UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

For the quarterly period ended March 27, 2005

OR

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number 0-19528

QUALCOMM Incorporated

(858) 587-1121
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety days. Yes þ No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes þ No o

     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

     The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the close of business on April 18, 2005, were as follows:

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

     Financial Statement Preparation. The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by QUALCOMM Incorporated (the Company or QUALCOMM), without audit, in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not necessarily include all information and footnotes necessary for a fair presentation of its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 26, 2004 is derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet at that date which is not presented herein. The Company operates and reports using a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the last Sunday in September. The three month and six month periods ended March 27, 2005 and March 28, 2004 included 13 weeks and 26 weeks, respectively.

     In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information for the interim periods presented reflects all adjustments, which are only normal and recurring, necessary for a fair statement of results of operations, financial position and cash flows. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2004. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire fiscal year.

     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 financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

     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. The Company’s foreign subsidiaries 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 deconsolidated the Vésper Operating Companies during the first quarter of fiscal 2004 as a result of their sale in December 2003 and TowerCo during the second quarter of fiscal 2004 as a result of its sale in March 2004 (Note 10). Results of operations and cash flows related to the Vésper Operating Companies and TowerCo are presented as discontinued operations.

     Royalty Revenues. 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 CDMA, or Code Division Multiple Access, (including, without limitation, all versions of cdmaOne, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and their derivatives) products. 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, although royalties are reported quarterly, payment is on a semi-annual basis. During the periods preceding the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, the Company 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. Once royalty reports were received from the Estimated Licensees, the variance between such reports and the estimate was recorded as royalty revenues in the quarter in which the reports were received, i.e. in most cases, the quarter subsequent to the quarter in which the estimated royalties were recorded as revenue.

     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 such quarter. The change in the timing of recognizing royalty revenues was made prospectively and

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

had the initial one-time effect of reducing royalty revenues recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Accordingly, the Company did not estimate royalty revenues earned in the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005. Total royalties reported by external licensees for the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005 and recorded as revenues for those periods were $447 million and $796 million, respectively. Total royalties reported by external licensees during the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004 were $313 million and $566 million, respectively, as compared to $345 million and $652 million, respectively, recorded as royalty revenues for the same periods.

     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. The incremental dilutive common share equivalents, calculated using the treasury stock method, for the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005 were 57,433,000 and 61,168,000, respectively. The incremental dilutive common share equivalents, calculated using the treasury stock method, for the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004 were 58,937,000 and 56,134,000, respectively.

     Employee stock options to purchase approximately 35,390,000 and 31,549,000 shares of common stock during the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005, respectively, and employee stock options to purchase approximately 34,460,000 and 55,186,000 shares of common stock during the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the option exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common stock, and therefore, the effect on diluted earnings per share would be anti-dilutive.

     Comprehensive Income. Total comprehensive income consisted of the following (in millions):

     Components of accumulated other comprehensive income consisted of the following (in millions):

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     Share-Based Payments. The Company records 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.” Because the Company establishes the exercise price based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, the stock options have no intrinsic value upon grant, and therefore no expense is recorded. Each quarter, the Company reports the potential dilutive impact of share-based payments 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 is below the strike price of the stock option) are not included in diluted earnings per common share as their effect is anti-dilutive.

     As required under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 123 (FAS 123), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 (FAS 148), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” the pro forma effects of share-based payments on net income and earnings per common share have been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no restrictions and are fully transferable and negotiable in a free trading market. This model does not consider the employment, transfer or vesting restrictions that are inherent in the Company’s employee stock options or purchase rights granted pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plans. Use of an option valuation model, as required by FAS 123, includes highly subjective assumptions based on long-term predictions, including the expected stock price volatility and average life of each stock option grant. Because the Company’s share-based payments have characteristics significantly different from those of freely traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the Company’s estimate of fair values, in the Company’s opinion, existing valuation models may not be reliable single measures of the fair values of the Company’s share-based payments. The Black-Scholes weighted average estimated fair values of stock options granted during the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005 were $14.16 and $16.80 per share, respectively. The Black-Scholes weighted average estimated fair values of stock options granted during the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004 were $15.27 and $11.98 per share, respectively. The Black-Scholes weighted average estimated fair values of purchase rights granted pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plans during the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005 were $10.20 per share. The Black-Scholes weighted average estimated fair values of purchase rights granted pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plans during the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004 were $6.57 per share.

     For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of share-based payments is assumed to be amortized to expense over their vesting periods. The pro forma effects of recognizing compensation expense under the fair value method on net income and earnings per common share were as follows (in millions, except for earnings per common share):

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     Future Accounting Requirements. In December 2004, the FASB revised Statement No. 123 (FAS 123R), “Share-Based Payment,” which requires companies to expense the estimated fair value of employee stock options and similar awards. On April 14, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule amending the compliance dates for FAS 123R. In accordance with the new rule, the accounting provisions of FAS 123R will be effective for the Company in fiscal 2006. The Company will adopt the provisions of FAS 123R using a modified prospective application. Under modified prospective application, FAS 123R, which provides certain changes to the method for valuing share-based compensation among other changes, will apply to new awards and to awards that are outstanding on the effective date and are subsequently modified or cancelled. Compensation expense for outstanding awards for which the requisite service had not been rendered as of the effective date will be recognized over the remaining service period using the compensation cost calculated for pro forma disclosure purposes under FAS 123. At March 27, 2005, unamortized compensation expense, as determined in accordance with FAS 123, that the Company expects to record during fiscal 2006 was approximately $374 million before income taxes. The Company will incur additional expense during fiscal 2006 related to new awards granted during the remainder of fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2006 that cannot yet be quantified. The Company is in the process of determining how the guidance regarding valuing share-based compensation as prescribed in FAS 123R will be applied to valuing share-based awards granted after the effective date and the impact the recognition of compensation expense related to such awards will have on its financial statements.

Note 2 – Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items

     Marketable Securities. Marketable securities were comprised as follows (in millions):

     Accounts Receivable.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     Inventories.

     Property, Plant and Equipment.

     Depreciation and amortization expense from continuing operations related to property, plant and equipment for the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005 was $43 million and $82 million, respectively, as compared to $32 million and $62 million for the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004, respectively.

     Intangible Assets. The components of purchased intangible assets, which are included in other assets, were as follows (in millions):

     Wireless licenses increased as a result of the Company’s acquisition of additional 700 MHz spectrum in the United States during the six months ended March 27, 2005 for its MediaFLO USA business (Note 8). Increases in other intangible asset categories primarily resulted from acquisitions during the first quarter of fiscal 2005 (Note 9). As a result of the acquisitions, the weighted-average amortization period for technology-based intangible assets was 9 years at March 27, 2005, as compared to 11 years at September 26, 2004. The weighted-average amortization period for other intangible assets was not affected.

     Amortization expense from continuing operations for the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005 was $5 million and $10 million, respectively, as compared to $5 million and $11 million for the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004, respectively. Amortization expense related to these intangible assets is expected to be

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

$10 million for the remainder of fiscal 2005, $19 million in fiscal 2006, $18 million in fiscal 2007, $14 million in fiscal 2008 and $13 million in fiscal 2009.

Note 3 – Investments in Other Entities

     Inquam Limited. The Company and another investor (the Other Investor) have equity and debt investments in Inquam Limited (Inquam). Inquam owns, develops and manages wireless CDMA-based communications systems, either directly or indirectly, primarily in Romania and Portugal. The Company recorded $10 million and $19 million in equity in losses of Inquam during the three months and six months ended March 27, 2005, respectively, as compared to $19 million and $34 million for the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004, respectively. At March 27, 2005 the Company’s equity and debt investments in Inquam totaled $36 million, net of equity in losses.

     During the second quarter of fiscal 2005, Inquam secured new long-term financing (the new facilities), some of which was used to repay a pre-existing bank credit agreement. Guarantees provided by the Company, along with the Other Investor, of amounts due by Inquam under the pre-existing bank credit agreement were terminated. To facilitate the close of the new facilities, the Company and the Other Investor each provided 50% of (a) $19 million in cash funding and (b) a guarantee of amounts owed under certain of the new facilities, up to a maximum of $54 million. Amounts outstanding under the new facilities subject to the guarantee totaled $49 million as of March 27, 2005. The guarantee expires and the new facilities mature on December 25, 2011.

