QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
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Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) — grants licenses to use portions of the Company’s intellectual
property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and
sale of certain wireless products, including, without limitation, products implementing cdmaOne,
CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD (including TD-SCDMA), GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or OFDMA
standards and their derivatives, and collects license fees and royalties in partial consideration for such
licenses;
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Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI) — comprised of:
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Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) — provides content enablement services for the wireless industry
and push-to-talk and other products and services for wireless network operators;
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Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV) — provides development, hardware and analytical
expertise to United States government agencies involving wireless communications technologies;
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Qualcomm Enterprise Services (QES) — provides satellite- and terrestrial-based two-way data
messaging, position reporting, wireless application services and managed data services to transportation and logistics companies and other enterprise companies; and
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Firethorn — builds and manages software applications that enable financial institutions and wireless
operators to offer mobile commerce services.
Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI) — manages the Company’s strategic investment activities, including
FLO TV Incorporated (FLO TV), the Company’s wholly-owned wireless multimedia operator subsidiary.
QSI makes strategic investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA-based products and
services.
The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on earnings (loss) before income taxes (EBT).
EBT includes the allocation of certain corporate expenses to the segments, including depreciation and amortization
expense related to unallocated corporate assets. Certain income and charges are not allocated to segments in the
Company’s management reports because they are not considered in evaluating the segments’ operating performance. Unallocated income and charges include certain investment income, certain share-based compensation and
certain research and development expenses and marketing expenses that were not deemed to be directly related to
the businesses of the segments. The table below presents revenues, EBT and total assets for reportable segments (in
millions):
QCT
2009
Revenues . . . . . . .
EBT . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . .
2008
Revenues . . . . . . .
EBT . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . .
2007
Revenues . . . . . . .
EBT . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . .
QTL
QWI
QSI
Reconciling
Items
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,135
............
1,441
............
892
$ 3,605
3,068
89
$
641
20
142
$
29
(361)
1,614
$
6
(2,092)
24,708
$ 10,416
2,076
27,445
. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,717
............
1,833
............
1,574
$ 3,622
3,142
2,668
$
785
(1)
183
$
12
(304)
1,458
$
6
(844)
18,829
$ 11,142
3,826
24,712
. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,275
............
1,547
............
921
$ 2,772
2,340
29
$
828
88
200
$
1
(240)
896
$
(5)
(109)
16,449
$ 8,871
3,626
18,495
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