due to a 1.3% decrease in QCT margin percentage. Increases in product support costs and the reserves for excess and obsolete inventory contributed 1.1% and 0.5%, respectively, to the total decrease in QCT margin percentage.
Research and Development Expenses.For fiscal 2005, research and development expenses were $1.01 billion or 18% of revenues, compared to $720 million or 15% of revenues for fiscal 2004. The dollar and percentage increases in research and development expenses primarily resulted from a $275$54 million increase in costs related to the development of integrated circuitQIS gross margin, largely resulting from our expanded BREW customer base and products and other initiatives to support lower cost phones, multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork products and technologies, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, WCDMA, HSDPA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and OFDMA, and theQChat development of our FLO technology, MediaFLO MDS and iMoD display products using MEMS technology.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.For fiscal 2005,efforts, partially offset by a $29 million increase in QWI selling, general and administrative expenses were $631and an $18 million or 11% of revenues,decrease in QES gross margin. The increase in QWI’s operating margin percentage was primarily attributable to the increase in QIS gross margin, partially offset by the decrease in QES gross margin.
QSI Segment. QSI’s loss before taxes for fiscal 2007 was $240 million, compared to $547$133 million or 11% of revenues for fiscal 2004. The dollar increase was primarily due to2006. QSI’s loss before taxes included a $38$118 million increase in professional fees,our MediaFLO USA subsidiary’s loss before taxes comprised primarily patent administrationof $70 million in cost of services revenues related to the commencement of our MediaFLO services in March 2007 and outside consultants, a $33$42 million increase in employee-relatedselling, general and administrative expenses, including $20 million related to cooperative marketing expenses. During fiscal 2006, QSI recorded $30 million in equity in losses of investees resulting primarily from the effect of investment losses recognized by Inquam and a $13 million decrease in other income.

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Net Investment Income.Net investment income was $423 million for fiscal 2005, compared to $184 million for fiscal 2004. The change was primarily comprised as follows (in millions):
             
  Year Ended    
  September 25, 2005  September 26, 2004  Change 
Interest and dividend income:            
QSI $4  $14  $(10)
Corporate and other segments  252   161   91 
Interest expense  (3)  (2)  (1)
Net realized gains on investments:            
QSI  101   56   45 
Corporate  78   32   46 
Other-than-temporary losses on investments  (14)  (12)  (2)
Gains on derivative instruments  33   7   26 
Equity in losses of investees  (28)  (72)  44 
          
  $423  $184  $239 
          
     The increase in interest and dividend income on cash and marketable securities held by corporate and other segments was a result of higher average cash and marketable securities balances and higher interest rates earned on interest-bearing securities. Net realized gains on corporate investments increased primarily as a result of an increase in the positive performance of marketable equity securities as a percentage of total corporate investmentsventure fund investee in fiscal 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase in net realized gains on strategic investments in QSI resulted primarily from a $482006, of which our share was $20 million gain on our minority investment in a wireless publisher and a $41$11 million, gain on the sale of our investment in a wireless telecommunications company. Gains on derivative instruments in fiscal 2005 and 2004 related primarily to changes in the fair values of put options sold in connection with our stock repurchase program.respectively. Equity in losses of investees decreased primarily due to a decrease in losses incurred by Inquam, of which our share was $33 million fornominal during fiscal 2005 as compared to $59 million for fiscal 2004.
Income Tax Expense.Income tax expense from continuing operations was $666 million for fiscal 2005, compared to $588 million for fiscal 2004. The annual effective tax rate for continuing operations was approximately 24% for fiscal 2005, compared to 25% for fiscal 2004. The annual effective tax rate from continuing operations for fiscal 2005 was lower than the annual effective tax rate from continuing operations for fiscal 2004 primarily due to an increase in foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal tax rate.
     The annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 was 11% lower than the United States federal statutory rate primarily due to benefits of approximately 10% related to foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, 3% related to an increase in tax benefits resulting from our increased ability to use our capital loss carryforwards and 2% related to research and development tax credits, partially offset by state taxes of approximately 4%.
     As of September 25, 2005, we had a valuation allowance of approximately $62 million on previously incurred capital losses due to uncertainty as to our ability to generate sufficient capital gains to utilize all capital losses.2007.
Our Segment Results for Fiscal 2006 Compared to Fiscal 2005
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     QCT Segment.QCT revenues for fiscal 2006 were $4.33 billion, compared to $3.29 billion for fiscal 2005. Equipment and services revenues, primarily from MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, were $4.20 billion for fiscal 2006, compared to $3.20 billion for fiscal 2005. The increase in equipment and services revenue was primarily comprised of an increase of $1.34 billion related to higher unit shipments, partially offset by a decrease of $349 million related to the effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix. Approximately 207 million MSM integrated circuits were sold during fiscal 2006, compared to approximately 151 million for fiscal 2005.
     QCT’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2006 were $1.13$1.30 billion, compared to $852$980 million for fiscal 2005. QCT’s operating income as a percentage of its revenues (operating margin percentage) was 26%30% during both fiscal 2006 and 2005. The operating margin percentage remained consistent as the gross margin percentage decrease, resulting

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primarily from an increase in product support costs, was offset by a decrease in research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of QCT revenue.
     QTL Segment.QTL revenues for fiscal 2006 were $2.63$2.47 billion, compared to $1.84$1.71 billion for fiscal 2005. QTL’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2006 were $2.40$2.23 billion, compared to $1.66$1.54 billion for fiscal 2005. QTL’s operating margin percentage was 91%90% in fiscal 2006 as compared to 90%89% in fiscal 2005. The increase in both revenues and earnings before taxes primarily resulted from a $774 million increase in royalties reported to us by our licensees, which were $2.42 billion in fiscal 2006, compared to $1.64 billion in fiscal 2005. The increase in royalty revenue relates to the increase in sales of CDMA-based products by licensees and the impact of the expiration of one of our royalty sharing obligations. Revenues from amortized license fees were $50 million in fiscal 2006, compared to $69 million in fiscal 2005. Other revenues were comprised of intersegment royalties.
     QWI Segment.QWI revenues for fiscal 2006 were $670$731 million, compared to $644$682 million for fiscal 2005. Revenues increased primarily due to aincreases of $41 million increaseand $11 million in QIS revenue, partially offset by a decrease in QWBS revenue of $12 million.and QES revenues, respectively. The increase in QIS revenuerevenues was primarily attributable to a $28 million increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products and a $17 million increase in QChat revenuerevenues resulting from increased development efforts under the licensing agreement with Sprint. The decreaseincrease in QWBS revenueQES revenues was primarily attributable to a $26$16 million decreaseincrease in equipment revenue which includesand a $14 million increase in messaging services revenue, partially offset by a $19 million decrease in amortization of deferred revenues related to historical equipment sales, partially offset by a $14 million increase in messaging services revenue. QWBSsales. QES shipped approximately 42,100140,300 satellite-based systems and 39,600 terrestrial-based systems during fiscal 2006, compared to approximately 46,800156,700 satellite-based systems and 62,500 terrestrial-based systems in fiscal 2005.
     QWI’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2006 were $80$78 million, compared to $57$62 million for fiscal 2005. QWI’s operating margin percentage was 12%10% in fiscal 2006, compared to 9% in fiscal 2005. The increase in QWI earnings before taxes was primarily due to a $39 million increase in QIS gross margin largely resulting from the increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products and QChat development efforts, partially offset by the effect of a $13$23 million increase in QWI research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. The increase in QWI’s operating margin percentage was primarily due to the increase in QIS gross margin.
     QSI Segment.QSI’s lossesloss before taxes from continuing operations for fiscal 2006 werewas $133 million, compared to earnings before taxes from continuing operations of $10 million for fiscal 2005. QSI’s lossesloss before taxes from continuing operations included a $55 million increase in our MediaFLO USA subsidiary’s operating expenses. During fiscal 2006, QSI recorded $30 million in realized gains on marketable securities and other investments, compared to $101 million in fiscal 2005.
Our Segment Results for Fiscal 2005 Compared to Fiscal 2004
     The following should be read in conjunction with the financial results of fiscal 2005 and 2004 for each reporting segment. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 10 – Segment Information.”
QCT Segment.QCT revenues for fiscal 2005 were $3.29 billion, compared to $3.11 billion for fiscal 2004. Equipment and services revenues, primarily from MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, were $3.20 billion for fiscal 2005, compared to $3.04 billion for fiscal 2004. The increase in equipment and services revenue was comprised of $396 million related to higher unit shipments, partially offset by a decrease of $241 million related to the effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix. Approximately 151 million MSM integrated circuits were sold during fiscal 2005, compared to approximately 137 million for fiscal 2004.
     QCT’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2005 were $852 million, compared to $1.05 billion for fiscal 2004. QCT’s operating income as a percentage of its revenues (operating margin percentage) was 26% in fiscal 2005, compared to 34% in fiscal 2004. The decline in operating margin percentage in fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004 was primarily the result of a 45% increase in research and development expenses for fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004, mainly related to increased investment in new integrated circuit products and technology research and development initiatives to support lower cost phones, multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multiband, multimode, multinetwork products and technologies, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, WCDMA, HSDPA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
QTL Segment.QTL revenues for fiscal 2005 were $1.84 billion, compared to $1.33 billion for fiscal 2004. QTL’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2005 were $1.66 billion, compared to $1.20 billion for fiscal 2004. QTL’s operating margin percentage was 90% during both fiscal 2005 and 2004. The increase in both revenues and earnings

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before taxes primarily resulted from a $350 million increase in royalties reported to us by our external licensees and the effect of changing the timing of recognizing royalty revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Royalty revenues recorded in fiscal 2004 excluded $151 million of royalties that were reported by external licensees in the first quarter of fiscal 2004, but estimated and recorded as revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. Royalties reported to us by external licensees in fiscal 2005 were $1.64 billion, compared to $1.29 billion in fiscal 2004. The increase in royalties reported to us by external licensees was primarily due to an increase in sales of CDMA products by licensees, resulting from higher worldwide demand for CDMA products at higher average selling prices due primarily to the growth of higher priced WCDMA sales and shifts in the geographic distribution of sales of CDMA products. Revenues from amortized license fees were $69 million in fiscal 2005, as compared to $59 million in fiscal 2004. Other revenues were comprised of intersegment royalties.
     During the periods preceding the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we estimated and recorded the royalty revenues earned for sales by certain licensees (the Estimated Licensees) in the quarter in which such sales occurred, but only when reasonable estimates of such amounts could be made. Not all royalties earned were recorded based on estimates. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we determined that, due to escalating and changing business trends, we no longer had the ability to reliably estimate royalty revenues from the Estimated Licensees. These escalating and changing trends included the commercial launches and global expansion of WCDMA networks, changes in market share among licensees due to increased global competition, and increased variability in the integrated circuit and finished product inventories of licensees. Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we began recognizing royalty revenues solely based on royalties reported by licensees during the quarter. The change in the timing of recognizing royalty revenue was made prospectively and had the initial one-time effect of reducing royalty revenues recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Accordingly, we did not estimate royalty revenues earned in fiscal 2005.
QWI Segment.QWI revenues for fiscal 2005 were $644 million, compared to $571 million for fiscal 2004. Revenues increased primarily due to a $37 million increase in QIS revenue and a $27 million increase in QWBS revenue. The increase in QIS revenue was primarily attributable to a $41 million increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products. The increase in QWBS revenue was primarily attributable to a $16 million increase in equipment revenue, net of a $24 million decrease in amortization of deferred revenues related to historical equipment sales, and a $10 million increase in related messaging services revenue. QWBS shipped approximately 46,800 satellite-based systems and 62,500 terrestrial-based systems during fiscal 2005, compared to approximately 43,400 satellite-based systems and 10,000 terrestrial-based systems in fiscal 2004.
     QWI’s earnings before taxes for fiscal 2005 were $57 million, compared to $19 million for fiscal 2004. QWI’s operating margin percentage was 9% in fiscal 2005, compared to 3% in fiscal 2004. The increases in QWI earnings before taxes and operating margin percentage were primarily due to a $39 million increase in QIS gross margin largely resulting from the increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products.
     During fiscal 2005, QWBS completed the process of moving high-volume, standard product manufacturing to Mexico to reduce manufacturing costs. The low-volume, prototype and new product manufacturing activities remain in San Diego.
QSI Segment.QSI’s earnings before taxes from continuing operations for fiscal 2005 were $10 million, compared to losses before taxes from continuing operations of $31 million for fiscal 2004. During fiscal 2005, QSI recorded $101 million in realized gains on marketable securities and other investments, compared to $56 million in fiscal 2004. Equity in losses of investees decreased by $43 million primarily due to a decrease in losses incurred by Inquam during fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004, of which our share was $33 million for fiscal 2005 as compared to $59 million for fiscal 2004. QSI’s earnings before taxes from continuing operations also included a $42 million increase in MediaFLO USA operating expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
     Our principal sources of liquidity are our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, cash generated from operations and proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our stock option and employee stock purchase plans. Cash, and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $9.9$11.8 billion at September 24, 2006,30, 2007, an increase of $1.3$1.9 billion from September 25, 2005.24, 2006. Our cash, and cash equivalents and marketable securities at September 24, 200630, 2007 consisted of $3.8$5.5 billion held by foreign subsidiaries with the remaining balance of $6.1$6.3 billion held domestically. Due to income tax considerations, we derive liquidity for operations primarily from domestic cash flow and investments held domestically. Cash provided by operating activities was $3.3$3.8 billion during fiscal 2006,2007, compared to $2.7$3.3 billion during fiscal 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to higher net income (net of non-cash share-based

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compensation expense) in fiscal 2006. Net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our stock option and employee stock purchase plans was $556 million during fiscal 2007, compared to $692 million during fiscal 2006, compared to $386 million during fiscal 2005.2006.

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     On November 7, 2005,May 22, 2007, we announced we had been authorized theto repurchase of up to $2.5$3.0 billion of our common stock under astock. The $3.0 billion stock repurchase program withreplaced a $2.5 billion stock repurchase program, of which approximately $0.9 billion remained authorized for repurchases. The stock repurchase program has no expiration date. During fiscal 2006,2007, we repurchased and retired 34,000,00037,263,000 shares of our common stock for $1.5 billion. In connection with the stock repurchase program, we have put options outstanding, with expiration dates ranging from December 2007 through March 2008, that may require us to repurchase an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock upon exercise for $189 million (net of the option premiums received). Any shares repurchased upon exercise of put options will be retired. At September 24, 2006, approximately $0.930, 2007, $1.5 billion remainedremains authorized for repurchases under our stock repurchase program, net of put options outstanding. In the period from October 1, 2007 through November 7, 2007 we repurchased and retired 12,720,000 shares of our own common stock for approximately $525 million. We will continue to actively evaluateour active evaluation of repurchases under this program.
     We declared and paid dividends totaling $862 million, $698 million and $524 million, or $0.52, $0.42 and $307 million, or $0.42, $0.32 and $0.19 per common share, during fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively. On October 5, 2006,11, 2007, we announced a cash dividend of $0.12$0.14 per share on our common stock, payable on January 4, 20072008 to stockholders of record as of December 7, 2006.2007. We intend to continue to pay quarterly dividends subject to capital availability and periodic determinations that cash dividends are in the best interest of our stockholders.
     Accounts receivable increased by 29%2% during fiscal 2006.2007. Days sales outstanding, on a consolidated basis, were 27 days at September 30, 2007 compared to 29 days at September 24, 2006, compared to 30 days at September 25, 2005.2006. The increase in accounts receivable was primarily due to the increase in revenue in fiscal 20062007 as compared to fiscal 20052006 and the contractual timing of cash receipts for royalty receivables.receivables, some of which are paid semi-annually. The change in days sales outstanding is consistent withwas a result of the increasesincrease in revenue, andpartially offset by the effect of the increase in accounts receivable.
     On January 18, 2006, we completed our acquisition of Flarion, a developer of OFDMA technology, for approximately $613 million in consideration, including approximately $229 million in cash. Upon achievement of certain agreed upon milestones during the third quarter of fiscal 2006, we incurred additional aggregate consideration of $197 million, including approximately $185 million in cash (of which $75 million will be payable in July 2007).
     We intend to continue our strategic investment activities to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMACDMA-based products and the growth of CDMA-based wireless data and wireless Internetinternet products. As part of these investment activities, we may provide financing or other support to facilitate the marketing and sale of CDMA equipment by authorized suppliers. In the event additional needs or uses for cash arise, we may raise additional funds from a combination of sources including potential debt and equity issuance.
     We believe our current cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and cash generated from operations will satisfy our expected working and other capital requirements for the foreseeable future based on current business plans, including acquisitions, investments in other companies and other assets to support the growth of our business, financing and other commitments, the payment of dividends and possible additional stock repurchases.
Contractual Obligations / Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
     We have no significant contractual obligations not fully recorded on our consolidated balance sheets or fully disclosed in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. We have no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in S-K 303(a)(4)(ii).
     At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, our outstanding contractual obligations included (in millions):
Contractual Obligations
Payments Due By Fiscal Period
                        
 No                         
 Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal Beyond Expiration         No Expiration 
 Total 2007 2008-2009 2010-2011 Fiscal 2011 Date  Total 2008 2009-2010 2011-2012 Beyond 2012 Date 
Purchase obligations(1)
 $829 $663 $110 $38 $18 $—  $1,052 $760 $193 $91 $8 $— 
Operating leases 291 71 74 49 97 —  390 75 113 63 139 — 
Other commitments(2)
 42 — — — 26 16  50 — — 40 3 7 
                          
Total commitments 1,162 734 184 87 141 16  1,492 835 306 194 150 7 
                          
  
Capital leases(3)
 125 3 6 8 108 —  200 6 12 12 170 — 
Other long-term liabilities (4)
 47 — 45 — 2 —  15 — 10 1 4 — 
                          
Total recorded liabilities 172 3 51 8 110 —  215 6 22 13 174 — 
                          
Total $1,334 $737 $235 $95 $251 $16  $1,707 $841 $328 $207 $324 $7 
                          
 
(1) Total purchase obligations include $593$615 million in commitments to purchase integrated circuit product inventories.

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(2) Certain of these commitments do not have fixed funding dates. Amounts are presented based on the expiration of the commitment, but actual funding may occur earlier or not at all as funding is subject to certain conditions. Commitments represent the maximum amounts to be financed or funded under these arrangements; actual financing or funding may be in lesser amounts.
 
(3) Amounts represent future minimum lease payments including interest payments. Capital lease obligations are included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at September 24, 2006.30, 2007.
 