     During the second quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company and the Other Investor also agreed to provide $3 million each to Inquam for other purposes. At March 27, 2005, the Company had not yet funded $1 million of this amount. The Company and the Other Investor continue to have active discussions with Inquam concerning the necessary funding for all or a part of Inquam’s business plan, potential restructuring and investment by other parties. While the Company may provide some additional funding in furtherance of Inquam’s business plan, the amount and form of such support is unknown, and none is expected without commensurate support or consideration being provided by the Other Investor.

     Other. Other strategic investments as of March 27, 2005 and September 26, 2004 totaled $97 million and $123 million, respectively, including $52 million and $50 million accounted for using the cost method, respectively. Funding commitments related to these investments totaled $15 million at March 27, 2005, which the Company expects to fund through fiscal 2009. Such commitments are subject to the investees meeting certain conditions; actual equity funding may be in lesser amounts. An investee’s failure to develop and provide competitive products and services due to lack of financing, market demand or an unfavorable economic environment could adversely affect the value of the Company’s investment in the investee. There can be no assurance that the investees will be successful in their efforts.

Note 4 – Investment Income, Net

     Investment income, net, was comprised as follows (in millions):

Note 5 – Income Taxes

     The Company currently estimates its annual effective income tax rate to be approximately 24% for fiscal 2005, as compared to the 25% effective income tax rate in fiscal 2004. The Company’s estimated effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 decreased from 28% in the first quarter to 24% in the second quarter, which resulted in a 16% effective tax rate

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

in the second quarter of fiscal 2005. The decrease in the estimated rate for fiscal 2005 is primarily the result of a change in the estimate of the amount of research and development costs allocable to the Company’s foreign operations under an intercompany cost sharing arrangement, resulting in additional foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal statutory tax rate. The 16% effective tax rate for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 is lower than the expected annual effective tax rate primarily due to the effect of this change in estimate, including a $55 million tax benefit related to fiscal 2004 and a $17 million tax benefit related to the first quarter of fiscal 2005. The estimated effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 includes a 2% benefit related to fiscal 2004.

     The estimated annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 is 11% lower than the United States federal statutory rate primarily due to benefits of approximately 11% related to foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, 3% related to research and development tax credits and 1% related to tax benefits recorded arising from the Company’s forecast of its ability to use its capital loss carryforwards, partially offset by state taxes of approximately 4%. The prior fiscal year rate was lower than the United States federal statutory rate as a result of foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, an increase in the forecast of our ability to use capital loss carryforwards, and research and development credits, partially offset by state taxes.

     The Company has not provided for United States income taxes and foreign withholding taxes on a cumulative total of approximately $1.6 billion of undistributed earnings of certain non-United States subsidiaries indefinitely invested outside the United States. Should the Company decide to 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. The Company is currently studying the impact of the one-time favorable foreign dividend provisions enacted on October 22, 2004, as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and may decide to repatriate future earnings of some of its foreign subsidiaries. However, the decision to repatriate would relate solely to future earnings to be generated after the date such decision was made.

     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 March 27, 2005, the Company has provided a valuation allowance on net capital losses of $124 million. The valuation allowance related to capital losses reflects the uncertainty surrounding the Company’s ability to generate sufficient capital gains to utilize all capital losses.

     Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance, decreased by approximately $59 million from September 26, 2004 to March 27, 2005 primarily because of the use of deferred tax assets to offset the current tax liability that otherwise would have resulted from current operations.

Note 6 – Stockholders’ Equity

     Changes in stockholders’ equity for the six months ended March 27, 2005 were as follows (in millions):

     Stock Repurchase Program. On March 8, 2005, the Company authorized the expenditure of up to $2 billion to repurchase shares of the Company’s stock. During the six months ended March 27, 2005, the Company bought 9,185,000 shares at a net aggregate cost of $339 million under this plan, of which $109 million for 3,000,000 shares was included in other current liabilities at March 27, 2005. Repurchased shares are retired.

     In connection with the Company’s stock repurchase program, the Company sold a put option, with an expiration date of September 6, 2005, under a separate contract with an independent third party during the three months ended March 27, 2005 that may require the Company to purchase 5,750,000 shares of its common stock upon exercise. The Company recorded the $15 million in premiums received as additions to other current liabilities, and a $3 million

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

increase in the fair value of the option was recognized in the Company’s statement of operations. At March 27, 2005, the recorded value of the option liability was $18 million. If the option is exercised, the Company’s net repurchase price for its shares (the strike price less the option premiums received) will be approximately $33.75 per share. Any shares repurchased upon exercise of the put option will be retired.

     At March 27, 2005, $1.5 billion remains authorized for repurchases under this program, which does not have an expiration date.

     Dividends. On March 8, 2005, the Company announced an increase in the cash dividend rate on the Company’s common stock from $0.07 to $0.09 per share which will be effective for quarterly dividends payable after March 25, 2005. Cash dividends announced in the six months ended March 27, 2005 and March 28, 2004 were as follows (in millions, except per share data):

Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies

     Litigation. Schwartz, et al v. QUALCOMM: In fiscal 2001, 87 former employees filed a lawsuit against the Company in the District Court for Boulder County, Colorado, claiming that the Company wrongfully did not accelerate the vesting of unvested stock options as a result of the sale of certain assets of the Company’s infrastructure business to Ericsson, and seeking monetary damages based thereon. Over time, the Court granted the Company’s motions to dismiss or remand nearly all of the plaintiffs from the lawsuit, and the Company subsequently resolved the matters with the remaining plaintiffs. Those plaintiffs whose claims were dismissed appealed, and on December 2, 2004 the Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s decision as to them except those whose claims were dismissed based upon inconvenient forum (each of whom subsequently sued in the Stone and Boesel matters discussed below). Plaintiffs’ petition to have the Colorado Supreme Court hear the case is pending.

     Hanig et al. v. QUALCOMM, Boesel, et al v. QUALCOMM, Stone v. QUALCOMM, Ortiz et al v. QUALCOMM, Shannon et al. v. QUALCOMM, Deshon et al v. QUALCOMM, Earnhart et al. v. QUALCOMM: These cases, the first of which was filed in fiscal 2001, were filed in San Diego County Superior Court by over 100 former employees, claiming that the Company wrongfully did not accelerate the vesting of unvested stock options as a result of the sale of certain assets of the Company’s infrastructure business to Ericsson, and seeking monetary damages based thereon. The trial court has now dismissed all of plaintiffs’ claims. Plaintiffs have indicated that they will appeal.

     Durante, et al v. QUALCOMM: On February 2, 2000, three former employees filed a putative class action against the Company, alleging unlawful age discrimination in their selection for layoff in 1999, and seeking monetary damages based thereon. On April 15, 2003, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the Company’s summary judgment motions as to all then-remaining class members’ disparate impact claims. On June 18, 2003, the Court ordered decertification of the class and dismissed the remaining claims of the opt-in plaintiffs without prejudice. Plaintiffs have filed an appeal. On June 20, 2003, 76 of the opt-in plaintiffs filed an action in the same court, alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as a result of their layoffs in 1999. To date, the complaint has not been served. To date, all but 27 of the class members agreed to dismiss all pending claims against the Company in exchange for a waiver of litigation costs.

     Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. v. QUALCOMM, Inc. 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

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Company and SnapTrack their costs of suit. Zoltar filed a notice of appeal, and the Company and SnapTrack filed a responsive notice and motion to dismiss. Zoltar’s appeal was dismissed and the issue of reaching a final judgment on issues aside from non-infringement is pending before the district court.

     QUALCOMM Incorporated v. Conexant Systems, Inc. and Skyworks Solutions Inc.: On October 8, 2002, the Company filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Conexant and Skyworks alleging infringement of five patents and misappropriation of trade secrets and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On December 4, 2003, Skyworks answered and counterclaimed against QUALCOMM, alleging infringement of four patents and misappropriation of trade secrets and seeking damages and injunctive relief. The Company filed an amended complaint on June 16, 2004, bringing the total number of the Company’s patents at issue to eight and maintaining its trade secret misappropriation claim. On July 16 and 20, 2004, Conexant and Skyworks answered the Company’s amended complaint, reasserted claims based on alleged trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement and Skyworks also asserted counterclaims alleging violations of antitrust laws and unfair business practices and seeking damages and other forms of equitable relief. On April 6, 2005, the parties resolved the litigation through settlement and a stipulation of dismissal has been filed.

     QUALCOMM Incorporated v. Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.: On December 2, 2002, the Company filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Maxim alleging infringement of three patents and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. The Company has since amended the complaint, bringing the total number of patents at issue to four and adding misappropriation of trade secret and unfair competition claims. Maxim has counterclaimed against the Company, alleging antitrust violations, patent misuse and unfair competition seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief based thereon. On May 5, 2004, the Court granted Maxim’s motion that no indirect infringement arose in connection with defendants’ sales of certain products to certain licensees of the Company. A motion by the Company for preliminary injunction regarding the alleged trade secret misappropriations by Maxim was heard on January 4, 2005. The Court found that Maxim had acted unlawfully by misappropriating the Company’s trade secrets and issued an injunction order prohibiting further misappropriation and requiring Maxim to notify customers of the order. Maxim has sought appellate review of the injunction order.

     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.

     Other: The Company has been named, along with many other manufacturers of wireless phones, wireless operators and industry-related organizations, as a defendant in purported class action lawsuits, including In re Wireless Telephone Frequency Emissions Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and several individually filed actions, seeking monetary damages arising out of its sale of cellular phones. On March 5, 2003, the Court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss five of the consolidated cases (Pinney, Gimpleson, Gillian, Farina and Naquin) on the grounds that the claims were preempted by federal law. On March 21, 2005, the 4^th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling by the District Court and ordered the cases remanded to state court. All remaining cases filed against the Company allege personal injury as a result of their use of a wireless telephone. Those cases have been remanded to the Washington, D.C. Superior Court. 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.

     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 are without merit and will vigorously defend the actions. The Company has not recorded any accrual for contingent liability associated with the legal proceedings described above based on the Company’s belief that a liability, while possible, is 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 no longer material to the Company’s operating results, liquidity or financial position.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     Finance Receivables. Finance receivables, which are included in other assets, result from arrangements in which the Company has agreed to provide its customers or certain CDMA customers of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) with long-term interest bearing debt financing for the purchase of equipment and/or services. At March 27, 2005, the Company has a commitment to extend up to $118 million in long-term financing to certain CDMA customers of Ericsson. The funding of this commitment, if it occurs, is not subject to a fixed expiration date and is subject to the CDMA customers meeting conditions prescribed in the financing arrangement and, in certain cases, to Ericsson also financing a portion of such sales and services. Financing under this arrangement is generally collateralized by the related equipment. The commitment represents the maximum amount to be financed; actual financing may be in lesser amounts.

     Operating Leases. The Company leases certain of its facilities and equipment under noncancelable operating leases, with terms ranging from less than 1 year to 10 years and with provisions for cost-of-living increases. Future minimum lease payments for the remainder of fiscal 2005 and each of the subsequent four years from fiscal 2006 through 2009 are $26 million, $38 million, $26 million, $13 million and $10 million, respectively, and $14 million thereafter.

     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 the remainder of fiscal 2005 and for each of the subsequent four years from fiscal 2006 through 2009 to be $496 million, $106 million, $65 million, $27 million and $6 million, respectively. Of the totals for the remainder of 2005 and for each of the subsequent four years from fiscal 2006 through 2009, commitments to purchase integrated circuit product inventories comprised $395 million, $75 million, $59 million, $24 million and $5 million, respectively.

     Letters of Credit. The Company had $1 million of letters of credit outstanding as of March 27, 2005, none of which were collateralized.

Note 8 – Segment Information

     The Company is organized on the basis of products and services. The Company aggregates three of its divisions into the QUALCOMM 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 CDMA products, and collects license fees and royalties in partial consideration for such licenses;
	•	QUALCOMM 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 product and services, QChat and QPoint;
	•	QUALCOMM Government Technologies (QGOV) – formerly QUALCOMM Digital Media, provides development, hardware and analytical expertise to United States government agencies involving wireless communications technologies; and
	•	QUALCOMM 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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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 products and services.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     During the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company reorganized its MediaFLO USA business into the QSI segment. The operating expenses related to the MediaFLO USA business were included in reconciling items through the end of fiscal 2004. During the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company also reorganized a division in the QWI segment that develops and sells test tools to support the design, development, testing and deployment of infrastructure and subscriber products into the QCT segment. 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) from continuing operations, excluding certain impairment and other charges that are not allocated to the segments for management reporting purposes. EBT includes the allocation of certain corporate expenses to the segments, including depreciation and amortization expense related to unallocated corporate assets. Segment data includes intersegment revenues.

     The table below presents revenues and EBT for reportable segments (in millions):

     Reconciling items in the previous table were comprised as follows (in millions):

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     Generally, revenues between segments are based on prevailing market rates for substantially similar products and services or an approximation thereof. Certain charges are allocated to the corporate functional department in the Company’s management reports based on the decision that those charges should not be used to evaluate the segments’ operating performance. Unallocated charges include amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, research and development expenses and marketing expenses related to the development of the CDMA market that were not deemed to be directly related to the businesses of the segments.

     Revenues from external customers and intersegment revenues were as follows (in millions):

     Segment assets are comprised of accounts receivable and inventory for QCT, QTL and QWI. The QSI segment assets include marketable securities, accounts receivable, finance receivables, notes receivable, wireless licenses, other investments and assets of consolidated investees. Total segment assets differ from total assets on a consolidated basis as a result of unallocated corporate assets primarily comprised of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, property, plant and equipment, deferred tax assets, goodwill and certain other intangible assets. Segment assets were as follows (in millions):

Note 9 – Acquisitions

     In October 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Iridigm Display Corporation (Iridigm), a privately held display technology company, that it did not already own. As a result of the closing of the acquisition, the Company no longer treats its previously owned interest in Iridigm as a cost method investment. The purchase price was approximately $188 million, comprised primarily of $160 million in cash consideration, $18 million related to the fair value of vested and unvested options exchanged at the closing date, and the $9 million recorded value of the Company’s earlier investment in Iridigm. The $160 million of total cash consideration less cash acquired of approximately $24 million resulted in a net cash outlay of approximately $136

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

million. Iridigm is a nonreportable segment included in reconciling items in the reconciliation of revenues and EBT for reportable segments to the consolidated totals.

     In October 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Trigenix Limited (Trigenix), a United Kingdom-based developer of user interfaces for mobile phones for a purchase price of approximately $35 million, comprised primarily of $33 million in cash consideration. Trigenix is consolidated in the QIS division of the QWI segment.

     In November 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Spike Technologies, Inc., Spike InfoTech Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spike Technologies, Inc., and Spike Technologies India Private Ltd. (collectively Spike). Spike is a semiconductor design services company based primarily in India. The initial purchase price of approximately $15 million was comprised primarily of $7 million in cash consideration, $6 million in notes payable to the former shareholders and $1 million related to the fair value of vested and unvested options exchanged at the closing date. The $7 million of cash consideration less cash acquired of approximately $3 million resulted in a net cash outlay of approximately $4 million. An additional $4 million in consideration is payable in cash through November 2006 if certain performance and other milestones are reached. Spike is consolidated in the QCT segment.

     The preliminary allocation of purchase price to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on the estimated fair values was as follows (in millions):

     The Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocations within one year and does not anticipate material adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocations. Amounts allocated to other intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives ranging from three to 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 effect of the acquisitions was not material.

Note 10 – Discontinued Operations

     On December 2, 2003, Embratel Participações S.A. (Embratel) acquired the Company’s 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, (the Embratel sale transaction) for no consideration. The Vésper Operating Companies’ existing communication towers and related interests in tower site property leases (Vésper Towers) were not included in the Embratel sale transaction, and as such, the Company effectively retained, through a new wholly-owned subsidiary (TowerCo), ownership and control of the Vésper Towers. The Company realized a net loss of $52 million on the Embratel sale transaction during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, including a $74 million loss on the net assets sold to Embratel and a $46 million loss related to the recognition of cumulative foreign currency translation losses previously included in stockholders’ equity, partially offset by $68 million in gains related to the extinguishment of local bank debt and the settlement of other liabilities.