(4) Certain long-term liabilities reflected on our balance sheet, such as unearned revenue, are not presented in this table because they do not require cash settlement in the future.

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     Additional information regarding our financial commitments at September 24, 200630, 2007 is provided in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 4 –— Investments in Other EntitiesEntities” and Note“Note 9 –— Commitments and Contingencies.”
Future Accounting Requirements
     In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48) “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for recording in the financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Additionally, FIN 48 provides guidance on the derecognition, classification, accounting in interim periods and disclosure requirements for uncertain tax positions. The accounting provisions of FIN 48 will beare effective for us beginning October 1, 2007. The cumulative effect of initially adopting FIN 48 will be recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings in the year of adoption and will be presented separately. Only tax positions that meet the more likely than not recognition threshold at the effective date may be recognized upon adoption of FIN 48. We are in the process of determiningfinalizing the effect, if any,impact the adoption of FIN 48 will have on our consolidated financial statements.statements but expect the adjustment to opening retained earnings to be immaterial.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
     Interest Rate Risk.We invest our cash in a number of diversified investment and non-investment grade fixed and floating rate securities, consisting of cash equivalents, marketable debt securities and marketable securities.debt mutual funds. Changes in the general level of United States interest rates can affect the principal values and yields of fixed income investments.interest-bearing securities. If interest rates in the general economy were to rise rapidly in a short period of time, our fixed income investmentsinterest-bearing securities could lose value. If the general economy were to weaken significantly, the credit profile, financial strength and growth prospects of issuers of interest-bearing securities held in our investment portfolios could deteriorate, and our investmentsinterest-bearing securities could lose value. We may implement investment strategies of different types with varying duration and risk/return trade-offs that do not perform well.
     The following table provides information about our financial instrumentsinterest-bearing securities that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For our interest-bearing securities, theThe table presents principal cash flows, weighted average yield at cost and contractual maturity dates. Additionally, we have assumed that these securities are similar enough within the specified categories to aggregate these securities for presentation purposes.

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Interest Rate Sensitivity
Principal Amount by Expected Maturity
Average Interest Rates
(Dollars in millions)
                 
                             No Single  
 No Single Fair 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Thereafter Maturity Total
 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Thereafter Maturity Total Value
Fixed interest-bearing securities:  
Cash and cash equivalents $482 $— $— $— $— $— $— $482 $482  $543 $— $— $— $— $— $— $543 
Interest rate  5.3%   5.4% 
Available-for-sale securities:  
Investment grade $2,138 $436 $238 $39 $12 $10 $267 $3,140 $3,140  $1,851 $289 $163 $57 $20 $10 $405 $2,795 
Interest rate  4.1%  4.6%  5.2%  5.0%  5.2%  7.3%  4.9%   5.1%  5.2%  4.8%  5.5%  5.4%  7.4%  5.4% 
Non-investment grade $2 $13 $37 $30 $61 $352 $— $495 $495  $12 $16 $13 $44 $41 $368 $— $494 
Interest rate  7.2%  5.8%  6.8%  7.7%  7.5%  8.0%   5.3%  7.0%  8.9%  8.3%  8.0%  8.5% 
 
Floating interest-bearing securities:  
Cash and cash equivalents $999 $— $— $— $— $— $— $999 $999  $1,719 $— $— $— $— $— $— $1,719 
Interest rate  5.3%   5.4% 
Available-for-sale securities:  
Investment grade $157 $116 $192 $52 $3 $87 $348 $955 $955  $213 $214 $202 $56 $78 $94 $531 $1,388 
Interest rate  5.0%  5.3%  5.6%  5.6%  5.8%  5.8%  5.5%   5.5%  5.7%  5.8%  5.7%  5.9%  5.8%  5.8% 
Non-investment grade $10 $14 $12 $26 $65 $258 $512 $897 $897  $12 $11 $28 $65 $118 $391 $712 $1,337 
Interest rate  6.4%  6.7%  6.6%  6.5%  7.1%  7.1%  7.2%   6.7%  7.0%  7.3%  7.4%  7.1%  7.4%  7.1% 
     Cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value.
Mortgage Risk.A small portion of our diversified investment program includes investment-grade mortgage- and asset-backed securities. In fiscal 2007, following a multi-year housing industry expansion, mortgage industry excesses became apparent and caused concern among investors in pools of residential mortgages or other assets securitized by them. We have no direct investments in the lowest credit quality, or subprime, mortgages nor investments collateralized by assets that include subprime mortgages. We have indirect exposure to subprime mortgages to the extent of our investments in large, diversified financial companies, commercial banks, insurance companies and public/private investment funds that participate or invest in subprime mortgage loans, mortgage insurance, or loan servicing, which could impact the fair values of our securities.
     Equity Price Risk.We invest inhave a number of diversified marketable securities andportfolio, including mutual fund and exchange traded fund shares, that is subject to equity price risk. The recorded values of marketable equity securities increased to $1.52 billion at September 30, 2007 from $1.34 billion at September 24, 2006 from $1.16 billion at September 25, 2005.2006. The recorded valuevalues of equity mutual fund and exchange traded fund shares increased to $1.87 billion at September 30, 2007 from $1.52 billion at September 24, 2006 from $293 million at September 25, 2005. Our diversified2006. We make equity investments in companies of varying size, style, industry and industry segments may vary over time,geography, and changes in the concentrations of these investmentsinvestment allocations may affect the price volatility of our investments. A 10% decrease in the market price of our marketable equity securities and equity mutual fund and exchange traded fund shares at September 24, 200630, 2007 would cause a corresponding 10% decrease in the carrying amounts of these securities or $285of $339 million.
     Our strategic investments in other entities consist substantially of investments in private early-stage companies accounted for under the equity and cost methods. Accordingly, we believe that our exposure to market risk from these investments is not material. Additionally, we do not anticipate any near-term changes in the nature of our market risk exposures or in management’s objectives and strategies with respect to managing such exposures. The recorded values of these strategic investments totaled $114 million at September 30, 2007, compared to $93 million at September 24, 2006, compared to $121 million at September 25, 2005.2006.
     In connection with our stock repurchase program, we sell put options that may require us to repurchase shares of our common stock at fixed prices. These written put options subject us to equity price risk. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, we had two outstanding put options, enabling holders to purchase 2,000,000sell 5,000,000 shares of our common stock upon exercise for approximately $89$189 million (net of the option premiums received). The put option liabilities, with a fair value of $19$10 million at September 24, 2006,30, 2007, were included in other current liabilities. If the fair value of our common stock at September 24, 200630, 2007 decreased by 10%15%, the amount required to physically settle the put options would exceed the fair value of the shares by $21$9 million, net of the $6$14 million in premiums received.

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     Additional information regarding our strategic investments is provided in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this Annual Report.
     Foreign Exchange Risk.We manage our exposure to foreign exchange market risks, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments, consisting primarily of foreign currency forward and option contracts. Such derivative financial instruments are viewed as hedging or risk management tools and are not used for speculative or trading purposes. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, we had no foreign currency forward contracts outstanding. At September 24, 2006, the30, 2007, we had a net recorded valueliability of $1 million related to our foreign currency option contracts that hedge the foreign currency risk on royalties earned from certain international licensees on their sales of CDMA and WCDMA products was a liability of $2 million.products. If our forecasted royalty revenues were to decline by 20%30% and foreign exchange rates

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were to change unfavorably by 20%30% in each of our hedged foreign currencies, we would incur a loss of approximately $3$6 million resulting from a decrease in fair value of the portion of our hedges that would be rendered ineffective. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 1 –— The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies” for a description of our foreign currency accounting policies.
     Financial instruments held by consolidated subsidiaries and equity method investees whichthat are not denominated in the functional currency of those entities are subject to the effects of currency fluctuations and may affect reported earnings. As a global concern, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. We may hedge currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities denominated in nonfunctional currencies and certain anticipated nonfunctional currency transactions. As a result, we could experience unanticipated gains or losses on anticipated foreign currency cash flows, as well as economic loss with respect to the recoverability of investments. While we may hedge certain transactions with non-United States customers, declines in currency values in certain regions may, if not reversed, adversely affect future product sales because our products may become more expensive to purchase in the countries of the affected currencies.
     Our analysis methods used to assess and mitigate riskthe risks discussed above should not be considered projections of future risks.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
     Our consolidated financial statements at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 200524, 2006 and the Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K on pages F-1 through F-33.F-29.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
     None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
     Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework inInternal Control –— Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the framework inInternal Control –— Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of September 24, 2006.30, 2007.
     PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has also audited management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, as stated in their report which appears on pages F-1 and F-2.page F-1.

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Inherent Limitations Over Internal Controls
     Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
 i. pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

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 ii. provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
 
 iii. provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
     Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and circumvention by collusion or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even an effective internal control system may not prevent or detect material misstatements on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
     There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during fiscal 20062007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
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PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrantand Corporate Governance
     The information required by this item regarding directors is incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 20072008 (the “2007“2008 Proxy Statement”) under the heading “Election of Directors.” Information regarding executive officers is set forth in Item 1 of Part I of this Report under the caption “Executive Officers.” The information regarding our code of ethics is incorporated by reference to the 20072008 Proxy Statement under the heading “Code of Ethics.”
Item 11. Executive Compensation
     The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the 20072008 Proxy Statement under the heading “Executive Compensation and Other Matters.Related Information.”
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
     The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the 20072008 Proxy Statement under the headings “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
     The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the 20072008 Proxy Statement under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions.”
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
     The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the 20072008 Proxy Statement under the heading “Fees Paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.for Professional Services.”

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule
The following documents are filed as part of this report:
(a)Financial Statements:
     
  Page
  Number
(a) Financial Statements:
(1) Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  F-1 
Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25,24, 2006
F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations for Fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005
  F-3 
Consolidated Statements of OperationsCash Flows for Fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 20042005
  F-4 
Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsStockholders’ Equity for Fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 20042005
  F-5 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for Fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004
  F-6 
 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-7
(2) Schedule II-Valuation and Qualifying Accounts  S-1 
     Financial statement schedules other than those listed above have been omitted because they are either not required, not applicable or the information is otherwise included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
(b) 
(b)Exhibits:
   
Exhibit  
Number Description
2.6Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 25, 2005, by and among the Company, Fluorite Acquisition Corporation, Quartz Acquisition Corporation, Flarion Technologies, Inc. and QFREP, LLC. (1)
   
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (2)(1)
   
3.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designation. (3)(2)
   
3.4 Amended and Restated Bylaws. (4)(3)
   
10.1 Form of Indemnity Agreement between the Company, each director and certain officers.(4)(5)(6)
   
10.2 1991 Stock Option Plan, as amended.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.4 Form of Stock Option Grant under the 1991 Stock Option Plan.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.21 Executive Retirement Matching Contribution Plan, as amended.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.22 1996 Non-qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.29 1998 Non-Employee Director’s Stock Option Plan, as amended.(5)(8)(4)(9)
   
10.40 Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement under the 2001 Stock Option Plan.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.41 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.43 Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement under the 2001 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan.(5)(9)(4)(8)
   
10.55 2001 Stock Option Plan, as amended.(5)(10)(4)(9)
   
10.58 Form of Annual Grant under the 1998 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan.(5)(7)(4)(6)
   
10.63 Summary of Changes to Non-Employee Director Compensation Program.(5)(11)(4)(10)
   
10.66 2001 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan, as amended.(5)(12)
10.70Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated September 26, 2005 between the Company and Computershare Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent.(3)(4)(11)
   
10.71 Voluntary Executive Retirement Contribution Plan, as amended.(5)(13)
10.722005 Bonuses and 2006 Annual Base Salary for Named Executive Officers and Summary of 2006 Annual Bonus Program.(5)(14)(4)(12)
   
10.73 20062007 Long-Term Incentive Plan.(2)(5)(1)(4)
   
10.74 Forms of Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 20062007 Long-Term Incentive Plan.(2)(5)(1)(4)
10.752006 Bonuses and 2007 Annual Base Salary for Named Executive Officers. (13)
10.76Summary of 2007 Annual Bonus Program for Named Executive Officers. (14)
10.77Amendment dated December 7, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company and Computershare Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent. (15)
21Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

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Exhibit  
Number Description
21Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
   
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
   
31.1 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Paul E. Jacobs.
   
31.2 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for William E. Keitel.
   
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Paul E. Jacobs.
   
32.2 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for William E. Keitel.
 
(1) Filed as Annex A to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-127725).
(2)Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2006.
 
(3)(2) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2005.
 
(4)(3) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 22, 2006.
 
(5)(4) Indicates management or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be identified pursuant to Item 15(a).
 
(6)(5) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42782).
 
(7)(6) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 27, 2004.
 
(8)(7) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 26, 2000.
 
(9)(8) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 1, 2001.
 
(10)(9) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2004.
 
(11)(10) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25, 2005.
 
(12)(11) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on May 6, 2005.
 
(13)(12) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2005.
 
(14)(13) Filed under item 1.01 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2005.13, 2006.
(14)Filed under item 5.02 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 1, 2006.
(15)Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2006.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
November 2, 20068, 2007
     
 QUALCOMM Incorporated
 		 
 By:By  /s/ Paul E. Jacobs   
  Paul E. Jacobs,  
  Chief Executive Officer  

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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
     
Signature Title Date
 
/s/ Paul E. Jacobs
Paul E. Jacobs
 Chief Executive Officer and DirectorNovember 2, 2006
Paul E. Jacobs		 (Principal
(Principal Executive Officer)		 November 8, 2007
     
/s/ William E. Keitel
William E. Keitel
 Chief Financial OfficerNovember 2, 2006
William E. Keitel		 (Principal
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		 November 8, 2007
     
/s/ Irwin Jacobs
Irwin Jacobs
 Chairman of the Board November 2, 2006
Irwin Jacobs		8, 2007
     
/s/ Barbara T. Alexander
DirectorNovember 2, 2006
 
Barbara T. Alexander		 Director  November 8, 2007
     
/s/ Richard C. AtkinsonDonald Cruickshank
Donald Cruickshank
 Director November 2, 2006
Richard C. Atkinson		8, 2007
     
/s/ Adelia A. CoffmanRaymond V. Dittamore
Raymond V. Dittamore
 Director November 2, 2006
Adelia A. Coffman		8, 2007
     
/s/ Donald CruickshankRobert E. Kahn
Robert E. Kahn
 Director November 2, 2006
Donald Cruickshank		8, 2007
     
/s/ Raymond V. DittamoreSherry Lansing
Sherry Lansing
 Director November 2, 2006
Raymond V. Dittamore		8, 2007
     
/s/ Diana Lady DouganDuane A. Nelles
Duane A. Nelles
 Director November 2, 2006
Diana Lady Dougan		8, 2007
     
/s/ Robert E. KahnPeter M. Sacerdote
Peter M. Sacerdote
 Director November 2, 2006
Robert E. Kahn		8, 2007
     
/s/ Sherry LansingBrent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft
 Director November 2, 2006
Sherry Lansing		8, 2007
     
/s/ Duane A. NellesDirectorNovember 2, 2006
Duane A. Nelles
/s/ Peter M. SacerdoteDirectorNovember 2, 2006
Peter M. Sacerdote
/s/ Brent ScowcroftDirectorNovember 2, 2006
Brent Scowcroft
/s/ Marc I. SternDirectorNovember 2, 2006
 
Marc I. Stern
/s/ Richard Sulpizio Director November 2, 2006
Richard Sulpizio		8, 2007

6965

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of QUALCOMM Incorporated:
     We have completed integrated audits of QUALCOMM Incorporated’s consolidated financial statements and of its internal control over financial reporting as of September 24, 2006 in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our opinions, based on our audits, are presented below.
Consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule
     In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(1) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of QUALCOMM Incorporated and its subsidiaries (the Company) at September 30, 2007 and September 24, 2006, and September 25, 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 24, 200630, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the indexappearing under Item 15(a)(2)presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. TheseAlso in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial statements and financial statement schedule arereporting as of September 30, 2007, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Frameworkissued by the responsibilityCommittee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management. Our responsibilitymanagement is to express an opinion onresponsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditaudits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An auditmisstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements includesincluded examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.opinions.
     As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for share-based compensation in fiscal 2006.
Internal control over financial reporting
     Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of September 24, 2006 based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Frameworkissued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on those criteria. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of September 24, 2006, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Frameworkissued by the COSO. The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. An audit of internal control over financial reporting includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we consider necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.
     A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance

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regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
     Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
   
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
San Diego, California 
November 8, 2007 
  
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Diego, California
November 2, 2006

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except per share data)
        
         September 30, September 24, 
 September 24, September 25,  2007 2006 
 2006 2005  
ASSETS
  
 
Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalents $1,607 $2,070  $2,411 $1,607 
Marketable securities 4,114 4,478  4,170 4,114 
Accounts receivable, net 700 544  715 700 
Inventories 250 177  469 250 
Deferred tax assets 235 343  435 235 
Collateral held under securities lending 421 — 
Other current assets 143 179  200 143 
          
Total current assets 7,049 7,791  8,821 7,049 
Marketable securities 4,228 2,133  5,234 4,228 
Property, plant and equipment, net 1,482 1,022  1,788 1,482 
Goodwill 1,230 571  1,325 1,230 
Deferred tax assets 512 444  318 512 
Other assets 707 518  1,009 707 
          
Total assets $15,208 $12,479  $18,495 $15,208 
          
  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  
 
Current liabilities:  
Trade accounts payable $420 $376  $635 $420 
Payroll and other benefits related liabilities 273 196  311 273 
Unearned revenue 197 163  218 197 
Income taxes payable 119 137 
Obligation under securities lending 421 — 
Other current liabilities 532 335  554 395 
          
Total current liabilities 1,422 1,070  2,258 1,422 
Unearned revenue 141 146  142 141 
Other liabilities 239 144  260 239 
          
Total liabilities 1,802 1,360  2,660 1,802 
          
  
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 4 and 9)  
  
Stockholders’ equity:  
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; issuable in series; 8 shares authorized; none outstanding at September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005 — — 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 6,000 shares authorized; 1,652 and 1,640 shares issued and outstanding at September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005 — — 
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; issuable in series; 8 shares authorized; none outstanding at September 30, 2007 and September 24, 2006 — — 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 6,000 shares authorized; 1,646 and 1,652 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2007 and September 24, 2006, respectively — — 
Paid-in capital 7,242 6,753  7,057 7,242 
Retained earnings 6,100 4,328  8,541 6,100 
Accumulated other comprehensive income 64 38  237 64 
          