     In December 2003, the Company initiated a waiver and return of its personal mobile service (SMP) licenses in certain regions in Brazil to Anatel, the telecommunications regulatory agency in Brazil. In February 2004, the waiver and return of the SMP licenses was approved by Anatel, and the license debt was extinguished.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

     On March 2, 2004, the Company sold TowerCo to Embratel in a separately negotiated transaction (the TowerCo sale transaction) for $45 million in cash. TowerCo’s assets were primarily comprised of $5 million in property, plant and equipment. 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 and cash flows related to the Vésper Operating Companies, including the results related to TowerCo and the SMP licenses and the gains and losses realized on the Embratel and TowerCo sales transactions, should be presented as discontinued operations in its consolidated statements of operations and cash flows. For each of the three months and six months ended March 28, 2004, revenues of $36 million were reported in the loss from discontinued operations. At March 27, 2005 and September 26, 2004, the Company had no remaining assets or liabilities related to the Vésper Operating Companies, TowerCo or SMP licenses recorded on its condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     This information should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the year ended September 26, 2004 contained in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     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 Quarterly Report.

Overview

Quarterly Highlights

     Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $1.37 billion, with net income of $532 million. During this quarter, the following developments occurred with respect to key elements of our business:

	•	Third generation (3G) enhanced multimedia functionality of CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO and WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) phones continued to improve the competitive positioning of CDMA operators worldwide. There were more than 169 million total 3G subscribers as reported by a portion of operators worldwide through March 2005, including approximately 12.7 million 1xEV-DO subscribers and approximately 21.8 million WCDMA subscribers. During the second quarter of fiscal 2005, we shipped approximately 37 million Mobile Station Modems (MSM) integrated circuits for mobile CDMA phones and data modules, nearly all of which were 3G, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO and WCDMA.
	•	WCDMA subscriber growth in Japan and Europe and new network launches in Europe and Asia continue to have a positive impact on growth in WCDMA. We estimate that WCDMA royalties contributed approximately 32% of total royalties reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 for licensee sales during the first quarter of fiscal 2005. Currently, average WCDMA phone prices are significantly higher than worldwide average CDMA2000 phone prices; however, WCDMA phone prices are declining, particularly with respect to sales for use in Europe. A total of 28 customers have announced the selection of our WCDMA MSM integrated circuits for WCDMA phone products, including LG Electronics, NEC, Option, Samsung, Sanyo, Siemens, Toshiba and others.
	•	Our supply of integrated circuit products improved during the quarter due to our previous efforts to increase and extend firm orders to our foundry suppliers and continued customer migration to 6000-series MSMs. We continue to evaluate potential new suppliers to augment our future needs.

Our Business and Operating Segments

     We design, manufacture 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 related services. Operating expenses primarily consist of cost of equipment and services, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses.

     We conduct business through four operating segments. These segments are: QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, or QCT; QUALCOMM Technology Licensing, or QTL; QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet, or QWI; and QUALCOMM Strategic Initiatives, or QSI.

     QCT is a leading developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning products. QCT’s integrated circuit products and software are used in wireless phones and infrastructure equipment. The wireless phone integrated circuits include the MSM, Radio Frequency (RF) and Power Management (PM) devices. The wireless phone integrated circuits and software perform voice and data communication, multimedia and global positioning functions, radio conversion between radio and baseband signals and power management. The infrastructure equipment integrated circuits provide the core baseband CDMA modem functionality in the operator’s equipment. QCT software products are the operating systems that control the phone and the functionality imbedded in our integrated circuit products. QCT

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revenues comprised 55% and 59% of total consolidated revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. QCT revenues comprised 58% and 61% of total consolidated revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively.

     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 CDMA (including, without limitation, all versions of cdmaOne, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and their derivatives) products. QTL receives license fees as well as ongoing royalties based on worldwide sales by licensees of products incorporating our intellectual property. QTL revenues comprised 36% and 32% of total consolidated revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. QTL revenues comprised 32% and 31% of total consolidated revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively.

     QWI, which includes QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS), QUALCOMM Internet Services (QIS) and QUALCOMM 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 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. QIS provides the BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) product and services for the development and over-the-air deployment of data services on wireless devices. QIS also provides QChat and QPoint products and services. QChat enables virtually instantaneous push-to-chat functionality on CDMA-based wireless devices while QPoint enables operators to offer E-911 and location-based applications and services. The QGOV division provides development, hardware and analytical expertise to United States government agencies involving wireless communications technologies. QWI revenues comprised 11% and 12% of total consolidated revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. QWI revenues comprised 11% of total consolidated revenues for the first six months of both fiscal 2005 and 2004.

     QSI makes strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and services. Our strategy is to invest in CDMA 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. Effective as of the beginning of fiscal 2005, we present the operating results of our wireless multimedia operator, MediaFLO USA, Inc. (MediaFLO USA), in the QSI segment. Our MediaFLO USA subsidiary expects to offer a FLO (Forward Link Only) technology based network, initially targeting 100 top markets, with the eventual capability for broad nationwide coverage. This network is expected to be utilized as a shared resource for wireless operators and their customers in the United States starting in 2006. FLO is a multicast technology specifically designed for markets where dedicated spectrum is available and where regulations permit high-power transmission, thereby reducing the number of towers required to provide market coverage. MediaFLO USA plans to use our nationwide 700 MHz spectrum and will be responsible for procuring and distributing the common content made available to all of its wireless operator customers. Distribution, marketing, billing and customer relationships are expected to remain with the wireless operator partners. We are evaluating a number of corporate structuring options, including eventually distributing our ownership interest in MediaFLO USA to our stockholders in a spin-off transaction.

     Nonreportable segments include the Iridigm business, a display technology company that we acquired in the first quarter of fiscal 2005, and other product initiatives.

Looking Forward

     We expect continued growth in the overall CDMA2000 and WCDMA markets. In high gross domestic product markets where technology competition exists, operators are moving to deploy high speed data networks. Operators on the CDMA2000 technology path are deploying 1xEV-DO enabling them to leverage their time to market advantage over other technologies. GSM operators who are migrating their networks to WCDMA are preparing to deploy HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access).

     The launch of 67 WCDMA networks as of March 2005, as reported by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association, an international organization of WCDMA and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) suppliers, is expected to drive growth in WCDMA phone sales worldwide. In addition, NTT DoCoMo is migrating its proprietary FOMA service to 3GPP compliant WCDMA. We believe our QCT business will increasingly benefit from growth in the WCDMA market as we leverage our broad offering of chipsets including the first available HSDPA chipset. We expect that in 2005, due primarily to volume increases and competition among WCDMA phone manufacturers, average WCDMA phone prices will decrease significantly, although they should still be higher than average CDMA2000 phone prices.

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     We anticipate 3G wireless licenses will be granted in China in calendar 2005. When the licenses are granted, we expect operators in China will be authorized to upgrade and deploy third generation CDMA-based networks, including CDMA450.

     Growing demand for phones and devices with greater multimedia functionality will continue to drive the need for increased functionality and integration in our MSM chips. We will continue to invest to position our QCT business for success in the WCDMA market, as well as to continue to maintain our strong position in the CDMA2000 market. In particular, we intend to continue to invest significant resources in developing integrated circuit products to support high-speed wireless Internet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork operation including CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), FLO and OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) for multicast. We continue to work on different initiatives for low-cost phones in addition to reducing costs through further integration of multimedia capabilities in mid- to high-end phones. We will also continue our significant development efforts with respect to our BREW applications development platform and our new MediaFLO multi-media distribution system and FLO technology for delivery of low cost multimedia content to multiple subscribers.

     As a result of our efforts to increase capacity at our current suppliers combined with the potential to bring on additional suppliers, we believe our shortages of integrated circuits have been alleviated based on current forecasted demand. However, it is possible that we may experience new shortages from time to time in the future.

     We are dependent upon the adoption and commercial deployment of 3G wireless communications equipment, products and services based on our CDMA technology to increase our revenues and market share. We continue to face significant competition from non-CDMA technologies, as well as competition from companies offering other CDMA-based products. You should also refer to the Risk Factors included in this Quarterly Report for further discussion of these and other risks related to our business.

Revenue Concentrations

     Revenues from customers in South Korea, Japan and the United States comprised 39%, 20% and 19%, respectively, of total consolidated revenues in the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to 44%, 18% and 22%, respectively, in the first six months of fiscal 2004. We distinguish revenue from external customers by geographic areas based on customer location. The increase in revenues from customers in Japan from 18% of total revenues to 20% is primarily attributable to higher sales of integrated circuit products to manufacturers in Japan and higher royalties from licensees in Japan, both resulting from the growth of CDMA2000 and WCDMA sales in Japan as well as the success of Japanese manufacturers in exporting products worldwide. The decrease in combined revenues from customers in South Korea and the United States from 66% of total revenues to 58% is primarily attributable to overall increases in revenues from manufacturers in other geographic regions.