Total stockholders’ equity 13,406 11,119  15,835 13,406 
          
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $15,208 $12,479  $18,495 $15,208 
          
See accompanying notes.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share data)
             
  Year Ended 
  September 30,  September 24,  September 25, 
  2007  2006  2005 
             
Revenues:            
Equipment and services $5,765  $4,776  $3,744 
Licensing and royalty fees  3,106   2,750   1,929 
          
Total revenues  8,871   7,526   5,673 
          
             
Operating expenses:            
Cost of equipment and services revenues  2,681   2,182   1,645 
Research and development  1,829   1,538   1,011 
Selling, general and administrative  1,478   1,116   631 
          
Total operating expenses  5,988   4,836   3,287 
          
             
Operating income  2,883   2,690   2,386 
             
Investment income, net (Note 5)  743   466   423 
          
Income before income taxes  3,626   3,156   2,809 
Income tax expense  (323)  (686)  (666)
          
Net income $3,303  $2,470  $2,143 
          
             
Basic earnings per common share $1.99  $1.49  $1.31 
          
Diluted earnings per common share $1.95  $1.44  $1.26 
          
             
Shares used in per share calculations:            
Basic  1,660   1,659   1,638 
          
Diluted  1,693   1,711   1,694 
          
             
Dividends per share announced $0.52  $0.42  $0.32 
          
See accompanying notes.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONSCASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(In millions, except per share data)
             
  Year Ended 
  September 24,  September 25,  September 26, 
  2006  2005  2004 
Revenues:            
Equipment and services $4,776  $3,744  $3,514 
Licensing and royalty fees  2,750   1,929   1,366 
          
Total revenues  7,526   5,673   4,880 
          
             
Operating expenses:            
Cost of equipment and services revenues  2,182   1,645   1,484 
Research and development  1,538   1,011   720 
Selling, general and administrative  1,116   631   547 
          
Total operating expenses  4,836   3,287   2,751 
          
             
Operating income  2,690   2,386   2,129 
             
Investment income, net (Note 5)  466   423   184 
          
Income from continuing operations before income taxes  3,156   2,809   2,313 
Income tax expense  (686)  (666)  (588)
          
Income from continuing operations  2,470   2,143   1,725 
          
             
Discontinued operations (Note 12):            
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes  —   —   (10)
Income tax benefit  —   —   5 
          
Loss from discontinued operations  —   —   (5)
          
Net income $2,470  $2,143  $1,720 
          
             
Basic earnings per common share from continuing operations $1.49  $1.31  $1.07 
Basic loss per common share from discontinued operations  —   —   (0.01)
          
Basic earnings per common share $1.49  $1.31  $1.06 
          
             
Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations $1.44  $1.26  $1.03 
Diluted loss per common share from discontinued operations  —   —   — 
          
Diluted earnings per common share $1.44  $1.26  $1.03 
          
             
Shares used in per share calculations:            
Basic  1,659   1,638   1,616 
          
Diluted  1,711   1,694   1,675 
          
Dividends per share announced $0.42  $0.32  $0.19 
          
             
  Year Ended 
  September 30,  September 24,  September 25, 
  2007  2006  2005 
             
Operating Activities:
            
Net income $3,303  $2,470  $2,143 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:            
Depreciation and amortization  383   272   200 
Non-cash portion of share-based compensation expense  488   495   — 
Incremental tax benefits from stock options exercised  (240)  (403)  — 
Net realized gains on marketable securities and other investments  (222)  (136)  (179)
(Gains) losses on derivative instruments  (2)  29   (33)
Other-than-temporary losses on marketable securities and other investments  27   24   14 
Equity in losses of investees  1   29   28 
Non-cash income tax expense  91   514   498 
Other items, net  (42)  (28)  — 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions (Note 11):            
Accounts receivable, net  (16)  (133)  35 
Inventories  (234)  (71)  (23)
Other assets  (96)  15   (74)
Trade accounts payable  209   51   57 
Payroll, benefits and other liabilities  139   96   49 
Unearned revenue  22   29   (29)
          
Net cash provided by operating activities  3,811   3,253   2,686 
          
Investing Activities:
            
Capital expenditures  (818)  (685)  (576)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities  (8,492)  (12,517)  (8,055)
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities  7,998   10,853   8,072 
Maturities of held-to-maturity securities  —   130   10 
Other investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired  (249)  (407)  (249)
Change in collateral held under securities lending  (421)  —   — 
Other items, net  84   3   22 
          
Net cash used by investing activities  (1,898)  (2,623)  (776)
          
Financing Activities:
            
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  556   692   386 
Incremental tax benefits from stock options exercised  240   403   — 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (1,482)  (1,500)  (953)
Proceeds from put options  17   11   37 
Dividends paid  (862)  (698)  (524)
Change in obligation under securities lending  421   —   — 
Other items, net  (1)  —   — 
          
Net cash used by financing activities  (1,111)  (1,092)  (1,054)
          
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  2   (1)  — 
          
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
  804   (463)  856 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
  1,607   2,070   1,214 
          
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
 $2,411  $1,607  $2,070 
          
See accompanying notes.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In millions)
             
  Year Ended 
  September 24,  September 25,  September 26, 
  2006  2005  2004 (revised) 
Operating Activities:
            
Net income $2,470  $2,143  $1,720 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:            
Depreciation and amortization  272   200   171 
Net realized gains on marketable securities and other investments  (136)  (179)  (88)
Share-based compensation expense  495   —   — 
Incremental tax benefits from stock options exercised  (403)  —   — 
Losses (gains) on derivative instruments  29   (33)  (7)
Other-than-temporary losses on marketable securities and other investments  24   14   12 
Equity in losses of investees  29   28   72 
Non-cash income tax expense  514   498   419 
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations (Note 12)  —   —   (7)
Other items, net  (28)  —   23 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions (Note 11):            
Accounts receivable, net  (133)  35   (96)
Inventories  (71)  (23)  (48)
Other assets  15   (74)  56 
Trade accounts payable  51   57   154 
Payroll, benefits and other liabilities  96   49   146 
Unearned revenue  29   (29)  (58)
          
Net cash provided by operating activities  3,253   2,686   2,469 
          
Investing Activities:
            
Capital expenditures  (685)  (576)  (333)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities  (12,517)  (8,055)  (8,372)
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities  10,853   8,072   5,026 
Purchases of held-to-maturity securities  —   —   (184)
Maturities of held-to-maturity securities  130   10   401 
Collection of finance receivables  —   2   196 
Cash paid in connection with sale of Vésper Operating Companies (Note 12)  —   —   (48)
Proceeds from sale of the Vésper Towers (Note 12)  —   —   45 
Other investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired  (407)  (249)  (70)
Other items, net  3   20   12 
          
Net cash used by investing activities  (2,623)  (776)  (3,327)
          
Financing Activities:
            
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  692   386   330 
Incremental tax benefits from stock options exercised  403   —   — 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (1,500)  (953)  — 
Proceeds from put options  11   37   5 
Dividends paid  (698)  (524)  (308)
          
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities  (1,092)  (1,054)  27 
          
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  (1)  —   — 
          
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
  (463)  856   (831)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
  2,070   1,214   2,045 
          
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
 $1,607  $2,070  $1,214 
          
                     
              Accumulated    
              Other  Total 
  Common Stock  Paid-In  Retained  Comprehensive  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Capital  Earnings  Income (Loss)  Equity 
Balance at September 26, 2004
  1,635   6,940   2,709   15   9,664 
                    
Components of comprehensive income:                    
Net income  —   —   2,143   —   2,143 
Unrealized net gains on securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes of $84  —   —   —   119   119 
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains on securities and derivative instruments included in net income, net of income taxes of $73  —   —   —   (109)  (109)
Other comprehensive income              13   13 
                    
Total comprehensive income                  2,166 
                    
Exercise of stock options  30   348   —   —   348 
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options  —   346   —   —   346 
Issuance for Employee Stock Purchase and Executive Retirement Plans  2   56   —   —   56 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (27)  (953)  —   —   (953)
Dividends  —   —   (524)  —   (524)
Other  —   16   —   —   16 
                
Balance at September 25, 2005
  1,640   6,753   4,328   38   11,119 
                    
Components of comprehensive income:                    
Net income  —   —   2,470   —   2,470 
Unrealized net gains on securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes of $65  —   —   —   104   104 
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains on securities and derivative instruments included in net income, net of income taxes of $56  —   —   —   (89)  (89)
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes of $8  —   —   —   11   11 
                    
Total comprehensive income                  2,496 
                    
Exercise of stock options  36   608   —   —   608 
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options  —   394   —   —   394 
Issuance for Employee Stock Purchase and Executive Retirement Plans  2   71   —   —   71 
Share-based compensation  —   496   —   —   496 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (34)  (1,473)  —   —   (1,473)
Dividends  —   —   (698)  —   (698)
Value of common stock issued for acquisition  8   353   —   —   353 
Value of options exchanged for acquisitions  —   40   —   —   40 
                
Balance at September 24, 2006
  1,652   7,242   6,100   64   13,406 
                    
Components of comprehensive income:                    
Net income  —   —   3,303   —   3,303 
Unrealized net gains on securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes of $198  —   —   —   274   274 
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains on securities and derivative instruments included in net income, net of income taxes of $87  —   —   —   (131)  (131)
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes of $6  —   —   —   30   30 
                    
Total comprehensive income                  3,476 
                    
Exercise of stock options  28   477   —   —   477 
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options  —   229   —   —   229 
Issuance for Employee Stock Purchase and Executive Retirement Plans  3   88   —   —   88 
Share-based compensation  —   485   —   —   485 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (37)  (1,459)  —   —   (1,459)
Dividends  —   —   (862)  —   (862)
Other  —   (5)  —   —   (5)
                
Balance at September 30, 2007
  1,646  $7,057   8,541  $237  $15,835 
                
See accompanying notes.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In millions)
                     
              Accumulated    
              Other  Total 
  Common Stock  Paid-In  Retained  Comprehensive  Stockholders' 
  Shares  Capital  Earnings  Income (Loss)  Equity 
Balance at September 28, 2003
  1,597  $6,325  $1,297  $(24) $7,598 
                    
Components of comprehensive income:                    
Net income  —   —   1,720   —   1,720 
Foreign currency translation  —   —   —   56   56 
Unrealized net gains on securities, net of income taxes of $20  —   —   —   29   29 
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains on securities included in net income, net of income taxes of $35  —   —   —   (53)  (53)
Other  —   —   —   7   7 
                    
Total comprehensive income                  1,759 
                    
Exercise of stock options  36   284   —   —   284 
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options  —   285   —   —   285 
Issuance for Employee Stock Purchase and Executive Retirement Plans  2   46   —   —   46 
Dividends  —   —   (308)  —   (308)
                
Balance at September 26, 2004
  1,635   6,940   2,709   15   9,664 
                    
Components of comprehensive income:                    
Net income  —   —   2,143   —   2,143 
Unrealized net gains on securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes of $84  —   —   —   119   119 
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains on securities and derivative instruments included in net income, net of income taxes of $73  —   —   —   (109)  (109)
Other              13   13 
                    
Total comprehensive income                  2,166 
                    
Exercise of stock options  30   348   —   —   348 
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options  —   346   —   —   346 
Issuance for Employee Stock Purchase and Executive Retirement Plans  2   56   —   —   56 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (27)  (953)  —   —   (953)
Dividends  —   —   (524)  —   (524)
Value of options exchanged for acquisitions  —   19   —   —   19 
Deferred stock-based compensation from acquisitions  —   (3)  —   —   (3)
                
Balance at September 25, 2005
  1,640   6,753   4,328   38   11,119 
                    
Components of comprehensive income:                    
Net income  —   —   2,470   —   2,470 
Unrealized net gains on securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes of $65  —   —   —   104   104 
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains on securities and derivative instruments included in net income, net of income taxes of $56  —   —   —   (89)  (89)
Other  —   —   —   11   11 
                    
Total comprehensive income                  2,496 
                    
Exercise of stock options  36   608   —   —   608 
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options  —   394   —   —   394 
Issuance for Employee Stock Purchase and Executive Retirement Plans  2   71   —   —   71 
Share-based compensation  —   496   —   —   496 
Repurchase and retirement of common stock  (34)  (1,473)  —   —   (1,473)
Dividends  —   —   (698)  —   (698)
Value of common stock issued for acquisition  8   353   —   —   353 
Value of options exchanged for acquisitions  —   40   —   —   40 
                
Balance at September 24, 2006
  1,652  $7,242  $6,100  $64  $13,406 
                
See accompanying notes.

F-6

QUALCOMM Incorporated

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies
     The Company.QUALCOMM Incorporated (the Company or QUALCOMM), a Delaware corporation, develops, designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services. The Company is a leading developer and supplier of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products to wireless device and infrastructure manufacturers. The Company also manufactures and sells products based upon Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) technology, e.g. FLASH-OFDM. The Company grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, and receives license fees as well as ongoing royalties based on sales by licensees of wireless telecommunications equipment products incorporating its patented technologies. Currently, the vast majority of the Company’s license fees and royalty revenue is comprised of fees and royalties from companies selling wireless products incorporating the Company’s CDMA technologies, but the Company has also licensed its patented OFDMA technology. The Company provides satellite- and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging and position reporting services for transportation companies, private fleets, construction equipment fleets and other enterprise companies. The Company provides the BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) product and services to wireless network operators, handset manufacturers and application developers and support for developing and delivering over-the-air wireless applications and services. The Company also makes strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and services for wireless voice and Internetinternet data communications.
     Principles of Consolidation.The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities and operating results of majority-owned subsidiaries. The ownership of the other interest holders of consolidated subsidiaries is reflected as minority interest and is not significant. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and equity method investees are included in the consolidated financial statements one month in arrears to facilitate the timely inclusion of such entities in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company does not have any investments in entities it believes are variable interest entities for which the Company is the primary beneficiary.
     The Company deconsolidated the Vésper Operating Companies and the Vésper Towers during fiscal 2004 as a result of their sale (Note 12). Results of operations related to the Vésper Operating Companies and the Vésper Towers are presented as discontinued operations.
     Financial Statement Preparation.The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and the disclosure of contingent amounts in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal 2004 has been revised to combine cash flows from discontinued operations with cash flows from continuing operations. Cash flows from discontinued operations were previously aggregated and reported in a separate line item in the statement of cash flows. Certain other prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
     Fiscal Year.The Company operates and reports using a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the last Sunday in September. Fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 included 53 weeks. The fiscal yearsyear ended September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005 and September 26, 2004 each included 52 weeks.
     Revenue Recognition.The Company derives revenue principally from sales of integrated circuit products, from royalties for its intellectual property, from messaging and other services and related hardware sales, from software development and licensing and related services, and from license fees for intellectual property. The timing of revenue recognition and the amount of revenue actually recognized in each case depends upon a variety of factors, including the specific terms of each arrangement and the nature of the Company’s deliverables and obligations. The development stage of the Company’s customers’ products does not affect the timing or amount of revenue recognized.
     The Company licenses rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), CDMA Time Division

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Duplex (TDD) and/or OFDMA standards and their derivatives. Licensees typically pay a license fee in one or more installments and ongoing royalties based on their sales of products incorporating or using the Company’s licensed intellectual property. License fees are recognized over the estimated period of future benefit to the average licensee, typically five to seven years. The Company earns royalties on such licensed CDMA products sold worldwide by its licensees at the time that the licensees’ sales occur. The Company’s licensees, however, do not report and pay royalties owed for sales in any given quarter until after the conclusion of that quarter, and, in some instances,

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
although royalties are reported quarterly, payment is on a semi-annual basis. During the periods preceding the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, theThe Company estimated and recorded therecognizes royalty revenues earned for sales by certain licensees (the Estimated Licensees) in the quarter in which such sales occurred, but only when reasonable estimates of such amounts could be made. Not all royalties earned were estimated.
     Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, the Company determined that, due to escalating and changing business trends, the Company no longer had the ability to reliably estimate royalty revenues from the Estimated Licensees. These escalating and changing trends included the commercial launches and global expansion of WCDMA networks, changes in market share among licensees due to increased global competition, and increased variability in the integrated circuit and finished product inventories of licensees. Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, the Company began recognizing royalty revenues for a quarter solely based on royalties reported by licensees during suchthe quarter. The change in the timing of recognizing royalty revenue was made prospectively and had the initial one-time effect of reducing royalty revenues recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004.
     Revenues from sales of the Company’s CDMA-based integrated circuits are recognized at the time of shipment, or when title and risk of loss pass to the customer and other criteria for revenue recognition are met, if later. Revenues from providing services are recorded when earned.
     The Company recognizes revenues allocated to certain satellite and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging and position reporting hardware using the residual method. Revenues from such sales are recorded at the time of shipment, or when title and risk of loss pass to the customer and other criteria for revenue recognition are met.
     Revenues from long-term contracts are generally recognized using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, based on costs incurred compared with total estimated costs. The percentage-of-completion method relies on estimates of total contract revenue and costs. Revenue and profit are subject to revisions as the contract progresses to completion. Revisions in profit estimates are charged or credited to income in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known. If actual contract costs are greater than expected, reduction of contract profit would be required. Billings on uncompleted contracts in excess of incurred cost and accrued profit are classified as unearned revenue in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Estimated contract losses are recognized when determined. If substantive uncertainty related to customer acceptance exists or the contract’s duration is relatively short, the Company uses the completed-contract method.
     The Company provides both perpetual and renewable time-based software licenses. Revenues from software license fees are recognized when all of the following criteria are met: the written agreement is executed; the software is delivered; the license fee is fixed and determinable; collectibility of the license fee is probable; and if applicable, when vendor-specific objective evidence exists to allocate the total license fee to elements of multiple-element arrangements, including post-contract customer support. When contracts contain multiple elements wherein vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all undelivered elements, the Company recognizes revenue for the delivered elements and defers revenue for the fair value of the undelivered elements until the remaining obligations have been satisfied. If vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist for all undelivered elements, revenue for the delivered and undelivered elements is deferred until remaining obligations have been satisfied, or if the only undelivered element is post-contract customer support and vendor specific objective evidence of the fair value of post-contract customer support does not exist, revenue from the entire arrangement is recognized ratably over the support period. Judgments and estimates are made in connection with the recognition of software license revenue, which may include assessments of collectibility, the fair value of deliverable elements and the implied support period. The amount or timing of the Company’s software license revenue may differ as a result of changes in these judgments or estimates.
     The Company records reductions to revenue for customer incentive programs, including special pricing agreements and other volume-related rebate programs. Such reductions to revenue are estimates, which are based on

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
a number of factors, including the contractual provisions of the customer agreements and the Company’s assumptions related to historical and projected customer sales volumes, market share and the contractual provisions of the customer agreements.inventory levels.
     Unearned revenue consists primarily of fees related to software products, license fees for intellectual property, and hardware products sales with continuing performance obligations.obligations and billings on uncompleted contracts in excess of incurred cost and accrued profit.
     Concentrations.A significant portion of the Company’s revenues is concentrated with a limited number of customers as the worldwide market for wireless telecommunications products is dominated by a small number of large corporations. Revenues from three customers of the Company’s QCT, QTL and QWI segments each comprised an aggregate of 14%, 14% and 13% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007, compared to 13% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2006 compared toand 15%, 13% and 11% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2005 and 15%, 15% and 10% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2004.2005. Aggregated accounts receivable from these three customers comprised 50% and 45% of gross accounts receivable at September 30, 2007 and September 24, 2006, and September 25, 2005.respectively.
     Revenues from international customers were approximately 87%, 82% and 79% of total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006 2005 and 2004, respectively.82% of total consolidated revenues in 2005.
     Cost of Equipment and Services Revenues.Cost of equipment and services revenues is primarily comprised of the cost of equipment revenues, the cost of messaging services revenues and the cost of development and other

F-7

QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
services revenues. Cost of equipment revenues consists of the cost of equipment sold and sustaining engineering costs, including personnel and related costs. Cost of messaging services revenues consists principally of satellite transponder costs, network operations expenses, including personnel and related costs, depreciation and airtime charges by telecommunications operators. Cost of development and other services revenues primarily includes personnel costs and related expenses.
     Research and Development.Costs incurred in research and development activities are expensed as incurred, except certain software development costs capitalized after technological feasibility of the software is established.
Shipping and Handling Costs.Costs incurred for shipping and handling are included in cost of equipment and services revenues at the time the related revenue is recognized. Amounts billed to a customer for shipping and handling are reported as revenue.
Research and Development.Costs incurred in research and development activities are expensed as incurred, except certain software development costs capitalized after technological feasibility of the software is established.
Marketing.Certain cooperative marketing programs reimburse customers for marketing activities for certain of the Company’s products and services, subject to defined criteria. Cooperative marketing obligations are accrued and the costs are recorded in the period in which the costs are incurred by the customer and the Company is obligated to reimburse the customer. Cooperative marketing costs are recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses to the extent that a marketing benefit separate from the revenue transaction can be identified and the cash paid does not exceed the fair value of that marketing benefit received. Any excess of cash paid over the fair value of the marketing benefit received is recorded as a reduction in revenue.
     Income Taxes.The asset and liability approach is used to recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. Tax law and rate changes are reflected in income in the period such changes are enacted. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.
     The Company’s income tax returns are based on calculations and assumptions that are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. While the Company believes it has appropriate support for the positions taken on its tax returns, the Company regularly assesses the potential outcomes of examinations by tax authorities in determining the adequacy of its provision for income taxes. As part of its assessment of potential adjustments to its tax returns, the Company increases its current tax liability to the extent an adjustment would result in a cash tax payment or decreases its deferred tax assets to the extent an adjustment would not result in a cash tax payment. The Company continually assesses the likelihood and amount of potential adjustments and adjusts the income tax provision, the current tax liability and deferred taxes in the period in which the facts that give rise to a revision become known.
     Due to the adoption of the revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Share-Based Payment” (FAS 123R) beginning September 26, 2005, theThe Company recognizes windfall tax benefits associated with the exercise of stock options directly to stockholders’ equity only when realized. Accordingly, deferred tax assets are not recognized for net operating loss carryforwards resulting from windfall tax benefits occurring from September 26, 2005 onward.benefits. A windfall tax benefit occurs when the actual tax benefit realized by the Company upon an employee’s disposition of a share-based award exceeds the deferred tax asset, if any, associated with the award that the Company had recorded. When assessing whether a tax benefit relating to share-based compensation has been realized, the Company follows the tax law ordering method, under which current year share-based compensation deductions are assumed to be utilized before net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes.

F-9

QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Cash Equivalents.The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are comprised of money market funds, certificates of deposit, commercial paper and government agencies’ securities. The carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the short maturities of these instruments.
     Marketable Securities.Management determines theThe appropriate classification of marketable securities is determined at the time of purchase, and reevaluates such designation is reevaluated as of each balance sheet date. Held-to-maturity securities are carried at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Available-for-sale securities are stated at fair value as determined by the most recently traded price of each security at the balance sheet date. For securities that may not have been actively traded in a given period, fair value is determined using matrix pricing and other valuation techniques. The net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities are reported as a component of comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. The specific identification method is used to compute the realized gains and losses on debt and equity securities.

F-8

QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     The Company regularly monitors and evaluates the realizable value of its marketable securities. When assessing marketable securities for other-than-temporary declines in value, the Company considers such factors as, among other things,including: how significant the decline in value is as a percentage of the original cost, how long the market value of the investment has been less than its original cost, the performance of the investee’s stock price in relation to the stock price of its competitors within the industry, expected market volatility and the market in general, analyst recommendations, the views of external investment managers, any news or financial information that has been released specific to the investee and the outlook for the overall industry in which the investee operates. The Company also reviews the financial statements of the investee to determine if the investee is experiencing financial difficulties and considers new products/services that the investee may have forthcoming that will improve its operating results. If events and circumstances indicate that a decline in the value of these assets has occurred and is other-than-temporary, the Company records a charge to investment income (expense).
     Allowances for Doubtful Accounts.The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of the Company’s customers to make required payments. The Company considers the following factors when determining if collection of a fee is reasonably assured: customer credit-worthiness, past transaction history with the customer, current economic industry trends and changes in customer payment terms. If the Company has no previous experience with the customer, the Company typically obtains reports from various credit organizations to ensure that the customer has a history of paying its creditors. The Company may also request financial information, including financial statements or other documents (e.g. bank statements) to ensure that the customer has the means of making payment. If these factors do not indicate collection is reasonably assured, revenue is deferred until collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, adversely affecting their ability to make payments, additional allowances would be required.
     Inventories.Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market (replacement cost, not to exceed net realizable value) using the first-in, first-out method. Recoverability of inventory is assessed based on review of committed purchase orders from customers, as well as purchase commitment projections provided by customers, among other things.
     Property, Plant and Equipment.Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated or amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. Buildings and building improvements are depreciated over 30 years and 15 years, respectively. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the remaining term of the related lease. Other property, plant and equipment have useful lives ranging from 2 to 15 years. Direct external and internal costs of developing software for internal use are capitalized subsequent to the preliminary stage of development. Leased property meeting certain capital lease criteria is capitalized, and the net present value of the related lease payments is recorded as a liability. Amortization of capital leased assets is recorded using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful lives or the lease terms. Maintenance, repairs, and minor renewals and betterments are charged to expense as incurred.
     Upon the retirement or disposition of property, plant and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation or amortization are removed, and a gain or loss is recorded.
     Investments in Other Entities.The Company makes strategic investments in companies that have developed or are developing innovative wireless data applications and wireless operators that promote the worldwide deployment of CDMA systems. Investments in corporate entities with less than a 20% voting interest are generally accounted for under the cost method. The cost method is also used to account for investments that are not in-substance common stock. The Company uses the equity method to account for investments in common stock or in-substance common

F-10

QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
stock of corporate entities, including limited liability corporations that do not maintain specific ownership accounts, in which it has a voting interest of 20% to 50% or in which it otherwise has the ability to exercise significant influence, and in partnerships and limited liability corporations that do maintain specific ownership accounts in which it has other than minor to 50% ownership interests. Under the equity method, the investment is originally recorded at cost and adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of net earnings or losses of the investee, limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to the investee and financial guarantees on behalf of the investee that create additional basis. The Company’s equity in net earnings or losses of its investees areis recorded one month in arrears to facilitate the timely inclusion of such equity in net earnings or losses in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
     The Company regularly monitors and evaluates the realizable value of its investments. When assessing an investment for an other-than-temporary decline in value, the Company considers such factors as, among other things, the share price from the investee’s latest financing round, the performance of the investee in relation to its

F-9

QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
own operating targets and its business plan, the investee’s revenue and cost trends, as well as liquidity and cash position, including its cash burn rate, market acceptance of the investee’s products/services as well as any new products or services that may be forthcoming, any significant news that has been released specific to the investee or the investee’s competitors and/or industry and the outlook for the overall industry in which the investee operates. From time to time, the Company may consider third party evaluations, valuation reports or advice from investment banks. If events and circumstances indicate that a decline in the value of these assets has occurred and is other-than-temporary, the Company records a charge to investment income (expense).
     Derivatives.The Company may enter into foreign currency forward and option contracts to hedge certain foreign currency transactions and probable anticipated foreign currency transactions. Gains and losses arising from changes in the fair values of foreign currency forward and option contracts that are not designated as hedging instruments are recorded in investment income (expense) as gains (losses) on derivative instruments. Gains and losses arising from the effective portion of foreign currency forward and option contracts that are designated as cash-flow hedging instruments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income as gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net of tax. The amounts are subsequently reclassified into revenues in the same period in which the underlying transactions affect the Company’s earnings. The Company had no outstanding forward contracts at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005.24, 2006. The value of the Company’s foreign currency option contracts recorded in other current assets was $1 million at both September 30, 2007 and $16 million at September 24, 2006, and September 25, 2005, respectively, and the value recorded in other current liabilities was $2 million and $3 million at September 30, 2007 and September 24, 2006, respectively, all of which were designated as cash-flow hedging instruments.
     In connection with its stock repurchase program, the Company may sell put options that require the Company to repurchase shares of its common stock at fixed prices. The premiums received from put options are recorded as other current liabilities. Changes in the fair value of put options are recorded in investment income (expense) as gains (losses) on derivative instruments. The value of the put options recorded in other current liabilities was $19$10 million and $7$19 million at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005,24, 2006, respectively.
     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price and related costs over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment and in interim periods if certain events occur indicating that the carrying value of goodwill may be impaired. The Company completed its annual testing for fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 20042005 and determined that its recorded goodwill was not impaired.
     Software development costs are capitalized when a product’s technological feasibility has been established through the date a product is available for general release to customers. Software development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated economic life of the software, ranging from less than one year to three years, taking into account such factors as the effects of obsolescence, technological advances and competition. The weighted-average amortization period for capitalized software was three years and one year at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005, respectively.24, 2006. Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives, ranging from less than one year to 28 years.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Weighted-average amortization periods for finite-lived intangible assets, by class, were as follows:
         
  September 24, September 25,
  2006 2005
Wireless licenses 15 years 15 years
Marketing-related 19 years 18 years
Technology-based 15 years 9 years
Customer-related 7 years 7 years
Other 28 years 28 years
Total intangible assets 15 years 13 years
     Changes in the weighted-average amortization periods of technology-based intangible assets from fiscal 2005 to 2006 resulted from additions to intangible assets related to acquisitions (Note 11).
September 30,
2007		September 24,
2006
Wireless licenses15 years15 years
Marketing-related18 years19 years
Technology-based12 years15 years
Customer-related5 years7 years
Other28 years28 years
Total intangible assets13 years15 years
     Valuation of Long-Lived and Intangible Assets.The Company assesses potential impairments to its long-lived assets when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recovered. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of the long-lived asset is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value. The carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. Any

F-10

QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
required impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of a long-lived asset exceeds its fair value and is recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of the related asset and a charge to operating results.
Securities Lending.The Company engages in transactions in which certain fixed-income and equity securities are loaned to selected broker-dealers. The loaned securities of $411 million at September 30, 2007 continue to be carried as marketable securities on the balance sheet. Cash collateral, equal to at least 101% of the fair value of the securities loaned plus accrued interest, is held and invested by one or more securities lending agents on behalf of the Company. The Company monitors the fair value of securities loaned and the collateral received and obtains additional collateral as necessary.Collateral of $421 million at September 30, 2007 was recorded as a current asset with a corresponding current liability. The Company did not engage in securities lending during fiscal 2006.
     Litigation.The Company is currently involved in certain legal proceedings. The Company estimates the range of liability related to pending litigation where the amount and range of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company records its best estimate of a loss when the loss is considered probable. Where a liability is probable and there is a range of estimated loss with no best estimate in the range, the Company records the minimum estimated liability related to the claim. As additional information becomes available, the Company assesses the potential liability related to the Company’s pending litigation and revises its estimates. The Company’s policy is to expense legal costs associated with defending itself as incurred.
     Share-Based Payments.On September 26, 2005, theThe Company adopted FAS 123R.the revised statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Share-Based Payment” (FAS 123R) in fiscal 2006. Under FAS 123R, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite service period. The Company has no awards with market or performance conditions. The Company adopted the provisions of FAS 123R using a modified prospective application. Accordingly, prior periods havefiscal 2005 results were not been revised for comparative purposes. The valuation provisions of FAS 123R apply to new awards and to awards that arewere outstanding on the effective date, which are subsequently modified or cancelled. Estimated compensation expense for awards outstanding at the effective date will beis recognized over the remaining service period using the compensation cost calculated for pro forma disclosure purposes under FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (FAS 123).
     On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123(R)-3, “Transition Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards.” The Company has elected to adopt the alternative transition method provided in this FASB Staff Position for calculating the tax effects of share-based compensation pursuant to FAS 123R.compensation. The alternative transition method includes a simplified method to establish the beginning balance of the additional paid-in capital pool (APIC pool) related to the tax effects of employee share-based compensation, which is available to absorb tax deficiencies which could be recognized subsequent to the adoption of FAS 123R.
Share-Based Compensation Information under FAS 123R
     Upon adoption of FAS 123R, the Company also changed its method of valuation for stock options granted beginning in fiscal 2006 to a lattice binomial option-pricing model (binomial model) from the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (Black-Scholes model) which was previously used for the Company’s pro forma information required under FAS 123. The Company’s employee stock options have various restrictions that reduce option value, including vesting provisions and restrictions on transfer and hedging, among others, and are often exercised prior to their contractual maturity. Binomial models have evolved such that the currently available models are more capable of incorporating the features of the Company’s employee stock options than closed-form models such as the Black-Scholes model.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     The weighted-average estimated fair valuevalues of employee stock options granted during fiscal 2007 and 2006 waswere $14.54 and $15.73 per share, respectively, using the binomial model with the following weighted-average assumptions (annualized percentages) for fiscal 2006::
Volatility30.7%
Risk-free interest rate4.6%
Dividend yield1.0%
Post-vesting forfeiture rate6.0%
Suboptimal exercise factor1.7
         
  2007 2006
Volatility  33.4%  30.7%
Risk-free interest rate  4.6%  4.6%
Dividend yield  1.3%  1.0%
Post-vesting forfeiture rate  6.5%  6.0%
Suboptimal exercise factor  1.8   1.7 
     The Company useduses the implied volatility of market-traded options in the Company’s stock for the expected volatility assumption, consistent with the guidance in FAS 123R and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107.assumption. The Company utilized the term structure of volatility is used up to approximately two years, and the Company used the implied volatility of the option with the longest time to maturity was used for the expected volatility estimates for periods beyond two years. Prior to fiscal 2006, the Company had used a combination of its historical stock price and implied volatility in accordance with FAS 123 for purposes of its pro forma information. The selection of implied volatility data to estimate expected

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volatility was based upon the availability of actively traded options on the Company’s stock and the Company’s assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future stock price trends than historical volatility.
     The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the terms of the Company’sCompany��s employee stock options. The Company does not target a specific dividend yield for its dividend payments but is required to assume a dividend yield as an input to the binomial model. The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history and expectation of future dividend payouts and may be subject to substantial change in the future. The post-vesting forfeiture rate and suboptimal exercise factor are based on the Company’s historical option cancellation and employee exercise information, respectively. The suboptimal exercise factor is the ratio by which the stock price must increase over the exercise price before employees are expected to exercise their stock options.
     The expected life of employee stock options represents the weighted-average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding and is a derived output of the binomial model. The expected life of employee stock options is impacted by all of the underlying assumptions used in the Company’s model. The binomial model assumes that employees’ exercise behavior is a function of the options’ remaining contractual life and the extent to which the option is in-the-money (i.e. the average stock price during the period is above the strike price of the stock option). The binomial model estimates the probability of exercise as a function of these two variables based on the history of exercises and cancellations of past grants made by the Company. The expected life of employee stock options granted, during fiscal 2006 derived from the binomial model, was 6.2 years and 5.8 years.
     As share-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statement of operations foryears during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, is based on awards ultimatelyrespectively.
     The pre-vesting forfeiture rate represents the rate at which stock options are expected to vest, it should be reduced for estimated forfeitures. FAS 123R requires forfeituresforfeited by employees prior to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.their vesting. Pre-vesting forfeitures were estimated to be approximately 0% in the year ended September 24,both fiscal 2007 and 2006, based on historical experience. The effect of pre-vesting forfeitures on the Company’s recorded expense has historically been negligible due to the predominantly monthly vesting of option grants. If pre-vesting forfeitures occur in the future, the Company will record the effect of such forfeitures as the forfeitures occur. The Company will continue to evaluate the appropriateness of this assumption. In the Company’s pro forma information required under FAS 123 for the periods prior to fiscal 2006, the Company accounted for forfeitures as they occurred.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Total estimated share-based compensation expense, related to all of the Company’s share-based awards, recognized for fiscal 2006 was comprised as follows (in millions, except per share data):
    
 Year Ended         
 September 24,  2007 2006 
 2006  
Cost of equipment and services revenues $41  $39 $41 
Research and development 216  221 216 
Selling, general and administrative 238  233 238 
        
Share-based compensation expense before taxes 495  493 495 
Related income tax benefits  (175)  (169)  (175)
        
Share-based compensation expense, net of taxes $320  $324 $320 
        
  
Net share-based compensation expense, per common share:  
Basic $0.19  $0.20 $0.19 
        
Diluted $0.19  $0.19 $0.19 
        
     The Company recorded $98 million and $86 million in share-based compensation expense during fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, related to share-based awards granted during fiscal 2006.those periods. The remaining share-based compensation expense primarily related to stock option awards granted in earlier periods. In addition, for fiscal 2007 and 2006, the adoption of FAS 123R resulted in a reclassification to reduce net cash provided by operating activities by$240 million and $403 million, with an offsetting increase in net cash provided byrespectively, was presented as financing activities relatedin the consolidated statements of cash flows to reflect the incremental tax benefits from stock options exercised in the period.those periods.
Pro Forma Information under FAS 123 for Periods Prior to Fiscal 2006
     Prior to adopting the provisions of FAS 123R, the Company recorded estimated compensation expense for employee stock options based upon their intrinsic value on the date of grant pursuant to Accounting Principles Board Opinion 25 (APB 25), “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and provided the required pro forma