Second Quarter of Fiscal 2005 Compared to Second Quarter of Fiscal 2004

     Revenues. Total revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $1.37 billion, compared to $1.22 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

     Revenues from sales of equipment and services for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $849 million, compared to $820 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Revenues from sales of integrated circuit products increased $26 million, resulting primarily from an increase of $108 million related to higher unit shipments of MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, partially offset by a decrease of $87 million related to the net effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix.

     Revenues from licensing and royalty fees for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $516 million, compared to $396 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. During the second quarter of fiscal 2005, the QTL segment recorded royalty revenues solely based on royalties reported by licensees during the quarter, as compared to the method used during the second quarter of fiscal 2004 of recording royalty revenues from certain licensees based on estimates of royalty revenues earned by those licensees during the quarter. Revenues from licensing and royalty fees increased primarily as a result of a $134 million increase in royalties reported to the QTL segment by its external licensees, resulting from an increase in phone and infrastructure equipment sales by our licensees at higher average selling prices, partially offset by the effect of using estimates to record royalty revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. In the second quarter of fiscal 2005, our licensees reported CDMA phone sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 of approximately 52 million units, as compared to 37 million units reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2004 for phone sales during the first quarter of fiscal 2004.

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     Cost of Equipment and Services. Cost of equipment and services revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $386 million, compared to $335 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Cost of equipment and services revenues as a percentage of equipment and services revenues was 45% for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to 41% in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The margin percentage decline in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 was primarily due to a decrease in the QCT margin percentage resulting from the effects of reductions in average sales prices, partially offset by the effects of reductions in average unit costs and changes in product mix. 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 the second quarter of fiscal 2005, research and development expenses were $252 million or 18% of revenues, compared to $169 million or 14% of revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The dollar and percentage increases in research and development expenses primarily resulted from increases in costs related to integrated circuit products and other initiatives to support multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork products, including CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, WCDMA, MediaFLO and HSDPA.

     Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. For the second quarter of fiscal 2005, selling, general and administrative expenses were $155 million or 11% of revenues, compared to $135 million or 11% of revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The dollar increase was primarily due to a $10 million increase in employee related expenses, a $5 million increase in professional fees related to legal, patent and audit activities and the effect of $5 million of other income recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2004 related to the transfers of portions of the Auction Discount Voucher (ADV) awarded to us by the FCC in fiscal 2000 to two wireless operators.

     Net Investment Income. Net investment income was $61 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $33 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The change was primarily comprised as follows (in millions):

     The increase in interest 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 and dividends earned on these balances. Net realized gains on corporate investments increased primarily as a result of an increase in marketable equity securities as a percentage of total corporate investments in fiscal 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. Equity in losses of investees decreased primarily due to a decrease in losses incurred by Inquam, of which our share was $10 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to $19 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004, partially offset by an increase in losses recognized by a venture fund investee, of which our share was $6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to a negligible amount in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

     Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense from continuing operations was $101 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $169 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The annual effective tax rate is estimated to be 24% for fiscal 2005, compared to the 30% estimated annual effective tax rate recorded during the second quarter of fiscal 2004, and the effective tax rate of 25% for fiscal 2004. The estimated effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 decreased from 28% in the first quarter to 24% in the second quarter, which resulted in a 16% effective tax rate in the second quarter of fiscal 2005. The decrease in the estimated rate for fiscal 2005 is primarily the result of a change in the estimate of the amount of research and development costs allocable to our foreign operations

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under an intercompany cost sharing arrangement, resulting in additional foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal statutory tax rate. The 16% effective tax rate for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 is lower than the expected annual effective tax rate primarily due to the effect of this change in estimate, including a $55 million tax benefit related to fiscal 2004 and a $17 million tax benefit related to the first quarter of fiscal 2005.

     The estimated annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 is 11% lower than the United States federal statutory rate primarily due to benefits of approximately 11% related to foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, 3% related to research and development tax credits and 1% related to tax benefits recorded arising from our forecast of our ability to use our capital loss carryforwards, partially offset by state taxes of approximately 4%.

     As of March 27, 2005, we had a valuation allowance of approximately $124 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 provision for income taxes in the period the change occurs. We are currently considering actions that may result in our ability to utilize some of the capital loss currently reserved, which may result in a reduction of our valuation allowance and tax expense in subsequent quarters.

First Six Months of Fiscal 2005 Compared to First Six Months of Fiscal 2004

     Revenues. Total revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $2.75 billion, compared to $2.42 billion for the first six months of fiscal 2004. Revenues from LG Electronics, Samsung, and Motorola, customers of our QCT and QTL segments, comprised an aggregate of 16%, 12% and 12% of total consolidated revenues, respectively, in the first six months of fiscal 2005, as compared to 16%, 14% and 11% of total consolidated revenues, respectively, in the first six months of fiscal 2004.

     Revenues from sales of equipment and services for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $1,826 million, compared to $1,672 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. Revenues from sales of integrated circuit products increased $136 million, resulting primarily from an increase of $252 million related to higher unit shipments of MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, partially offset by a decrease of $130 million related to the net effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix.

     Revenues from licensing and royalty fees for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $928 million, compared to $750 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. During the first six months of fiscal 2005, the QTL segment recorded royalty revenues solely based on royalties reported by licensees during the quarter, as compared to the method used during the first six months of fiscal 2004 of recording royalty revenues from certain licensees based on estimates of royalty revenues earned by those licensees during the quarter. Revenues from licensing and royalty fees increased primarily as a result of a $230 million increase in royalties reported to the QTL segment by its external licensees, resulting from an increase in phone and infrastructure equipment sales by our licensees at higher average selling prices, partially offset by the effect of using estimates to record royalty revenues in the first six months of fiscal 2004. In the first six months of fiscal 2005, our licensees reported CDMA phone sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 and the first quarter of fiscal 2005 of approximately 92 million units, as compared to 68 million units reported in the first six months of fiscal 2004 for phone sales during the comparative periods.

     Cost of Equipment and Services. Cost of equipment and services revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 was $815 million, compared to $705 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. Cost of equipment and services revenues as a percentage of equipment and services revenues was 45% for the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to 42% in the first six months of fiscal 2004. The margin percentage decline in the first six months of fiscal 2005 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 was primarily due to a 2.3% decrease in QCT margin percentage. Increases in the reserves for excess and obsolete inventory and product support costs contributed 1.5% and 0.9%, respectively, to the total decrease in QCT margin percentage. 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 the first six months of fiscal 2005, research and development expenses were $480 million or 17% of revenues, compared to $319 million or 13% of revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2004. The dollar and percentage increases in research and development expenses primarily resulted from increases in costs related to integrated circuit products and other initiatives to support multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork products, including CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, WCDMA, MediaFLO and HSDPA.

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     Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. For the first six months of fiscal 2005, selling, general and administrative expenses were $303 million or 11% of revenues, compared to $253 million or 10% of revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2004. The dollar increase was primarily due to a $24 million increase in employee related expenses, a $15 million increase in professional fees related to legal, patent and audit activities and the effect of $11 million of other income recorded during the first six months of fiscal 2004 related to the transfers of portions of the ADV to two wireless operators.

     Net Investment Income. Net investment income was $181 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to $68 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. The change was primarily comprised as follows (in millions):

     The increase in interest 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 and dividends earned on these balances. The decrease in QSI interest income was primarily the result of the prepayment on the Pegaso debt facility in the first quarter of fiscal 2004. Net realized gains on corporate investments increased primarily as a result of an increase in marketable equity securities as a percentage of total corporate investments in fiscal 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase in net realized gains on QSI investments resulted primarily from a $41 million net realized gain on the sale of an equity investment in NextWave Telecom Inc. Equity in losses of investees decreased primarily due to a decrease in losses incurred by Inquam, of which our share was $19 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to $34 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004.

     Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense from continuing operations was $292 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to $361 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. The annual effective tax rate is estimated to be 24% for fiscal 2005, compared to the 30% estimated annual effective tax rate recorded during the first six months of fiscal 2004, and the estimated tax rate of 25% for fiscal 2004. The decrease in the estimated rate for fiscal 2005 is primarily the result of a change in the estimate of the amount of research and development costs allocable to our foreign operations under an intercompany cost sharing arrangement, resulting in additional foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal statutory tax rate. As a result of this change in estimate, the effective tax rate for the first six months of fiscal 2005 of 22% includes a $55 million tax benefit related to fiscal 2004 and a $17 million tax benefit related to the first quarter of fiscal 2005.