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
disclosures of FAS 123. Because the Company established the exercise price based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, the stock options had no intrinsic value upon grant, and therefore no estimated expense was recorded prior to adopting FAS 123R. Each accounting period, the Company reported the potential dilutive impact of stock options in its diluted earnings per common share using the treasury-stock method. Out-of-the-money stock options (i.e. the average stock price during the period was below the strike price of the stock option) were not included in diluted earnings per common share as their effect was anti-dilutive.
     The weighted-average estimated fair value of employee stock options granted during fiscal 2005 and 2004 was $14.80 and $13.92 per share, respectively,share. The fair value was calculated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions (annualized percentages)and assuming a weighted average expected life of 6 years and weighted average annualized percentages of 3.9% for the same periods:
         
  2005 2004
Risk-free interest rate  3.9%  3.8%
Volatility  36.5%  53.2%
Dividend yield  0.8%  0.6%
Expected life (years)  6.0   6.0 
risk-free interest rate, 36.5% for volatility and 0.8% for the dividend yield. For purposes of pro forma disclosures under FAS 123, the estimated fair valuevalues of share-based payments isare assumed to be amortized to expense over the vesting periods. The pro forma effects of recognizing estimated compensation expense under the fair value method on net income and earnings per common share for the year ended September 25, 2005 were as follows (in millions, except per share data):

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        
 Year Ended 
 September 25, September 26, 
 2005 2004     
Net income, as reported $2,143 $1,720  $2,143 
Add: Share-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related tax benefits 2 —  2 
Deduct: Share-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects  (305)  (281)  (305)
        
Pro forma net income $1,840 $1,439  $1,840 
        
  
Earnings per common share:  
Basic — as reported $1.31 $1.06  $1.31 
        
Basic — pro forma $1.12 $0.89  $1.12 
        
  
Diluted — as reported $1.26 $1.03  $1.26 
        
Diluted — pro forma $1.09 $0.86  $1.09 
        
     Foreign Currency.Foreign subsidiaries operating in a local currency environment use the local currency as the functional currency. Resulting translation gains or losses are recognized as a component of other comprehensive income. Where the United States dollar is the functional currency, resulting translation gains or losses are recognized in the statements of operations. During both fiscal 2006 and 2005, netNet foreign currency transaction gains included in the Company’s statement of operations were $1 million. Duringmillion in fiscal 2004, net foreign currency transaction losses included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations were $1 million.2007, 2006 and 2005.
     Comprehensive Income.Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, including foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses on marketable securities. The Company presents comprehensive income in its consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity.
The reclassification adjustment for net realized gains results from the recognition of the net realized gains in the statementstatements of operations when marketable securities are sold or derivative instruments are settled.
     Components of accumulated other comprehensive income consisted of the following (in millions):
                
 September 24, September 25,  September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
 2006 2005  
Unrealized gains on marketable securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes $87 $60 
Net unrealized gains on marketable securities and derivative instruments, net of income taxes $240 $87 
Foreign currency translation  (23)  (22)  (3)  (23)
          
 $64 $38  $237 $64 
          
     Earnings Per Common Share.Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the combination of dilutive common share equivalents, comprised of shares issuable under the Company’s share-based compensation plans and shares subject to written put options, and the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Dilutive common share

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
equivalents include the dilutive effect of in-the-money shares,share equivalents, which is calculated based on the average share price for each period using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the exercise price of a share,an option, the amount of compensation cost, if any, for future service that the Company has not yet recognized, and the amount of estimated tax benefits that would be recorded in paid-in capital, if any, when the shareoption is exercised are assumed to be used to repurchase shares in the current period. The incremental dilutive common share equivalents, calculated using the treasury stock method, for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 were 32,333,000, 51,835,000 and 2004 were approximately 51,835,000, 56,127,000, and 58,686,000, respectively.
     Employee stock options to purchase approximately96,278,000, 54,541,000 33,660,000 and 40,221,00033,660,000 shares of common stock during fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
diluted earnings per common share because the effect on dilutivediluted earnings per share would be anti-dilutive. The computation of diluted earnings per share during fiscal 2007 excluded 1,615,000 shares of common stock issuable under our employee stock purchase plans because the effect was anti-dilutive. Put options outstanding during 20052007 and 20042005 to purchase a weighted-average 13,000,0001,000,000 and 3,000,00013,000,000 shares of common stock, respectively, were not included in the earnings per common share computation for fiscal 2005 and 2004 because the put options’ exercise prices were less than the average market price of the common stock while they were outstanding, and therefore, the effect on diluted earnings per common share would be anti-dilutive (Note 7).
     Future Accounting Requirements.In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48) “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for recording in the financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Additionally, FIN 48 provides guidance on the derecognition, classification, accounting in interim periods and disclosure requirements for uncertain tax positions. The accounting provisions of FIN 48 will be effective for the Company beginning October 1, 2007. The cumulative effect of initially adopting FIN 48 will be recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings in the year of adoption and will be presented separately. Only tax positions that meet the more likely than not recognition threshold at the effective date may be recognized upon adoption of FIN 48. The Company is in the process of determiningfinalizing the effect, if any,impact the adoption of FIN 48 will have on its consolidated financial statements.statements but expects the adjustment to opening retained earnings to be immaterial.
Note 2. Marketable Securities
     Marketable securities were comprised as follows (in millions):
                
 Current Noncurrent 
 September 24, September 25, September 24, September 25, 
 2006 2005 2006 2005 
Held-to-maturity: 
Government-sponsored enterprise securities $— $60 $— $— 
Corporate bonds and notes — 70 — — 
                         
 — 130 — —  Current Noncurrent 
          September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
Available-for-sale:  
U.S. Treasury securities 73 151 — —  $58 $73 $— $— 
Government-sponsored enterprise securities 667 704 — —  219 667 — — 
Municipal bonds 5 10 — —  — 5 — — 
Foreign government bonds 17 17 — —  8 17 — — 
Corporate bonds and notes 2,693 2,645 23 14  2,939 2,693 21 23 
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities 617 767 — —  573 617 — — 
Non-investment grade debt securities 24 24 1,368 694  19 24 1,812 1,368 
Equity mutual funds — — 1,519 293 
Equity securities 18 30 1,318 1,132  203 18 1,316 1,318 
Equity mutual funds and exchange traded funds — — 1,871 1,519 
Debt mutual funds 151 — 214 — 
                  
 4,114 4,348 4,228 2,133  $4,170 $4,114 $5,234 $4,228 
                  
 $4,114 $4,478 $4,228 $2,133 
         
     Marketable securities in the amount of $411 million at September 30, 2007 have been loaned under the Company’s securities lending program (Note 1).
     As of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, the contractual maturities of available-for-sale debt securities were as follows (in millions):
                         
  Years to Maturity  No Single    
  Less than  One to  Five to  Greater than  Maturity    
  One Year  Five Years  Ten Years  Ten Years  Date  Total 
  $2,294  $1,358  $679  $27  $1,129  $5,487 
                   
     Securities with no single maturity date include mortgage- and asset-backed securities.
                      
Years to Maturity  No Single    
Less than One to  Five to  Greater than  Maturity    
One Year Five Years  Ten Years  Ten Years  Date  Total 
                
$2,195 $1,401  $825  $42  $1,551  $6,014 
                

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Securities with no single maturity date included mortgage- and asset-backed securities.
Available-for-sale securities were comprised as follows (in millions):
                 
      Unrealized  Unrealized    
  Cost  Gains  Losses  Fair Value 
September 24, 2006
                
Equity securities $2,693  $194  $(32) $2,855 
Debt securities  5,500   11   (24)  5,487 
             
Total $8,193  $205  $(56) $8,342 
             
                 
September 25, 2005
                
Equity securities $1,353  $131  $(29) $1,455 
Debt securities  5,039   14   (27)  5,026 
             
Total $6,392  $145  $(56) $6,481 
             
     The Company had no held-to-maturity debt securities at September 24, 2006. The fair values of held-to-maturity debt securities at September 25, 2005 approximate cost.
                 
  Cost  Unrealized Gains  Unrealized Losses  Fair Value 
September 30, 2007
                
Equity securities $2,941  $492  $(43) $3,390 
Debt securities  6,042   18   (46)  6,014 
             
 $8,983  $510  $(89) $9,404 
             
         ��       
September 24, 2006
                
Equity securities $2,693  $194  $(32) $2,855 
Debt securities  5,500   11   (24)  5,487 
             
 $8,193  $205  $(56) $8,342 
             
     The Company recorded realized gains and losses on sales of available-for-sale marketable securities as follows (in millions):
            
 Gross Gross Net            
 Realized Realized Realized Gross Realized  
Fiscal Year Gains Losses Gains Gross Realized Gains Losses Net Realized Gains
2007 $244 $(26) $218 
2006 $176 $(47) $129  176  (47) 129 
2005 198  (31) 167  198  (31) 167 
2004 105  (17) 88 
     The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair values of the Company’s investments in individual securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position deemed to be temporary for less than 12 months and for more than 12 months, aggregated by investment category, at September 24, 200630, 2007 (in millions):
                                
 Less than 12 months More than 12 months  Less than 12 months More than 12 months 
 Unrealized Unrealized  Fair Value Unrealized Losses Fair Value Unrealized Losses 
 Fair Value Losses Fair Value Losses 
U.S. Treasury securities $— $— $19 $— 
Government-sponsored enterprise securities 82 — 80  (1)
Foreign government bonds — — 10 — 
Corporate bonds and notes 515  (1) 407  (4) $634 $(6) $277 $(1)
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities 132  (1) 150  (3) 123  (2) 22 — 
Non-investment grade debt securities 952  (10) 61  (3) 1,101  (35) 49  (2)
Equity mutual funds 382  (13) — — 
Equity securities 288  (15) 5  (1) 506  (41) — — 
Equity mutual funds and exchange traded funds 58  (2) — — 
                  
 $2,351 $(40) $732 $(12) $2,422 $(86) $348 $(3)
                  
Investment Grade Debt Securities.The Company’s investments in investment grade debt securities consist primarily of investments in certificates of deposit, U.S. Treasury securities, government-sponsored enterprise securities, municipal bonds, foreign government bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and corporate bonds and notes.     The unrealized losses on the Company’s investments in investment grade debtmarketable securities were caused primarily by interest rate increases. Due to the fact that the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit quality, and because the severity and durationa combination of the unrealized losses were not significant, the Company considered these unrealized losses to be temporary at September 24, 2006.
Non-Investment Grade Debt Securities.The Company’s investments in non-investment grade debt securities consist primarily of investments in corporate bonds and secured bank loans. The unrealized losses on the Company’s investment in non-investment grade debt securities were caused by credit quality and industry- or company-specific events. Because the severity and duration of the unrealized losses were not significant, the Company considered these unrealized losses to be temporary at September 24, 2006.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Marketable Equity Securities.The Company’s investments in marketable equity securities consist primarily of investments in common stock of large companies and equity mutual funds. The unrealized losses on the Company’s investment in marketable equity securities were caused by overall equity market volatility and industry-specificshort-term industry-and market-specific events. The duration and severity of the unrealized losses in relation to the carrying amounts of the individual investments were largely consistent with typical equitythe expected volatility of each asset category. The Company’s analysis of market volatility. Current marketresearch, industry reports, economic forecasts supportand the specific circumstances of the issuer indicate that it is reasonable to expect a recovery ofin fair value up to (or beyond) the Company’s cost of the investmentbasis within a reasonable period of time. Accordingly, the Company considered these unrealized losses to be temporary at September 24, 2006.30, 2007.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 3. Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
     Accounts Receivable.
                
 September 24, September 25,  September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
 2006 2005  (In millions) 
 (In millions)  
Trade, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $1 and $2, respectively $632 $506 
Trade, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $36 and $1, respectively $657 $632 
Long-term contracts 44 26  39 44 
Other 24 12  19 24 
          
 $700 $544  $715 $700 
          
     Inventories.
                
 September 24, September 25,  September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
 2006 2005  (In millions) 
 (In millions)  
Raw materials $30 $23  $27 $30 
Work-in-process 13 6  161 13 
Finished goods 207 148  281 207 
          
 $250 $177  $469 $250 
          
     Property, Plant and Equipment.
                
 September 24, September 25,  September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
 2006 2005  (In millions) 
 (In millions)  
Land $76 $65  $124 $76 
Buildings and improvements 853 616  954 853 
Computer equipment 659 520  800 659 
Machinery and equipment 764 544  999 764 
Furniture and office equipment 43 33  48 43 
Leasehold improvements 171 107  205 171 
          
 2,566 1,885  3,130 2,566 
  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization  (1,084)  (863)  (1,342)  (1,084)
          
 $1,482 $1,022  $1,788 $1,482 
          
     Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, plant and equipment for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 and 2004 was $317 million, $239 million $177 million and $140$177 million, respectively. The net book values of property under capital leases included in buildings and improvements were $58$91 million and $2$58 million at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005,24, 2006, respectively. These capital leases principally related to base station towers and buildings. Amortization of assets recorded under capital leases is included in depreciation expense. Capital lease additions for the years ended September 24,during fiscal 2007, 2006 and September 25, 2005 were $33 million, $56 million and $3 million, respectively. There were no capital lease additions in the year ended September 26, 2004.
     At September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005,24, 2006, buildings and improvements and leasehold improvements with a net book valuevalues of $19$7 million and $36$19 million, respectively, including accumulated depreciation and amortization of

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
$15 $3 million and $30$15 million, respectively, were leased to third parties or held for lease to third parties. Future minimum rental income on facilities leased to others in each of the next three years from fiscal 2007is expected to 2009 are $5 million, $4 million andbe $1 million respectively.in both fiscal 2008 and 2009 and negligible in fiscal 2010.
     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.The Company’s reportable segment assets do not include goodwill (Note 10). The Company allocates goodwill to its reporting units for annual impairment testing purposes. Goodwill was allocable to reporting units included in the Company’s reportable segments at September 24, 200630, 2007 as follows: $339$422 million in QUALCOMMQualcomm CDMA Technologies, $687$684 million in QUALCOMMQualcomm Technology Licensing, $76$91 million in QUALCOMMQualcomm Wireless & Internet, and $128 million in QUALCOMMQualcomm MEMS Technology (a nonreportable segment

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
included in reconciling items in Note 10). The increase in goodwill from September 25, 200524, 2006 to September 24, 200630, 2007 was the result of the Company’s business acquisitions (Note 11), partially offset by currency translation adjustments.adjustments and tax deductions resulting from the exercise of stock options that were vested as of the business acquisition date.
     The components of purchased intangible assets, which are included in other assets, were as follows (in millions):
                                
 September 24, 2006 September 25, 2005  September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
 Gross Gross    Gross Carrying Accumulated Gross Carrying Accumulated 
 Carrying Accumulated Carrying Accumulated  Amount Amortization Amount Amortization 
 Amount Amortization Amount Amortization  
Wireless licenses $238 $(22) $164 $(17) $262 $(30) $238 $(22)
Marketing-related 21  (11) 21  (9) 23  (13) 21  (11)
Technology-based 257  (43) 116  (48) 502  (97) 257  (43)
Customer-related 6  (2) 17  (13) 16  (5) 6  (2)
Other 7  (1) 7  (1) 7  (1) 7  (1)
                  
 $529 $(79) $325 $(88) $810 $(146) $529 $(79)
                  
     All of the Company’s purchased intangible assets other than certain wireless licenses in the amount of $157$174 million and goodwill are subject to amortization. Amortization expense related to these purchased intangible assets for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 and 2004 was $68 million, $32 million $19 million and $18$19 million, respectively, and is expected to be $31 million in fiscal 2007, $27$67 million in fiscal 2008, $26$58 million in fiscal 2009, $24$52 million in fiscal 2010, $23$49 million in fiscal 2011, $41 million in fiscal 2012, and $162$223 million thereafter.
     Capitalized software development costs, which are included in other assets, were $27$14 million and $43$27 million at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005,24, 2006, respectively. Accumulated amortization on capitalized software was $27$14 million and $42$27 million at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005,24, 2006, respectively. Amortization expense related to capitalized software forwas negligible in fiscal 2006, 20052007 and 2004 was $1 million and $4 million in fiscal 2006 and $13 million,2005, respectively.
Note 4. Investments in Other Entities
     The Company and another investor (the Other Investor) own minority interests in Inquam Limited (Inquam), the owner of a wireless CDMA-based operator in Romania, and in Inquam’s former subsidiaries in Portugal (the Portugal Companies). The Company recorded $20 million, $33 million and $59 million in equity in losses of Inquam during fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, including a $12 million loss resulting from Inquam’s restructuring during fiscal 2006. At September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, the Company’s equity and debt investments in Inquam and the Portugal Companies totaled $5 million and $26 million, respectively, net of equity in losses. The Company and the Other Investor have each guaranteed 50% of a portion of amounts owed under certain of Inquam’s long-term financing arrangements, up to a combined maximum of $53 million. The fair value of this obligation, which is insignificant, has been recorded in the financial statements. The guarantee expires and the facilities mature on December 25, 2011.
Other.Other strategicStrategic equity investments as of September 30, 2007 and September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005 totaled $89$114 million and $96$94 million, respectively, including $73$86 million and $59$73 million, respectively, accounted for using the cost method. Differences between the carrying amounts of certain other strategic equity investments accounted for using the equity method investments and the Company’s underlying equity in the net assets of those investees were not significant at September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005.24, 2006. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, effective ownership interests in theseequity method investees ranged from approximately 19% to 50%. Funding commitments related to these investments totaled $16$7 million at September 24,

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2006,30, 2007, which the Company expects to fund through fiscal 2009. Such commitments are subject to the investees meeting certain conditions. As such, actual equity funding may be in lesser amounts.
Note 5. Investment Income (Expense)
     Investment income, (expense)net was comprised as follows (in millions):
            