     The estimated annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 is 11% lower than the United States federal statutory rate primarily due to benefits of approximately 11% related to foreign earnings taxed at less than the United States federal rate, 3% related to research and development tax credits and 1% related to tax benefits recorded arising from our forecast of our ability to use our capital loss carryforwards, partially offset by state taxes of approximately 4%.

     As of March 27, 2005, we had a valuation allowance of approximately $124 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 provision for income taxes in the period the change occurs. We are currently considering actions that may

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result in our ability to utilize some of the capital loss currently reserved, which may result in a reduction of our valuation allowance and tax expense in subsequent quarters.

     Our Segment Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2005 Compared to the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2004

     The following should be read in conjunction with the second quarter financial results of fiscal 2005 for each reporting segment. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 8 – Segment Information.”

     QCT Segment. QCT revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $746 million, compared to $715 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Equipment and services revenues, primarily from MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, were $725 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $699 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The increase in MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits revenue was comprised of $108 million related to higher unit shipments, partially offset by a decrease of $87 million related to the net effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix. Approximately 37 million MSM integrated circuits were sold during the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to approximately 32 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

     QCT’s earnings before taxes for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $158 million, compared to $259 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. QCT’s operating income as a percentage of its revenues (operating margin percentage) was 21% in the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to 36% in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The decline in operating margin percentage in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 is primarily the result of a 54% increase in research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. Research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses were $73 million higher and $14 million higher, respectively, for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 primarily associated with increased investment in new integrated circuit products and technology research, development and marketing initiatives to support multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multiband, multimode, multinetwork products including CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, WCDMA and HSDPA.

     QTL Segment. QTL revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $493 million, compared to $390 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. QTL’s earnings before taxes for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $448 million, compared to $362 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. QTL’s operating margin percentage was 91% in the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to 93% in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The increase in both revenues and earnings before taxes primarily resulted from a $134 million increase in royalties reported to us by our external licensees, partially offset by the effect of using estimates to record royalty revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Royalties reported to us by external licensees were $447 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $313 million in the second quarter of 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. Revenues from amortization of license fees were $17 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $15 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. In each of these quarters, license fee revenue included $1 million related to equity received as license fees. 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. Starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we determined that, due to escalating and changing business trends, we no longer have 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 the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

     QWI Segment. QWI revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $151 million, compared with $140 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Revenues increased primarily due to an $8 million increase in QWBS revenue and a $4 million increase in QIS revenue. The increase in QIS revenue is primarily attributed to a $12 million increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products, partially offset by a $6 million

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decrease in QChat revenue resulting from the completion of development commitments under the licensing agreement with Nextel. The increase in QWBS revenue is primarily attributable to a $4 million increase in equipment revenue, net of a $6 million decrease in amortization of deferred revenues related to historical equipment sales, and a $3 million increase in messaging revenue as a result of a larger installed base. QWBS shipped approximately 8,800 satellite-based systems and 13,800 terrestrial-based systems during the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to approximately 9,400 satellite-based systems and 1,800 terrestrial-based systems in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

     QWI’s earnings before taxes for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $8 million, compared to $2 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. QWI’s operating margin was 5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to 2% in the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The increase in QWI earnings before taxes was primarily due to a $4 million increase in QIS gross margin largely resulting from the increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products, partially offset by the decrease in QChat development and license fees. QWI’s operating margin percentage increased in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a decrease in QWI research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of QWI revenue and an improvement in QIS gross margin percentage, offset by a decline in QWBS gross margin percentage. The improvement in QIS gross margin percentage is primarily attributable to the increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products. The decline in QWBS gross margin percentage in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004 is primarily attributable to the decrease in amortization of deferred revenues and cost of revenues related to historical equipment sales, with margins that were higher than the margins on current equipment sales, as a percentage of total QWBS revenue.

     QSI Segment. QSI’s losses before taxes from continuing operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 were $33 million, compared to $21 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. The increase in QSI’s losses before taxes from continuing operations was primarily comprised of an $8 million increase in MediaFLO operating expenses and the effect of $5 million of other income recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2004 related to the transfers of portions of the ADV to two wireless operators. Equity in losses of investees decreased by $3 million primarily due to a decrease in losses incurred by Inquam during the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004, of which our share was $10 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to $19 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004, partially offset by an increase in losses recognized by a venture fund investee, of which our share was $6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to a negligible amount in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

     Our Segment Results for the First Six Months of Fiscal 2005 Compared to the First Six Months of Fiscal 2004

     The following should be read in conjunction with the first six months financial results of fiscal 2005 for each reporting segment. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 8 – Segment Information.”

     QCT Segment. QCT revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $1,611 million, compared to $1,467 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. Equipment and services revenues, primarily from MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits, were $1,573 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to $1,436 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. The increase in MSM and accompanying RF integrated circuits revenue was comprised of $252 million related to higher unit shipments, partially offset by a decrease of $130 million related to the net effects of reductions in average sales prices and changes in product mix. Approximately 75 million MSM integrated circuits were sold during the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to approximately 64 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004.

     QCT’s earnings before taxes for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $400 million, compared to $520 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. QCT’s operating margin percentage was 25% in the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to 35% in the first six months of fiscal 2004. The decline in operating margin percentage in the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 is primarily the result of a 54% increase in research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. Research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses were $142 million higher and $28 million higher, respectively, for the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 primarily associated with increased investment in new integrated circuit products and technology research, development and marketing initiatives to support multimedia applications, high-speed wireless Internet access and multiband, multimode, multinetwork products including CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, WCDMA and HSDPA.

     QTL Segment. QTL revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $893 million, compared to $743 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. QTL’s earnings before taxes for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $805

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million, compared to $686 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. QTL’s operating margin percentage was 90% in the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to 92% in the first six months of fiscal 2004. The increase in both revenues and earnings before taxes primarily resulted from a $230 million increase in royalties reported to us by our external licensees, partially offset by the effect of using estimates to record royalty revenue in the first six months of fiscal 2004. Royalties reported to us by external licensees were $796 million in the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to $566 million in the first six months of 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. Revenues from amortization of license fees were $34 million in the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to $30 million in the first six months of fiscal 2004. During the first six months of both fiscal 2005 and 2004, license fee revenue included $2 million related to equity received as license fees. Other revenues were comprised of intersegment royalties.

     QWI Segment. QWI revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $310 million, compared with $274 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. Revenues increased primarily due to a $22 million increase in QIS revenue and a $17 million increase in QWBS revenue. The increase in QIS revenue is primarily attributed to a $23 million increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products. The increase in QWBS revenue is primarily attributable to an $11 million increase in equipment revenue, net of a $12 million decrease in amortization of deferred revenues related to historical equipment sales, and a $6 million increase in messaging revenue as a result of a larger installed base. QWBS shipped approximately 22,100 satellite-based systems and 25,400 terrestrial-based systems during the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to approximately 19,400 satellite-based systems and 2,900 terrestrial-based systems in the first six months of fiscal 2004.

     QWI’s earnings before taxes for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $24 million, compared to $6 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. QWI’s operating margin was 8% in the first six months of fiscal 2005, compared to 2% in the first six months of fiscal 2004. The increase in QWI earnings before taxes was primarily due to a $22 million increase in QIS gross margin largely resulting from the increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products, partially offset by a $6 million increase in QWI research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses. QWI’s operating margin percentage increased in the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 primarily due to a decrease in QWI research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of QWI revenue and an improvement in QIS gross margin percentage, partially offset by a decline in QWBS gross margin percentage. The improvement in QIS gross margin percentage is primarily attributable to the increase in fees related to our expanded BREW customer base and products. The decline in QWBS gross margin percentage in the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004 is primarily attributable to the decrease in amortization of deferred revenues and cost of revenues related to historical equipment sales, with margins that were higher than the margins on current equipment sales, as a percentage of total QWBS revenue.

     QSI Segment. QSI’s earnings before taxes from continuing operations for the first six months of fiscal 2005 were $8 million, compared to losses before taxes from continuing operations of $30 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. During the first six months of fiscal 2005, QSI recorded $52 million in realized gains on marketable securities and other investments, compared to $4 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004. Equity in losses of investees decreased by $19 million primarily due to a decrease in losses incurred by Inquam during the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to the first six months of fiscal 2004, of which our share was $19 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to $34 million for the first six months of fiscal 2004, and an increase in investment gains recognized by a venture fund investee, of which our share was $5 million for the first six months of fiscal 2005 as compared to a negligible amount for the first six months of fiscal 2004. These improvements in QSI’s earnings before taxes from continuing operations were partially offset by a $15 million increase in MediaFLO operating expenses and an $11 million decrease in interest income that resulted from the prepayment of the Pegaso debt facility in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $8.3 billion at March 27, 2005, an increase of $665 million from September 28, 2004. The increase was primarily the result of $1.2 billion in cash provided by operating activities and $182 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our stock option and employee stock purchase plans, partially offset by $282 million in capital expenditures, $230 million in repurchases of our common stock under our stock repurchase program, $230 million in dividends paid and $185 million invested in other entities and acquisitions.

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     Accounts receivable decreased by 23% during the second quarter of fiscal 2005. The decrease in accounts receivable was primarily due to the timing of cash receipts for royalty receivables. Days sales outstanding, on a consolidated basis, were 32 days at March 27, 2005, compared to 42 days at December 26, 2004. The change in days sales outstanding reflects the increase in cash receipts for royalty receivables during the quarter.

     On March 8, 2005, we announced an increase in the dividend rate on our common stock from $0.07 to $0.09 per share which will be effective for quarterly dividends payable after March 25, 2005. On March 8, 2005, we authorized the expenditure of up to $2 billion to repurchase shares of our stock. Through April 19, 2005, we repurchased approximately 19,480,000 shares of our common stock at a net aggregate cost of $688 million. In connection with this stock repurchase program, we sold a put option, with an expiration date of September 6, 2005, that may require us to repurchase 5,750,000 shares at a net price (strike price less the premiums received) of approximately $33.75 per share for a net cost of $194 million. At April 19, 2005, $1.1 billion remains authorized for repurchases under our stock repurchase program, which does not have an expiration date.

     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 investments in other companies and other assets to support the growth of our business, financing for customers of CDMA infrastructure products in accordance with the agreements with Ericsson, financing under agreements with CDMA telecommunications operators, other commitments, the payment of dividends and possible additional stock buy backs. We started construction of two facilities in San Diego, California in fiscal 2003, totaling approximately one million additional square feet, to meet the requirements projected in our long-term business plan. The remaining cost of these new facilities is expected to be approximately $190 million through fiscal 2007. In October 2004, we announced our plans to expand our current Network Operations Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, which uses GPS and other technologies to track freight transportation and shipping nationwide. We expect the cost of this expansion will be approximately $52 million through fiscal 2007.

     We intend to continue our strategic investment activities to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and the growth of CDMA-based wireless data and wireless Internet products. As part of these investment activities, we may provide financing 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.

Contractual Obligations

     We have no significant contractual obligations not fully recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets or fully disclosed in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. We have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in S-K 303(a)(4)(ii).

     At March 27, 2005, our outstanding contractual obligations included (in millions):

Contractual Obligations
Payments Due By Period

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     Additional information regarding our financial commitments at March 27, 2005 is provided in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. See “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2 – Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items, Finance Receivables, Note 3 – Investments in Other Entities and Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies.”

Future Accounting Requirements

     In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued revised statement No. 123 (FAS 123R), “Share-Based Payment,” which requires companies to expense the estimated fair value of employee stock options and similar awards. On April 14, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule amending the compliance dates for FAS 123R. In accordance with the new rule, the accounting provisions of FAS 123R will be effective for us in fiscal 2006. We will adopt the provisions of FAS 123R using a modified prospective application. Under modified prospective application, FAS 123R, which provides certain changes to the method for valuing share-based compensation among other changes, will apply to new awards and to awards that are outstanding on the effective date and are subsequently modified or cancelled. Compensation expense for outstanding awards for which the requisite service had not been rendered as of the effective date will be recognized over the remaining service period using the compensation cost calculated for pro forma disclosure purposes under FAS 123. At March 27, 2005, unamortized compensation expense, as determined in accordance with FAS 123, that we expect to record during fiscal 2006 was approximately $374 million before income taxes. We will incur additional expense during fiscal 2006 related to new awards granted during the remainder of fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2006 that cannot yet be quantified. We are in the process of determining how the guidance regarding valuing share-based compensation as prescribed in FAS 123R will be applied to valuing share-based awards granted after the effective date and the impact the recognition of compensation expense related to such awards will have on our financial statements.

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RISK FACTORS

     You should consider each of the following factors as well as the other information in this Quarterly 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 Quarterly Report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2004, including our financial statements and the related notes.

Risks Related to Our Businesses

If CDMA technology is not widely deployed, our revenues may not grow as anticipated.

     We focus our business primarily on developing, patenting and commercializing CDMA technology for wireless telecommunications applications. Other digital wireless communications technologies, particularly GSM technology, have been more widely deployed than CDMA technology. 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, or if wireless operators do not select CDMA for their networks or update their current networks to any CDMA-based third generation technology, our business and financial results could suffer.

     To increase our revenues and market share in future periods, we are dependent upon the commercial deployment of third generation (3G) wireless communications equipment, products and services based on our CDMA technology. Although network operators have commercially deployed CDMA2000 1X and WCDMA, we cannot predict the timing or success of further commercial deployments of CDMA2000 1X, WCDMA or other CDMA systems. If existing deployments are not commercially successful, or if new commercial deployments of CDMA2000 1X, WCDMA or other CDMA systems are delayed or unsuccessful, our business and financial results may be harmed. In addition, our business could be harmed if network operators deploy competing technologies or switch existing networks from CDMA to GSM or if network operators introduce new technologies. For example, a limited number of operators have started testing OFDMA technology, a multi-carrier transmission technique not based on CDMA technology, that 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. Although we have more than 300 issued or pending patents relating to applications of OFDM, OFDMA and MIMO (multi in, multi out), there can be no assurance that our patent portfolio in these areas would be as valuable as our CDMA portfolio.

     Our business and the deployment of CDMA technology are dependent on the success of our customers and licensees. Our customers and licensees may incur lower operating margins on CDMA-based products than on products using alternative technologies due to greater competition in the CDMA-based market, lack of product improvements or other factors. If CDMA phones and/or infrastructure manufacturers exit the CDMA market, the deployment of CDMA technology could be negatively affected, and our business could suffer.

     Our three largest customers as of March 27, 2005 accounted for 41% and 40% of consolidated revenues in the first six months of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively, and 40% and 44% of consolidated revenues in fiscal 2004 and 2003, respectively. 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. The loss of any one of our 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 could harm our ability to achieve or sustain desired levels of profitability. 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 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 these customers;
	•	the financial and operational success of these customers;
	•	the success of these customers’ products that incorporate our products;
	•	value added features which drive replacement rates;
	•	shortages of key products and components;

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	•	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 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;
	•	general economic conditions;
	•	changes in governmental regulations in countries where we or our customers currently operate or plan to operate; and
	•	widespread illness.

     QTL Segment. Our QTL segment derives royalty revenues based upon sales of CDMA products by our licensees. We derive a significant portion of our royalty revenue from a limited 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 will 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. 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 of foreign currencies in which our customers’ products are sold may reduce the amount of royalties payable to us in U.S. dollars.

Changes in financial accounting standards related to share-based payments are expected to have a significant effect on our reported results.

     The FASB recently issued a revised standard that requires that we 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 the new standard is expected to have 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. As a result, the adoption of the new standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 could negatively affect our stock price and our stock price volatility.

We depend upon a limited number of third party manufacturers to provide component parts, subassemblies and finished goods for our products. Any disruptions in the operations of, or the loss of, any of these third parties could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers and increase our cost of sales.

     Our ability to meet customer demands depends, in part, on our ability to obtain timely and adequate delivery of parts and components from our suppliers and available manufacturing capacity. A reduction or interruption in component supply, an inability of our partners to react to rapid shifts in demand or a significant 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 our customers’ 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. 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.