 Year Ended             
 September 24, September 25, September 26,  2007 2006 2005 
 2006 2005 2004  
Interest and dividend income $416 $256 $175  $558 $416 $256 
Interest expense  (4)  (3)  (2)  (11)  (4)  (3)
Net realized gains on marketable securities 129 167 88  218 129 167 
Net realized gains on other investments 7 12 —  4 7 12 
Other-than-temporary losses on marketable securities  (20)  (13)  (12)  (16)  (20)  (13)
Other-than-temporary losses on other investments  (4)  (1) —   (11)  (4)  (1)
(Losses) gains on derivative instruments  (29) 33 7 
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments 2  (29) 33 
Equity in losses of investees  (29)  (28)  (72)  (1)  (29)  (28)
              
 $466 $423 $184  $743 $466 $423 
              

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 6. Income Taxes
     The components of the income tax provision were as follows (in millions):
            
 Year Ended 
 September 24, September 25, September 26,             
 2006 2005 2004  2007 2006 2005 
Current provision:  
Federal $299 $77 $115  $192 $299 $77 
State 88 42 60  37 88 42 
Foreign 156 140 157  185 156 140 
       
 543 259 332        
        414 543 259 
        
Deferred provision:  
Federal 165 398 227   (75) 165 398 
State  (23) 9 29   (15)  (23) 9 
Foreign 1 — —   (1) 1 — 
              
 143 407 256   (91) 143 407 
              
 $686 $666 $588  $323 $686 $666 
              
The foreign component of the income tax provision consists primarily of foreign withholding taxes on royalty income included in United States earnings.
     The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes by United States and foreign jurisdictions were as follows (in millions):
             
  Year Ended 
  September 24,  September 25,  September 26, 
  2006  2005  2004 
United States $1,445  $1,570  $1,571 
Foreign  1,711   1,239   742 
          
  $3,156  $2,809  $2,313 
          

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
             
  2007  2006  2005 
United States $1,681  $1,445  $1,570 
Foreign  1,945   1,711   1,239 
          
  $3,626  $3,156  $2,809 
          
     The following is a reconciliation of the expected statutory federal income tax provision to the Company’s actual income tax provision (in millions):
            
 Year Ended 
 September 24, September 25, September 26,             
 2006 2005 2004  2007 2006 2005 
Expected income tax provision at federal statutory tax rate $1,105 $983 $809  $1,269 $1,105 $983 
State income tax provision, net of federal benefit 168 109 91  180 176 109 
Foreign income taxed at other than U.S. rates  (710)  (474)  (290)
Tax audit settlements  (331)  (73) — 
Tax credits  (91)  (36)  (66)
Valuation allowance  (7)  (46)  (78)
One-time dividend — 35 —  — — 35 
Foreign income taxed at other than U.S. rates  (525)  (290)  (215)
Valuation allowance  (46)  (78)  (44)
Tax credits  (46)  (66)  (49)
Other 30  (27)  (4) 13 34  (27)
              
Income tax expense $686 $666 $588  $323 $686 $666 
              
     The Company has not provided for United States income taxes and foreign withholding taxes on a cumulative total of approximately $2.7$4.7 billion of undistributed earnings from certain non-United States subsidiaries indefinitely invested outside the United States. Should the Company repatriate foreign earnings, the Company would have to adjust the income tax provision in the period management determined that the Company would repatriate the earnings. On October 22, 2004, theThe American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Jobs Creation Act) was signed into law. The Jobs Creation Act created a temporary incentive for corporations in the United States to repatriate accumulated income earned abroad by providing an 85 percent dividends received deduction for certain dividends from controlled foreign corporations. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company repatriated approximately $0.5 billion of foreign earnings qualifying for the special incentive under the Jobs Creation Act and recorded a related expense of approximately $35 million for federal and state income tax liabilities. This distribution does not change the Company’s intention to reinvest indefinitely reinvestthe undistributed earnings of certain of its foreign subsidiaries in operations outside the United States.
     During fiscal 2007, the Internal Revenue Service completed audits of the Company’s tax returns for fiscal 2003 and 2004 and during fiscal 2006, the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board completed

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audits of the Company’s tax returns for fiscal 2001 and 2002, resulting in adjustments to the Company’s net operating loss and credit carryover amounts for those years. The tax provision was reduced by $331 million and $73 million during fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, to reflect the known and expected impacts of the audits on both the reviewed and open tax years.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     The Company had net deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as follows (in millions):
                
 September 24, September 25,  September 30, 2007 September 24, 2006 
 2006 2005  
Accrued liabilities, reserves and other $169 $191  $246 $169 
Share-based compensation 164 —  295 164 
Capitalized start-up and organizational costs 46 —  86 46 
Deferred revenue 55 76  70 55 
Unrealized losses on marketable securities 43 5  59 43 
Unused net operating losses 59 13 
Unrealized losses on other investments 124 145 
Capital loss carryover 82 161  9 82 
Tax credits 129 346  91 129 
Unrealized losses on investments 145 137 
Property, plant and equipment — 8 
Unused net operating losses 80 59 
Other basis differences 22 —  18 22 
          
Total gross deferred assets 914 937  1,078 914 
Valuation allowance  (22)  (69)  (20)  (22)
          
Total net deferred assets $892 $868  1,058 892 
          
 
Purchased intangible assets  (79)  (17)  (99)  (79)
Deferred contract costs  (6)  (18)  (6)  (6)
Unrealized gains on marketable securities  (67)  (50)  (179)  (67)
Property, plant and equipment  (10) —   (26)  (10)
Other basis differences —  (1)
          
Total deferred liabilities $(162) $(86)  (310)  (162)
          
Net deferred assets $748 $730 
     
 
Reported as: 
Current deferred tax assets $435 $235 
Current deferred tax liabilities(1)
 —  (1)
Non-current deferred tax assets 318 512 
Non-current deferred tax liabilities(2)
  (5)  (16)
     
 $748 $730 
     
(1)Included in other current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)Included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
     At September 30, 2007, the Company had unused federal net operating loss carryforwards of $206 million expiring from 2019 through 2026, unused state net operating loss carryforwards of $98 million expiring from 2008 through 2016, and unused foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $75 million, with $57 million expiring from 2008 through 2016. At September 30, 2007, the Company had unused federal income tax credits of $195 million, with $185 million expiring from 2022 through 2027, and state income tax credits of $9 million, which do not expire. The Company does not expect its federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and its federal income tax credits to expire unused.
     The Company believes, more likely than not, that it will have sufficient taxable income after stock option related deductions to utilize the majority of its deferred tax assets. As of September 24, 2006,30, 2007, the Company has provided a valuation allowance on foreign net operating losses and net capital losses of $16 million.$14 million and $6 million, respectively. The valuation allowance related to capital losses reflectsallowances reflect the uncertainty surrounding the Company’s ability to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain foreign tax jurisdictions to utilize its foreign net operating losses and the Company’s ability to generate sufficient capital gains to utilize all capital losses.
     At September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, the Company had federal, state and foreign taxes payable of approximately $137 million and $69 million, respectively, included in other current liabilities.
     At September 24, 2006, the Company had unused federal income tax credits of $534 million, with $522 million expiring from 2012 through 2026, and state income tax credits of $96 million, which do not expire. The Company does not expect its federal income tax credits to expire unused.
Cash amounts paid for income taxes, net of refunds received, were $233 million, $172 million $168 million and $127$168 million for fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively. The income taxes paid primarily relate to foreign withholding taxes.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 7. Capital Stock
     Preferred Stock.The Company has 8,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized for issuance in one or more series, at a par value of $0.0001 per share. In conjunction with the distribution of preferred share purchase rights, 4,000,000 shares of preferred stock are designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and such shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of the preferred share purchase rights. At September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 2005,24, 2006, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.
     Preferred Share Purchase Rights Agreement.The Company has a Preferred Share Purchase Rights Agreement (Rights Agreement) to protect stockholders’ interests in the event of a proposed takeover of the Company. Under the original Rights Agreement, adopted on September 26, 1995, the Company declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a Right) for each share of the Company’s common stock outstanding. Pursuant to the Rights Agreement, as amended and restated on September 26, 2005,December 7, 2006, each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company a one one-thousandth share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, subject to adjustment for subsequent stock splits, at a purchase price of $180. The Rights are exercisable only if a person or group (an Acquiring Person) acquires beneficial ownership of 15%20% or more of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock without Board approval. Upon exercise, holders, other than an Acquiring Person, will have the right, subject to termination, to receive the Company’s common stock or other securities, cash or other assets having a market value, as defined, equal to twice-suchtwice such purchase price. The Rights, which expire on September 25, 2015, are redeemable in whole, but not in part, at the Company’s option prior to the time such Rights are triggered for a price of $0.001 per Right.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Stock Repurchase Program.On November 7, 2005,May 22, 2007, the Company announced that it had been authorized theto repurchase of up to $2.5$3.0 billion of the Company’s common stock under a program with no expiration date.stock. The $2.5$3.0 billion stock repurchase program replaced a $2.0$2.5 billion stock repurchase program, of which approximately $1.0$0.9 billion remained authorized for repurchases. The stock repurchase program has no expiration date. When stock is repurchased and retired, the amount paid in excess of par value is recorded to paid-in capital. During fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company repurchased and retired 37,263,000, 34,000,000 shares and 27,083,000 shares of common stock for $1.5 billion, $1.5 billion and $953 million, respectively, excluding $9 million and $5 million of premiums received related to put options that were exercised in fiscal 2006. The Company did not repurchase any of the Company’s common stock during fiscal 2004.2007 and 2006, respectively. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, approximately $0.9$1.5 billion remained authorized for repurchases under the stock repurchase program, net of put options outstanding. In the period from October 1, 2007 through November 7, 2007, we repurchased and retired 12,720,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for approximately $525 million.
     In connection with the Company’s stock repurchase program, the Company sold put options on its own stock during fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004.2005. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, the Company had two outstanding put options enabling holders to sell 2,000,0005,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company for approximately $89$189 million (net of the put option premiums received), and the recorded values of the put option liabilities totaled $19$10 million. In October 2006, one of the put options was exercised, and the Company repurchased and retired 1,000,000 shares of its common stock for approximately $45 million (net of the put option premium received). Upon repurchase, the shares were retired. The remaining put option, with an expiration date in November 2006, may require the Company to repurchase 1,000,000 shares of its common stock for approximately $45 million (net of the put option premium received). Any shares purchased upon the exercise of the put optionoptions will be retired. During fiscal 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized $3 million and $29 million, respectively, in investment losses due to net increases in the fair values of put options, net of premiums received of $17 million and $11 million.million, respectively. During fiscal 2005, and 2004, the Company recognized gains of $31 million and $5 million, respectively, in investment income due to decreases in the fair values of put options, including premiums received of $15 million and $5 million, respectively.million.
     Dividends.The Company announced increases in its quarterly dividend per share of common stock from $0.035 to $0.05 on March 2, 2004, from $0.05 to $0.07 on July 13, 2004, from $0.07 to $0.09 on March 8, 2005, and from $0.09 to $0.12 on March 7, 2006.2006 and from $0.12 to $0.14 on March 13, 2007. Cash dividends announced in fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 20042005 were as follows (in millions, except per share data):
                                                
 2006 2005 2004  2007 2006 2005 
 Per Share Total Per Share Total Per Share Total  Per Share Total Per Share Total Per Share Total 
First quarter $0.09 $148 $0.07 $115 $0.07(a) $112  $0.12 $198 $0.09 $148 $0.07 $115 
Second quarter 0.09 150 0.07 115 0.05 81  0.12 200 0.09 150 0.07 115 
Third quarter 0.12 202 0.09 147  —(b) —  0.14 234 0.12 202 0.09 147 
Fourth quarter 0.12 198 0.09 147 0.07 114  0.14 230 0.12 198 0.09 147 
                          
Total $0.42 $698 $0.32 $524 $0.19 $307 
              $0.52 $862 $0.42 $698 $0.32 $524 
             

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(a)In the first quarter of fiscal 2004, the Company announced two dividends of $0.035 per share which were paid in the first and second quarters of fiscal 2004.
(b)The Company paid a dividend of $0.05 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2004 that had been announced in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.
     On October 5, 2006,11, 2007, the Company announced a cash dividend of $0.12$0.14 per share on the Company’s common stock, payable on January 4, 20072008 to stockholders of record as of December 7, 2006,2007, which will be reflected in the consolidated financial statements in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.2008.
Note 8. Employee Stock Benefit Plans
     Employee Savings and Retirement Plan.The Company has a 401(k) plan that allows eligible employees to contribute up to 50% of their eligible compensation, subject to annual limits. The Company matches a portion of the employee contributions and may, at its discretion, make additional contributions based upon earnings. The Company’s contribution expense for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 and 2004 was $39 million, $33 million $27 million and $21$27 million, respectively.
     Equity Compensation Plans.The Board of Directors may grant options to selected employees, directors and consultants to the Company to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a price not less than the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. The 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2006 Plan) was adopted

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
during the second quarter of fiscal 2006 and replaced the 2001 Stock Option Plan and the 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and their predecessor plans (the Prior Plans). The 2006 Plan provides for the grant of incentive and nonstatutory stock options as well as stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and shares and other stock-based awards and will be the source of shares issued under the Executive Retirement Matching Contribution Plan (ERMCP). The share reserve under the 2006 Plan is equal to the shares available for future grant under the combined plans on the date the 2006 Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, plus an additional 65,000,000 shares for a total of approximately 280,192,000 shares reserved. This share amount is automatically increased by the amount equal to the number of shares subject to any outstanding option under a Prior Plan that is terminated or cancelled (but not an option under a Prior Plan that expires) following the date that the 2006 Plan was approved by stockholders. Shares that are subject to an award under the ERMCP and are returned to the Company because they fail to vest will again become available for grant under the 2006 Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company may amend or terminate the 2006 Plan at any time. Generally, options outstanding vest over periods not exceeding five years and are exercisable for up to ten years from the grant date.
     During fiscal 2006, the Company assumed a total of approximately 3,530,000 outstanding stock options under the Flarion Technologies, Inc. 2000 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, the Berkana Wireless Inc. 2002 Stock Plan and 2002 Executive Stock Plan and under the Qualphone Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the Assumed Plans), as amended, as a result of the acquisitions (Note 11). The Assumed Plans were suspended on the dates of acquisition, and no additional shares may be granted under those plans. The Assumed Plans provided for the grant of both incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options. Generally, options outstanding vest over periods not exceeding four years and are exercisable for up to ten years from the grant date.
     Information under FAS 123R for Fiscal 2006
A summary of stock option transactions for all stock option plans follows:
                                
 Average    Weighted Average Average Remaining Aggregate Intrinsic
 Weighted Remaining Aggregate  Number of Shares Exercise Contractual Term Value
 Number of Average Contractual Intrinsic  (In thousands) Price (Years) (In billions)
 Shares Exercise Term Value 
 (In thousands) Price (Years) (In billions) 
Outstanding at September 25, 2005 202,794 $24.35 
Outstanding at September 24, 2006
 201,855 $29.20 
Options granted 34,977 45.69  38,933 40.28 
Options assumed(1)
 3,530 21.15 
Options cancelled/forfeited/expired  (3,057) 35.08   (5,855) 39.83 
Options exercised  (36,389) 16.71   (28,479) 16.83 
      
Outstanding at September 24, 2006 201,855 $29.20 6.15 $2.2 
Options outstanding at September 30, 2007
 206,454 $32.69 6.14 $2.2 
            
Exercisable at September 24, 2006 121,872 $24.42 4.76 $1.8 
Exercisable at September 30, 2007
 124,219 $28.15 4.70 $1.9 
            
(1)Represents activity related to options that were assumed as a result of acquisitions (Note 11).
Net stock options, after forfeitures and cancellations, granted during fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 represented 2.0%, 1.9% and 2004 represented 1.9%, 1.8% and 1.7% of outstanding shares as of the beginning of each fiscal year, respectively. Total stock options granted during fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 and 2004 represented 2.1%2.3%, 2.1% and 1.9%2.1%, respectively, of outstanding shares as of the end of each fiscal year.
     The Company’s determination of fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
complex and subjective variables. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to non-vested stock options granted prior to that date was $1.2$1.3 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.73.4 years. Total share-based compensation cost capitalized as part of inventory and fixed assets was $1 million during both fiscal 2007 and 2006. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during fiscal 2007 and 2006 was $708 million and $1.1 billion.billion, respectively. The Company recorded cash received from the exercise of stock options of $479 million and $608 million and related tax benefits of $272 million and $421 million during fiscal 2006.2007 and 2006, respectively. Upon option exercise, the Company issues new shares of stock.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     Additional information about stock options outstanding at September 24, 2006 with exercise prices less than or above $37.86 per share, the closing price at September 24, 2006, follows (number of shares in thousands):
                         
  Exercisable  Unexercisable  Total 
      Weighted      Weighted      Weighted 
      Average      Average      Average 
  Number  Exercise  Number  Exercise  Number  Exercise 
Stock Options of Shares  Price  of Shares  Price  of Shares  Price 
Less than $37.86  98,804  $19.59   37,751  $26.57   136,555  $21.52 
Above $37.86  23,068   45.10   42,232   45.36   65,300   45.27 
                      
Total outstanding  121,872  $24.42   79,983  $36.49   201,855  $29.20 
                      
Information under FAS 123 for Periods Prior to Fiscal 2006
     A summary of stock option transactions for all stock option plans follows (number of shares in thousands):
                 
      Options Outstanding 
  Shares      Exercise Price Per Share 
  Available  Number      Weighted 
  for Grant  of Shares  Range  Average 
Balance at September 28, 2003
  23,746   212,972  $0.07 to $86.19 $17.28 
Additional shares reserved  64,000   —   —   — 
Options granted  (31,252)  31,252   21.50 to 40.40   27.19 
Options cancelled  4,420   (4,420)  2.30 to 70.00   28.15 
Options exercised  —   (36,220)  0.14 to 37.34  ��7.85 
               
Balance at September 26, 2004
  60,914   203,584  $0.07 to $86.19 $20.25 
Additional shares reserved(1)
  765   —   —   — 
Options assumed(1)
  (765)  765   0.09 to 38.48   24.32 
Plan shares expired(2)
  (57)  —   —   — 
Options granted  (34,434)  34,434   33.01 to 44.55   38.51 
Options cancelled  5,821   (5,821)  1.60 to 70.00   31.16 
Options exercised  —   (30,168)  0.07 to 43.00   11.52 
               
Balance at September 25, 2005
  32,244   202,794  $0.09 to $86.19 $24.35 
               
(1)Represents activity related to options that were assumed as a result of acquisitions (Note 11).
(2)Represents shares available for future grant cancelled pursuant to the Iridigm and Spike acquisitions.
     There were approximately 124,491,000 options exercisable with a weighted average exercise price of $21.11 per share at September 25, 2005. There were approximately 124,650,000 options exercisable with a weighted average exercise price of $17.41 per share at September 26, 2004.
     Employee Stock Purchase Plans.The Company has two employee stock purchase plans for all eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock at 85% of the lower of the fair market value on the first or the last day of each six-month offering period. Employees may authorize the Company to withhold up to 15% of their compensation during any offering period, subject to certain limitations. The 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan authorizes up to approximately 24,309,000 shares to be granted. The 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan authorizes up to 400,000 shares to be granted. During fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, approximately 2,650,000, 2,220,000 and 2004, approximately 2,220,000, 1,786,000 and 2,205,000 shares were issued under the plans at an average price of $32.08, $31.10 $29.63 and $18.60$29.63 per share, respectively. At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, approximately 13,226,00010,576,000 shares were reserved for future issuance.
     At September 24, 2006,30, 2007, total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to non-vested purchase rights granted prior to that date was $7$9 million. The Company recorded cash received from the exercise of purchase rights of $85 million and $69 million during fiscal 2006.2007 and 2006, respectively.
     Executive Retirement Plans.The Company has voluntary retirement plans that allow eligible executives to defer up to 100% of their income on a pre-tax basis. On a quarterly basis, the Company matches up to 10% of the participants’ deferral in Company common stock based on the then-current market price, to be distributed to the participant upon eligible retirement. The income deferred and the Company match held in trust are unsecured and subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company. Company contributions begin vesting based on certain

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
minimum participation or service requirements and are fully vested at age 65. Participants who terminate employment forfeit their unvested shares. During fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, approximately 126,000, 47,000 and 2004, approximately 47,000, 92,000 and 108,000 shares, respectively, were allocated under the plans. The Company recorded $5 million, $2 million $3 million and $5$3 million in compensation expense during fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004,2005, respectively, related to its net matching contributions to the plans.
Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies
     Litigation.Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated and SnapTrack, Inc.: On March 30, 2001, Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. filed suit against QUALCOMM and its subsidiary SnapTrack, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based on the alleged infringement of three patents. Following a verdict and finding of no infringement of Zoltar’s patent claims, the Court entered a judgment in favor of the Company and SnapTrack on Zoltar’s complaint and awarded the Company and SnapTrack their costs of suit. Zoltar filed a notice of appeal that was dismissed as premature. While the Company has already obtained a verdict of non-infringement of Zoltar’s patents, the Company’s additional affirmative claims seeking declarations of the non-enforceability and invalidity of those patents were set to be retried in the same Court on October 10, 2006. However, Zoltar has informed the Court that it will covenant not to sue the Company or SnapTrack on the patents. The final form of dismissal and judgment in favor of the Company and SnapTrack remains to be determined.
Whale Telecom Ltd. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On November 15, 2004, Whale Telecom Ltd. sued the Company in the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, seeking monetary damages based on the claim that the Company fraudulently induced it to enter into certain infrastructure services agreements in 1999 and later interfered with their performance of those agreements. On March 15, 2006, the Court dismissed all claims against the Company. The plaintiff has filed a notice of appeal.
Broadcom Corporation v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On May 18, 2005, Broadcom filed two actions in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company alleging infringement of ten patents and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On the same date, Broadcom also filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging infringement of five of the same patents at issue in the Central District Court cases seeking a determination and relief under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. On July 1, 2005, Broadcom filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company alleging violations of state and federal antitrust and unfair competition laws as well as common law claims, generally relating to licensing and chip sales activities, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On September 1, 2006, the New Jersey District Court dismissed the complaint; Broadcom has filed noticeappealed. On September 4, 2007, the Court of appeal. Discovery is underway in oneAppeals for the Third Circuit reinstated two of the Central District Court patent actions, with trial scheduled for May 2007.eight federal claims and five pendant state claims in Broadcom’s complaint and affirmed the dismissal of the remaining counts. On November 2, 2007, Broadcom filed an amended complaint in the New Jersey case, adding the allegations from a state court case in California that had been stayed, as discussed below. On December 12, 2005, the Central District Court in California ordered two of the Broadcom patent claims filed in the other Central District patent action (which is stayed pending completion of the ITC action) to be transferred to the Southern District of California to be considered in the case filed by the Company on August 22, 2005. That case now containswas subsequently dismissed by agreement of the parties. Trial was held in May 2007 in one of the remaining Central District Court patent actions, and on May 29, 2007, the jury rendered a verdict finding willful infringement of three patents and awarding past damages in the approximate amount of $20 million, which has been expensed pending appeals. Following a change in the law governing the definition of willfulness, the Court issued a tentative ruling that the jury’s finding of willfulness and inducement should be vacated. After a hearing on October 15, 2007, the Court requested additional related claims filedbriefings by both parties, including briefing on the Companyquestion of whether the damages awarded

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under the two patents must be vacated and Broadcom.indicated that the Court would postpone any decision on an appropriate injunction remedy pending its final decision on the jury’s finding of willfulness. The Court’s final ruling on these issues and the appropriate remedy for the jury’s infringement findings is expected within the next several weeks.
     On February 14, 2006, thean ITC hearing also commenced as to three ofpatents alleged by Broadcom to be infringed by the patents alleged.Company. On October 10, 2006, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an interim decisioninitial determination in which he recommended against any downstream remedies and found no infringement by the Company on two of the three remaining patents and most of the asserted claims of the third patent. The ALJ did find infringement on some claims of one patent. The ALJ did not recommend excluding chips accused by Broadcom but, instead, recommended a limited exclusion order directed only to chips that are already programmed with a specific software module and recommended a related cease and desist order. The Commission adopted the ALJ’s initial determination on violation and, on June 7, 2007, issued a cease and desist order and an exclusion order directed at chips programmed with specific software and certain downstream products first imported after the date of the exclusion order. The Federal Circuit has issued stays of the exclusion order with respect to the downstream products of all of the Company’s customers that requested the stay. The Company will petitionis appealing both the Commissioninfringement finding and the cease and desist order and the exclusion order to the United States Court of Appeal for reviewthe Federal Circuit. On April 13, 2007, Broadcom filed a new complaint in California state court against the Company alleging unfair competition, breach of at leastcontract and fraud, and seeking injunctive and monetary relief. On October 5, 2007, the limited infringement findings and patent validity findings.Court ordered the case stayed pending resolution of the New Jersey case, referenced above.
     QUALCOMM Incorporated v. Broadcom Corporation:On July 11, 2005, the Company filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Broadcom alleging infringement of seven patents, each of which is essential to the practice of either the GSM or 802.11 standards, and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On September 23, 2005, Broadcom answered and counterclaimed, alleging infringement of six patents. On October 14, 2005, the Company filed anotheran action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Broadcom alleging infringement of two patents, each of which relates to video encoding and decoding for high-end multimedia processing, and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. That action is scheduled forIn January 2007, a jury rendered a verdict finding the patents valid but not infringed. In a subsequent ruling, the trial in January 2007. On March 24, 2006,judge held that the Company filed another actionwas not guilty of inequitable conduct before the Patent Office but the Company’s actions in a video-encoding standards development organization amounted to a waiver of the United States Districtright to enforce the patents under any circumstances. The Court also ordered Qualcomm to pay Broadcom’s attorneys’ fees and costs for the Southern Districtcase. Qualcomm and Broadcom have each filed notices of California, alleging that Broadcom, during the periodappeal. The Court is also considering a motion for discovery sanctions against Qualcomm for failing to produce certain documents in which it has been attempting to bring to market a WCDMA baseband solution, misappropriated QUALCOMM confidential and trade secret information relating to QUALCOMM’s WCDMA

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baseband chips, and relating to the Company’s multimedia capabilities for such chips. The complaint also asserts another patent claim against Broadcom’s wireless local area network products, including such capability bundled with Broadcom’s WCDMA product offerings. Broadcom counterclaimed with the assertion of two patents. On October 27, 2006, the Court issued a preliminary injunction against Broadcom, prohibiting the future use or solicitation of certain of the Company’s confidential business and technical documents and information.discovery.
     QUALCOMM IncorporatedActions by the Company and SnapTrack, Inc. v.its subsidiaries against Nokia Corporation andand/or Nokia Inc.:On November 4, 2005, the Company, along with its wholly-owned subsidiary, SnapTrack, filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Nokia alleging infringement of eleven QUALCOMMQualcomm patents and one SnapTrack patent relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and position location and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. The case is currently stayed pending a decision by the Federal Circuit regarding Nokia’s arbitration demand. On May 24, 2006, the Company filed an action in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice for England and Wales against Nokia alleging infringement of two QUALCOMMQualcomm patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. On June 9, 2006, the Company filed a complaint with the ITC against Nokia alleging importation of products that infringe six QUALCOMMQualcomm patents relating to power control, video encoding and decoding, and power conservation mode technologies and seeking an exclusionary order and a cease and desist order. On July 7, 2006, the ITC commenced an investigation. The Company subsequently withdrew three of the patents from the proceedings. The ITC trial was completed in September 2007. The date for an initial determination from the ITC ALJ is December 12, 2007, and the target date for resolution of the investigation is April 14, 2008. On August 9, 2006, the Company filed an action in the District Court of Dusseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany, against Nokia alleging infringement of two QUALCOMMQualcomm patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. On October 9, 2006, the Company filed an action in the High Court of Paris, France against Nokia alleging infringement of two patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. On October 9, 2006, the Company filed an action in the Milan Court, Italy against Nokia alleging infringement of two patents relating to GSM/GPRS/EDGE, technology seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. In February 2007, the Company initiated proceedings in the People’s Republic of China against Nokia for infringement of three patents by Nokia’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE products. On April 2, 2007, the Company filed suit against Nokia in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division for infringement of two patents and in the Western District of Wisconsin for infringement of three patents. These cases are directed to Nokia GSM/GPRS/EDGE cellular phones. In response, Nokia filed counterclaims alleging infringement by the Company of six Nokia patents, two of which Nokia also asserted against the

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Company’s subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, Inc. No trial date is set and discovery has not yet begun. On October 17, 2007, the Company and MediaFLO USA, Inc. filed a motion to stay Nokia’s infringement counterclaims pending the arbitration proceeding filed on April 5, 2007, discussed below. On July 11, 2007, the Wisconsin Court issued an order transferring that case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the parties have consolidated the matter with the San Diego matter referenced above and stipulated to a stay of the proceedings pending final resolution of the ITC matter referenced above. On April 5, 2007, the Company filed an arbitration demand with the American Arbitration Association requesting a ruling that, among other things, Nokia’s continued use of the Company’s patents in Nokia’s CDMA cellular handsets (including WCDMA) after April 9, 2007 constitutes an election by Nokia to extend its license under the parties’ existing agreement. On July 9, 2007, the Company filed an amended demand for arbitration, alleging that Nokia’s institution of certain patent infringement proceedings against the Company was a material breach of the license agreement between the parties.
     Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On August 9, 2006, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. filed a complaint in Delaware Chancery Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief relating to alleged commitments made by the Company to wireless industry standards setting organizations. The Company has moved to dismiss the complaint. On April 12, 2007 and June 5, 2007, the Company filed counterclaims seeking declarations that, among other things, the Company’s 2001 license agreement with Nokia fulfilled and/or superseded any ostensible obligations to offer or grant patent licenses to Nokia allegedly arising from the Company’s participation in certain standards setting organizations. Both parties have moved to dismiss the other’s complaints. In March 2007, Nokia filed actions in Germany and the Netherlands alleging that certain of the Company’s patents are exhausted with regards to Nokia’s products placed on the European market that contain chipsets supplied to Nokia by Texas Instruments. On October 23, 2007, the German court dismissed Nokia’s claims. On August 16, 2007, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging importation of products that infringe five Nokia patents and seeking an exclusionary order and a cease and desist order. The ITC instituted an investigation on September 17, 2007. The Company filed a motion to terminate the investigation pending resolution of the arbitration proceeding instituted by the Company on April 5, 2007. On October 18, 2007, the ALJ issued an order recommending the Company’s motion be granted. The ALJ’s determination will become the ITC’s final decision unless the ITC decides within 30 days to review the decision.
     Other:European Commission Complaint:The Company has been named, along with many other manufacturers of wireless phones, wireless operators and industry-related organizations, as a defendant in several purported class action lawsuits, and several individually filed actions pending in Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Louisiana, seeking monetary damages arising out of its sale of cellular phones. The courts that have reviewed similar claims against other companies to date have held that there was insufficient scientific basis for the plaintiffs’ claims in those cases.
On October 28, 2005, it was reported that six companies (Broadcom, Nokia, Texas Instruments, NEC, Panasonic and Ericsson) filed complaints with the European Commission, alleging that the Company violated European Union competition law in its WCDMA licensing practices. The Company has received the complaints and has submitted replies to the allegations, as well as documents and other information requested by the European Commission. On October 1, 2007, the European Commission announced that it was initiating a reply.proceeding, though it has not decided to issue a Statement of Objections, and it has not made any conclusions as to the merits of the complaints.
Tessera, Inc. v. QUALCOMM Incorporated:On April 17, 2007, Tessera, Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas and a complaint with the United States ITC pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 against the Company and other companies, alleging infringement of two patents relating to semiconductor packaging structures and seeking monetary damages and injunctive and other relief based hereon. The ITC instituted the investigation on May 15, 2007. On July 11, 2007, the ITC issued an order that set August 21, 2008 as the target date for completion of the investigation.
Other:The Company has been named, along with many other manufacturers of wireless phones, wireless operators and industry-related organizations, as a defendant in several purported class action lawsuits, and individually filed actions pending in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C., seeking monetary damages arising out of its sale of cellular phones. The courts that have reviewed similar claims against other companies to date have held that there was insufficient scientific basis for the plaintiffs’ claims in those cases.
     It has been reported that two U.S. companies (Texas Instruments and Broadcom) and two South Korean companies (Nextreaming Corp. and THINmultimedia Inc.) have filed complaints with the KoreanKorea Fair Trade Commission alleging that the Company’s business practices are, in some way, a violation of South Korean anti-trust regulations. To date, the Company has not received the complaints.complaints but has submitted information and documents to the Korea Fair Trade Commission.

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     The Japan Fair Trade Commission has also received unspecified complaints alleging the Company’s business practices are, in some way, a violation of Japanese law. The Company has not received the complaints but has submitted information and documents to the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
     Although there can be no assurance that unfavorable outcomes in any of the foregoing matters would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, liquidity or financial position, the Company believes the claims made by other parties are without merit and will vigorously defend the actions. TheOther than amounts relating to theBroadcom Corporation v. QUALCOMM IncorporatedandQUALCOMM Incorporated v. Broadcom Corporationmatters, the Company has not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilityliabilities associated with the other legal proceedings described above, based on the Company’s belief that a liability,additional liabilities, while possible, isare not probable. Further, any possible range of loss cannot be estimated at this time. The Company is engaged in numerous other legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business and believes that the ultimate outcome of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on its operating results, liquidity or financial position. In addition, some matters that have previously been disclosed may no longer be described in this Note because of rulings in the case, settlements, changes in the Company’s business or other developments rendering them, in the Company’s judgment, no longer material to the Company’s operating results, liquidity or financial position.

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     Purchase Obligations.The Company has agreements with suppliers and other parties to purchase inventory, other goods and services and long-lived assets and estimates its noncancelable obligations under these agreements for fiscal 20072008 to 20112012 to be approximately $663$760 million, $79$118 million, $31$75 million, $20$59 million and $18$32 million, respectively, and $18$8 million thereafter. Of these amounts, commitments to purchase integrated circuit product inventories for fiscal 2007 to2008 and 2009 comprised $540 million, $48$586 million and $5$29 million, respectively.
     Leases.The Company leases certain of its facilities and equipment under noncancelable operating leases, with terms ranging from less than one year to 2830 years and with provisions for cost-of-living increases with certain leases. Rental expense for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 and 2004 was $60 million, $47 million $39 million and $31$39 million, respectively. The Company leases certain property under capital lease agreements whichthat expire at various dates through 2036.2038. Capital lease obligations are included in other liabilities. The future minimum lease payments for all capital leases and operating leases as of September 24, 200630, 2007 are as follows (in millions):
                        
 Capital Operating    Capital Operating   
 Leases Leases Total  Leases Leases Total 
2007 $3 $71 $74 
2008 3 42 45  $6 $75 $81 
2009 3 32 35  6 63 69 
2010 4 28 32  6 50 56 
2011 4 21 25  6 35 41 
2012 6 28 34 
Thereafter 108 97 205  170 139 309 
          
Total minimum lease payments $125 $291 $416  $200 $390 $590 
          
Deduct: Amounts representing interest  (67)   (109) 
      
Present value of minimum lease payments 58  91 
Deduct: Current portion of capital lease obligations —  — 
      
Long-term portion of capital lease obligations $58  $91 
      
Note 10. Segment Information
     The Company is organized on the basis of products and services. The Company aggregates three of its divisions into the QUALCOMMQualcomm Wireless & Internet segment. Reportable segments are as follows:
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT) — develops and supplies CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products;
Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) — grants licenses to use portions of the Company’s intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD and/or OFDMA standards and their derivatives, and collects license fees and royalties in partial consideration for such licenses;

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•QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) – develops and supplies CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products;
•QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL) – grants licenses to use portions of the Company’s intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD and/or OFDMA standards and their derivatives, and collects license fees and royalties in partial consideration for such licenses;
•QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet (QWI) – comprised of:
oQUALCOMM Internet Services (QIS) – provides technology to support and accelerate the convergence of the wireless data market, including its BREW, QChat and QPoint products and services;
oQUALCOMM Government Technologies (QGOV) – provides development, hardware and analytical expertise to United States government agencies involving wireless communications technologies; and
oQUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS) – provides satellite and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging, position reporting and wireless application services to transportation companies, private fleets, construction equipment fleets and other enterprise companies.
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QUALCOMMQualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI) — comprised of:
Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) — provides technology to support and accelerate the convergence of the wireless data market, including its BREW and QChat products and services;
Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV) — provides development, hardware and analytical expertise to United States government agencies involving wireless communications technologies; and
Qualcomm Enterprise Services (QES) — formerly Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions, provides satellite and terrestrial-based two-way data messaging, position reporting and wireless application services to transportation and logistics fleets, construction equipment fleets and other enterprise companies. QES also sells products that operate on the Globalstar low-Earth-orbit satellite-based telecommunications system and provides related services.
Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI) –— manages the Company’s strategic investment activities, including MediaFLO USA, Inc. (MediaFLO USA), the Company’s wholly-owned wireless multimedia operator subsidiary. QSI makes strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA-based products and services.