     QCT Segment. We outsource all of the manufacturing and assembly, and most of the testing, of our integrated circuits. We depend upon a limited number of third parties to perform these functions, some of which are only available from single sources with which we do not have long-term contracts. IBM, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics are the primary foundry partners for our family of baseband integrated circuits. IBM, Freescale (formerly Motorola Semiconductor) and Atmel are the primary foundry partners for our family of radio frequency and analog integrated circuits. Our reliance on a sole-source vendor primarily occurs during the start-up phase of a new product. Once a new product reaches a significant volume level, we typically establish alternative suppliers for technologies that we consider critical. Our reliance on sole or limited-source vendors involves risks. These risks include possible shortages of capacity, product performance shortfalls and

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reduced controls over delivery schedules, manufacturing capability, quality assurance, quantity and costs. During fiscal 2004 and the first quarter of fiscal 2005, we experienced supply constraints which resulted in our inability to meet certain customer demands. These constraints have substantially diminished during the second quarter of fiscal 2005, with improvements to supply now aligning with our customer demand profile. To improve the supply and delivery of parts and components from our suppliers, we have increased and extended our firm orders to our suppliers. Additionally, we continue to add capacity at existing suppliers, as well as evaluate potential new suppliers to augment our needs. There may be some risk of cost increases for certain integrated circuit products as a result of our efforts to increase the availability of components in short supply. We work closely with customers to expedite their processes for evaluating products from our new foundry suppliers; however, in some instances, transition to new product supply may cause a temporary decline in shipments of specific products to individual customers. To the extent that we do not have firm commitments from our manufacturers over a specific time period or in any specific quantity, our manufacturers may allocate, and in the past have allocated, capacity to the production of other products while reducing deliveries to us on short notice.

     Our operations may also be harmed by lengthy or recurring disruptions at any of the facilities of our manufacturers and may be harmed 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. These disruptions could cause significant delays in shipments until we are able to shift the products from an affected manufacturer to another manufacturer. The loss of a significant third-party manufacturer or the inability of a third-party manufacturer to meet performance and quality specifications or delivery schedules could harm our ability to meet our delivery obligations to our customers.

     In addition, one or more of our manufacturers may obtain licenses from us to manufacture CDMA integrated circuits that compete with our products. In this event, the manufacturer could elect to allocate scarce components and manufacturing capacity to their own products and reduce deliveries to us. In the event of a loss of or a decision to change a key third-party manufacturer, qualifying a new manufacturer and commencing volume production or testing could involve delay and expense, resulting in lost revenues, reduced operating margins and possible loss of customers.

     QWI Segment. Several of the critical subassemblies and parts used in our QWBS division’s existing and proposed products are currently available only from third-party single or limited sources. These include items such as electronic and radio frequency components, and other sophisticated parts and subassemblies which are used in the OmniTRACS, TruckMAIL, OmniExpress, T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS, GlobalTRACS and EutelTRACS products. These third parties include companies such as Tyco International (M/A Com), Rakon, Mini-Circuits, Cambridge Tool & Mfg., PCTEL Antenna Products Group, Inc., American Design, Deutsch ECD, PCI Limited, KeyTronic EMS, Danaher Motors, Fujitsu Corporation, Tectrol, uBlox, Navman NZ, Eagle-Picher Industries, Centurion Wireless Technologies, Sony/Ericsson and Sharp Corporation. Our reliance on sole or limited source vendors involves risks. These risks include possible shortages of certain key components, product performance shortfalls, and reduced control over delivery schedules, manufacturing capability, quality and costs. In the event of a long-term supply interruption, alternate sources could be developed in a majority of the cases. The inability to obtain adequate quantities of significant compliant materials on a timely basis could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, liquidity and financial position.

We are subject to the risks of our and our licensees 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 Japan, Korea, North America, South America and Europe. We distinguish revenues from external customers by geographic areas based on customer location. Consolidated revenues from international customers as a percentage of total revenues were 81% and 78% in the first six months of fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively and 79% and 77% in fiscal 2004 and 2003, respectively. Because most of our foreign sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, our products and those of our

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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.

     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 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;
	•	difficulty in protecting or enforcing our intellectual property rights in a particular foreign jurisdiction;
	•	our inability to succeed in significant foreign markets, such as China or India;
	•	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;
	•	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; and
	•	changes in laws and policies affecting trade, foreign investment 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. 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. During the first six months of fiscal 2005, 39% and 20% of our revenues were from customers and licensees based in South Korea and Japan, respectively, as compared to 44% and 18%, respectively, during the first six months of fiscal 2004. During fiscal 2004, 43% and 18% of our revenues were from customers and licensees based in South Korea and Japan, respectively, as compared to 45% and 15% during fiscal 2003. These customers based in South Korea and Japan sell their products to markets worldwide, including Japan, South Korea, 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 and Japan, or the economies of the major markets they serve would materially harm our business.

     The wireless markets in China and India represent growth opportunities for us. In January 2002, China Unicom launched its nationwide CDMA network and had more than 29 million CDMA subscribers at the end of March 2005, as reported by China Unicom. In May 2003, Reliance Infocomm launched its nationwide CDMA network in India and had more than 11 million subscribers at the end of March 2005, as reported by the Association of Unified Service Providers of India. If China Unicom or Reliance Infocomm 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 in China or India, 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.

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     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.

     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:

	•	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.
	•	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.
	•	Foreign exchange hedging transactions 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 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 strategic transactions that could result in significant charges or management disruption and fail to enhance stockholder value.

     From time to time, we engage in strategic transactions with the goal of maximizing stockholder value. In the past we have acquired businesses, entered into joint ventures and made strategic investments in or loans to CDMA wireless operators, early stage companies, or venture funds to support global adoption of CDMA and the use of the wireless Internet. 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 assure you that our strategic investments (either those we currently hold or future investments) will generate financial returns or that they will result in increased adoption or continued use of CDMA technologies.

     We will continue to evaluate potential strategic transactions and alternatives 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 incur non-recurring or other charges and/or to consolidate or record our equity in losses

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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.

     Our products are inherently complex and may contain defects and errors that are detected only when the products are in use. Further, 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 which could require significant product recalls, reworks and/or repairs which 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.

Global economic conditions that impact the wireless communications industry could negatively affect our revenues and operating results.

     Global economic weakness can have wide-ranging effects on markets that we serve, particularly wireless communications equipment manufacturers and network operators. We cannot predict negative events, such as war, that may have adverse effects on the economy or on phone inventories at CDMA 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 further disruptions to the global economy and to the wireless communications industry and create further uncertainties. Further, an economic recovery may not benefit us in the near term. If it does not, our ability to increase or maintain our revenues and operating 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 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 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 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.

     Our competitors include companies that promote non-CDMA technologies (e.g. GSM and WiMax) and companies that design competing CDMA integrated circuits, such as Ericsson, Freescale, Intel, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Texas Instruments and VIA Telecom. All of the foregoing are also our licensees, with the exception of Intel. With respect to our OmniTRACS, TruckMAIL, OmniExpress, T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS, GlobalTRACS, QConnect, OmniOne, EutelTRACS and LINQ products and services, our existing competitors are aggressively pricing their products and services and could continue to do so in the future. In addition, these competitors are offering new value-added products and services similar in many cases to those we have developed or are developing. Emergence of new competitors, particularly those offering low cost terrestrial-based products and current as well as future satellite-based products, may impact margins and intensify competition in current and 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 products that may impact our margins and intensify competition in our current and new markets. Some potential competitors of our QWBS business, if they are successful, may 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; 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 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.

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, 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 or 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 products developed, licensed, produced and sold; seasonal customer demand; and other factors described elsewhere in this report and in these risk factors. Our corporate 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 or annual operating results. If our operating results fail to meet the financial guidance we provide to investors or the

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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;
	•	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;
	•	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;
	•	government regulations, including stock option accounting and tax regulations;
	•	energy blackouts;
	•	acts of terrorism and war;
	•	inflation and deflation;
	•	widespread illness;
	•	proprietary rights or product or patent litigation;
	•	strategic transactions, such as 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.

     From time to time, we may repurchase our common stock at prices that may later be higher than the fair market value of the stock. This could result in a loss of value for stockholders if the shares were reissued at lower prices.

     In the past, securities class action litigation 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 litigation could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources. In addition, stock volatility may be precipitated by failure to meet earnings expectations or other factors, such as the potential uncertainty in future reported earnings created by the adoption of option expensing and the related valuation models used to determine such expense.

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change, and we must keep pace 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 Internet access and multimode, multiband, multinetwork operation, including CDMA2000 1X/1xEV-DO, WCDMA, FLO, OFDM/OFDMA, and multimedia applications which encompass development of graphical display, camera and video capabilities, as well as higher computational

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