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     During the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company reassessed the intersegment royalty charged to QCT by QTL and determined that the royalty should be eliminated starting in fiscal 2007 for management reporting purposes to, among other reasons, recognize other value that QTL has increasingly been realizing from QCT. As a result, QCT did not record a royalty to QTL in fiscal 2007, and prior period segment information has been adjusted in the same manner for comparative purposes.
QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS     During the first quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company also reorganized the Qualcomm Wireless Systems (QWS) division, which sells products and services to Globalstar, into the QES division in the QWI segment. Revenues and operating results related to the QWS business were included in other nonreportable segments as a component of reconciling items through the end of fiscal 2006. Prior period segment information has been adjusted to conform to the new segment presentation.
     The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on earnings (loss) before income taxes (EBT). EBT includes the allocation of certain corporate expenses to the segments, including depreciation and amortization expense related to unallocated corporate assets. Certain income and charges are not allocated to segments in the Company’s management reports because they are not considered in evaluating the segments’ operating performance. Unallocated income and charges include certain investment income, certain share-based compensation and certain research and development expenses and marketing expenses that were not deemed to be directly related to the businesses of the segments. The table below presents revenues, EBT and total assets for reportable segments (in millions):
                                                
 Reconciling   Reconciling  
 QCT QTL QWI QSI Items Total QCT * QTL * QWI * QSI Items * Total
2007
 
Revenues $5,275 $2,772 $828 $1 $(5) $8,871 
EBT 1,547 2,340 88  (240)  (109) 3,626 
Total assets 921 29 200 896 16,449 18,495 
2006
  
Revenues $4,332 $2,631 $670 $— $(107) $7,526  $4,332 $2,467 $731 $— $(4) $7,526 
EBT 1,134 2,397 80  (133)  (322) 3,156  1,298 2,233 78  (133)  (320) 3,156 
Total assets 651 60 196 660 13,641 15,208  651 60 215 660 13,622 15,208 
2005
  
Revenues $3,290 $1,839 $644 $— $(100) $5,673  $3,290 $1,711 $682 $— $(10) $5,673 
EBT 852 1,663 57 10 227 2,809  980 1,535 62 10 222 2,809 
Total assets 518 16 153 442 11,350 12,479  518 16 169 442 11,334 12,479 
2004
 
Revenues $3,111 $1,331 $571 $— $(133) $4,880 
EBT 1,048 1,195 19  (31) 82 2,313 
Total assets 564 8 117 400 9,731 10,820 
*As adjusted
     Segment assets are comprised of accounts receivable and inventories for QCT, QTL and QWI. The QSI segment assets include certain marketable securities, notes receivable, wireless licenses, other investments and all

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assets of QSI’s consolidated subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, including property, plant and equipment. QSI’s assets related to the MediaFLO USA business totaled $457 million, $329 million and $98 million at September 30, 2007, September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, respectively. QSI’s assets also included $16 million, $19 million $61 million and $106$61 million related to investments in equity method investees at September 30, 2007, September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, respectively. Reconciling items for total assets included $215 million, $228 million and $188 million at September 30, 2007, September 24, 2006 and September 26, 2004, respectively.25, 2005, respectively, of goodwill and other assets related to the Qualcomm MEMS Technologies division (QMT), a nonreportable segment developing display technology for mobile devices and other applications. Total segment assets differ from total assets on a consolidated basis as a result of unallocated corporate assets primarily comprised of cash, cash equivalents, certain marketable securities, property, plant and equipment, deferred tax assets, goodwill and certain other intangible assets of nonreportable segments and capitalized share-based compensation.segments. The net book valuevalues of long-lived assets located outside of the United States waswere $89 million, $69 million $44 million and $21$44 million at September 30, 2007, September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, and September 26, 2004, respectively. The net book valuevalues of long-lived assets located in the United States waswere $1.7 billion, $1.4 billion $978 million and $654$978 million at September 24, 2006, September 25, 2005 and September 26, 2004, respectively. Reconciling items included $228 million and $188 million at30, 2007, September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, respectively, of goodwill and other assets related to the QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies division (QMT), a nonreportable segment developing display technology for mobile devices and other applications.respectively.
     Revenues from each of the Company’s divisions aggregated into the QWI reportable segment were as follows (in millions):
             
Fiscal Year QWBS QGOV QIS
2006 $429  $47  $194 
2005  441   50   153 
2004  414   41   116 
             
  2007  2006*  2005* 
QES $501  $490  $479 
QGOV  57   47   50 
QIS  272   194   153 
Eliminations  (2)  —   — 
          
Total QWI $828  $731  $682 
          

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*As adjusted
Other reconciling items were comprised as follows (in millions):
            
 Year Ended 
 September 24, September 25, September 26,             
 2006 2005 2004  2007 2006* 2005* 
Revenues:  
Elimination of intersegment revenue $(222) $(148) $(153)
Elimination of intersegment revenues $(39) $(28) $(20)
Other nonreportable segments 115 48 20  34 24 10 
              
Reconciling items $(107) $(100) $(133)
 $(5) $(4) $(10)
              
Earnings (loss) before income taxes:  
Unallocated research and development expenses $(305) $(45) $(23) $(341) $(331) $(45)
Unallocated selling, general, and administrative expenses  (290)  (17)  (41)  (268)  (298)  (17)
Unallocated cost of equipment and services revenues  (41) — —   (39)  (41) — 
Unallocated investment income, net 455 339 192  718 455 339 
Other nonreportable segments  (98)  (45)  (39)  (158)  (92)  (50)
Intracompany eliminations  (43)  (5)  (7)  (21)  (13)  (5)
              
Reconciling items $(322) $227 $82 
        $(109) $(320) $222 
       
*As adjusted
     During fiscal 2007, share-based compensation expense included in unallocated research and development expenses and unallocated selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $221 million and $227 million, respectively. During fiscal 2006, share-based compensation expense included in unallocated research and development expenses and unallocated selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $216 million and $238 million, respectively. Unallocated cost of equipment and services revenues was comprised entirely of share-based compensation expense.

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     Segment data includes intersegment revenues. Generally,Specified items included in segment EBT were as follows (in millions):
                 
  QCT QTL QWI QSI
2007
                
Revenues from external customers $5,244  $2,771  $821  $1 
Intersegment revenues  31   1   7   — 
Interest income  2   14   1   7 
Interest expense  —   —   1   5 
2006
                
Revenues from external customers $4,314  $2,465  $723  $— 
Intersegment revenues  18   2   8   — 
Interest income  1   5   3   6 
Interest expense  1   —   1   2 
2005
                
Revenues from external customers $3,281  $1,710  $672  $— 
Intersegment revenues  9   1   10   — 
Interest income  —   5   2   4 
Interest expense  —   1   1   — 
     Intersegment revenues between segments are based on prevailing market rates for substantially similar products and services or an approximation thereof. Specified itemsthereof, but the purchasing segment records the cost of revenues (or inventory write-downs) at the selling segment’s original cost. The elimination of the selling segment’s gross margin is included with other intersegment eliminations in segment EBT were as follows (in millions):
                 
  QCT QTL QWI QSI
Fiscal 2006
                
Revenues from external customers $4,314  $2,465  $662  $  — 
Intersegment revenues  18   166   8   — 
Interest income  1   5   3   6 
Interest expense  1   —   1   2 
Fiscal 2005
                
Revenues from external customers $3,281  $1,710  $634  $  — 
Intersegment revenues  9   129   10   — 
Interest income  —   5   2   4 
Interest expense  —   1   1   — 
Fiscal 2004
                
Revenues from external customers $3,107  $1,200  $553  $  — 
Intersegment revenues  4   131   18   — 
Interest income  —   3   1   14 
reconciling items. During fiscal 2007, $16 million of QCT’s intersegment revenues related to inventory that was fully reserved by QWI, the purchasing segment. Effectively all equity in losses of investees (Note 5) was recorded in QSI in fiscal 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004.

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     The Company distinguishes revenues from external customers by geographic areas based on customer location.the location to which its products, software or services are delivered and, for QTL’s licensing and royalty revenue, the domicile of its licensees. Sales information by geographic area was as follows (in millions):
            
 Year Ended 
 September 24, September 25, September 26,             
 2006 2005 2004  2007 2006 2005 
United States $984 $1,015 $1,016  $1,165 $984 $1,015 
South Korea 2,398 2,083 2,091  2,780 2,398 2,083 
Japan 1,573 1,210 877  1,524 1,573 1,210 
China 1,266 596 366  1,875 1,266 596 
Other foreign 1,305 769 530  1,527 1,305 769 
              
 $7,526 $5,673 $4,880  $8,871 $7,526 $5,673 
              
Note 11. Acquisitions
     During fiscal 2007, the Company acquired three businesses for total cash consideration of $178 million. An additional $6 million in consideration payable in cash through June 2008 was held back as security for certain indemnification obligations. The Company is in the process of finalizing the accounting for the acquisitions and does not anticipate material adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocations. Goodwill recognized in these transactions, of which $21 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes, was assigned to the QCT and QWI segments in the amounts of $74 million and $10 million, respectively. Technology-based intangible assets recognized in the amount of $46 million are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average useful life of 3 years.
     On January 18, 2006, the Company completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Flarion Technologies, Inc. (Flarion), a privately held developer of OFDMA technology for approximately $613 million in consideration, consisting of approximately $349 million in shares of QUALCOMM stock, $229 million in cash, and the exchange of Flarion’s existing vested options and warrants with an estimated aggregate fair value of approximately $35 million. In addition, the Company assumed Flarion’s existing unvested options with an estimated aggregate fair value of $63 million, which is recorded as share-based compensation over the requisite service period pursuant to FAS 123R.consideration. Upon achievement of certain agreed upon milestones during the third quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company incurred additional aggregate consideration of $197 million, consisting$195 million. Total consideration consisted of approximately $185$414 million in cash (of which $75 million will be payablewas paid in Julyfiscal 2007), $8$357 million in shares of QUALCOMM stock (of which $3 million is issuablewas issued in Marchfiscal 2007), and the modificationexchange of Flarion’s existing vested options and warrants with an estimated incrementalaggregate fair value of approximately $4$37 million. The additional amounts payable in cash and shares on the milestone date were treated as additional consideration and recorded as goodwill. In addition, the modification ofCompany assumed Flarion’s existing unvested options resulted inwith an estimated incrementalaggregate fair value of $7$68 million, which will be is

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recorded as share-based compensation over the requisite service period pursuant to FAS 123R. The acquisition of Flarion is intended to broaden the Company’s ability to effectively support operators who may prefer an OFDMA or a hybrid OFDM/CDMA/WCDMA network alternative. The addition of Flarion’s intellectual property and engineering resources will also supplement the resources that the Company has already dedicated over the years towards the development of OFDM/OFDMA technologies.
period. During fiscal 2006, the Company also acquired the following two other entities for a total cost of $69$73 million, including $4 million paid in fiscal 2007 upon the achievement of certain milestones, which was paid primarily in cash:
•Berkana Wireless Inc., a California-based developer of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs).
•Qualphone Inc., a provider of IP-based multimedia subsystems embedded client software products for mobile devices and interoperability testing services based primarily in India and Italy.
     An additional $4 million in consideration is payable in cash through August 2007 if certain performance and other milestones are reached. The Company is in the final stages of accounting for the acquisitions and does not anticipate material adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocations.cash. Goodwill recognized in these three transactions, no amount of which is expected to be deductible for tax purposes, was assigned to the QTL and QCT segments in the amounts of $619$616 million and $38$42 million, respectively. Technology-based intangible assets recognized in the amount of $165 million are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average amortization perioduseful life of seventeen years. Purchased in-process technology in the amount of $22 million was charged to research and development expense upon acquisition because technological feasibility had not been established and no future alternative uses existed.
     During fiscal 2005, the Company acquired four entities for a total cost of $299 million, including $2 million paid in both fiscal 2007 and 2006 upon the achievement of certain milestones, which was paid primarily in cash. Goodwill recognized in these transactions amounted to $220 million, of which $81 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill was assigned to the QMT, QIS and QCT segments in the amounts of $128 million, $81 million and $11 million, respectively. Technology-based intangible assets recognized in the amount of $36 million have a weighted-average useful life of seven years.
     The consolidated financial statements include the operating results of these businesses from their respective dates of acquisition. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effects of the acquisitions were not material.
     During fiscal 2005, the Company acquired the following four entities for a total cost of $297 million, including $2 million paid in fiscal 2006 upon the achievement of certain milestones, which was paid primarily in cash:
Iridigm Display Corporation (Iridigm), a California-based display technology company.

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•Trigenix Limited, a United Kingdom-based developer of user interfaces for mobile phones.
•Spike Technologies, Inc., a semiconductor design services company based primarily in India.
•ELATA, Ltd., a United Kingdom-based developer of mobile content delivery and device management software systems.
     An additional $2 million in consideration is payable in cash through November 2006 if certain performance and other milestones are reached. Goodwill recognized in these transactions amounted to $218 million, of which $81 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill was assigned to the QMT, QIS and QCT segments in the amounts of $128 million, $81 million and $9 million, respectively. Technology-based intangible assets recognized in the amount of $36 million have a weighted-average useful life of seven years.
Note 12. Discontinued Operations in the QSI Segment
     On December 2, 2003, the Company sold its direct and indirect ownership interests in Vésper São Paulo S.A. and Vésper S.A. (the Vésper Operating Companies), consolidated subsidiaries of the Company’s QSI segment, and the Vésper Operating Companies’ communication towers and related interests in tower site property leases (Vésper Towers) in two separate transactions. The Company realized a net loss of $52 million on the sale of the Vésper Operating Companies during fiscal 2004, partially offset by a $40 million net gain from the subsequent sale of the Vésper Towers. The Company also recognized a $19 million net gain resulting from the extinguishment of debt related to the waiver and return of personal mobile service licenses to Anatel, the telecommunications regulatory agency in Brazil. As a result of the disposition of the remaining operations and assets related to the Vésper Operating Companies, the Company determined that the results of operations related to the Vésper Operating Companies, including the results related to the Vésper Towers and the gains and losses realized on the sales transactions, should be presented as discontinued operations in its consolidated statements of operations. At September 24, 2006 and September 25, 2005, the Company had no remaining assets or liabilities related to the Vésper Operating Companies or the Vésper Towers recorded on its consolidated balance sheet. Revenues of $36 million were reported in the loss from discontinued operations during fiscal 2004.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 13. Summarized Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
     The following financial information reflects all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the results of the interim periods.
     The table below presents quarterly data for the years ended September 24, 200630, 2007 and September 25, 200524, 2006 (in millions, except per share data):
                                
 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
2007
 
Revenues(1)
 $2,019 $2,221 $2,325 $2,306 
Operating income(1)
 576 748 782 777 
Net income (1)
 648 726 798 1,131 
 
Basic earnings per common share(2)
 $0.39 $0.44 $0.48 $0.68 
Diluted earnings per common share (2)
 $0.38 $0.43 $0.47 $0.67 
 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 
2006
  
Revenues(1)
 $1,741 $1,834 $1,951 $1,999  $1,741 $1,834 $1,951 $1,999 
Operating income(1)
 645 660 704 681  645 660 704 681 
Net income (1)
 620 593 643 614  620 593 643 614 
  
Basic earnings per common share(2)
 $0.38 $0.36 $0.38 $0.37  $0.38 $0.36 $0.38 $0.37 
Diluted earnings per common share (2)
 $0.36 $0.34 $0.37 $0.36  $0.36 $0.34 $0.37 $0.36 
 
2005
 
Revenues(1)
 $1,390 $1,365 $1,358 $1,560 
Operating income(1)
 584 572 560 670 
Net income (1)
 513 532 560 538 
 
Basic earnings per common share(2)
 $0.31 $0.32 $0.34 $0.33 
Diluted earnings per common share(2)
 $0.30 $0.31 $0.33 $0.32 
 
(1) Revenues, operating income and net income are rounded to millions each quarter. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly amounts may not equal the annual amounts reported.
 
(2) Earnings per share are computed independently for each quarter and the full year based upon respective average shares outstanding. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts may not equal the annual amounts reported.

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SCHEDULE II
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(In millions)
                                        
 (Charged)    (Charged)   
 Balance at Credited to Balance at 
 Beginning of Costs and End of 
 Period Expenses Deductions Other Period 
Year ended September 26, 2004 
Allowances: 
— trade receivables $(12) $(3) $8 $2(a) $(5)
— finance receivables  (18) 10 7 —  (1)
— notes receivable  (69)  (30) 53 —  (46)
Inventory reserves  (70) 7 13 —  (50)
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets  (660) 27 20  474(a)  (139)
            Balance at Credited to Balance at 
 $(829) $11 $101 $476 $(241) Beginning of Costs and End of 
            Period Expenses Deductions Other Period 
Year ended September 25, 2005  
Allowances:  
— trade receivables $(5) $(2) $5 $— $(2) $(5) $(2) $5 $— $(2)
— finance receivables  (1) 1 — — —   (1) 1 — — — 
— notes receivable  (46)  (41) 24 —  (63)  (46)  (41) 24 —  (63)
Inventory reserves  (50)  (10) 14 —  (46)
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets  (139) 76 —  (6)(b)  (69)  (139) 76 —  (6)(a)  (69)
           
            $(191) $34 $29 $(6) $(134)
 $(241) $24 $43 $(6) $(180)           
            
Year ended September 24, 2006  
Allowances:  
— trade receivables $(2) $— $1 $— $(1) $(2) $— $1 $— $(1)
— notes receivable  (63)  (15) — —  (78)  (63)  (15) — —  (78)
Inventory reserves  (46)  (38) 15 —  (69)
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets  (69) 46 14  (13)(c)  (22)  (69) 46 14  (13)(b)  (22)
                      
 $(180) $(7) $30 $(13) $(170) $(134) $31 $15 $(13) $(101)
                      
 
Year ended September 30, 2007 
Allowances: 
— trade receivables $(1) $(37) $2 $— $(36)
— notes receivable  (78)  (13) 58 —  (33)
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets  (22)  (1) 3 —  (20)
           
 $(101) $(51) $63 $— $(89)
           
 
(a) This amount is related to the disposition of the Vésper Operating Companiesbusiness acquisitions (See Note 1211 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
 
(b) This amount is related to the acquisitions of Trigenix and ELATA (See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
(c)This amount was charged to paid-in capital.

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