QUALCOMM Disagrees With ITC Decision and Seeks Stay and Presidential Veto of ITC Ban on Imports of Future 3G Mobile Broadband Handset Models

San Diego (ots/PRNewswire) -

QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and
innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced
wireless technologies, today stated that it is extremely disappointed
with the International Trade Commission (ITC) decision to ban the
import of future models of 3G mobile broadband handsets incorporating
QUALCOMM chipsets and software accused of infringing a Broadcom
patent. Although all of the Commissioners agreed that a disruption in
the supply of EV-DO and WCDMA handsets would negatively impact the
public interest and public safety, the remedy fashioned by the
majority does not protect the public interest or public safety.
QUALCOMM will ask the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to stay
enforcement of the ITC's order and ask the President to veto the
ITC's decision. QUALCOMM maintains that Broadcom's patent is invalid
and not infringed.

Having chosen not to develop an EV-DO solution and having failed
in the marketplace to generate interest in its WCDMA products,
Broadcom brought this litigation against QUALCOMM but has used it as
a vehicle to attack the U.S. cellular industry, even though Broadcom
has never accused any wireless manufacturers or operators of
infringement or any other wrongdoing. The public injury that would
result from the remedy imposed by the Commission is grossly
disproportionate to any benefit flowing to Broadcom from such broad
enforcement of a recently-purchased patent. Broadcom does not make or
sell EV-DO chips, and Broadcom's claims that it can supply WCDMA
products for the United States have been rebuffed by WCDMA operators
in submissions the operators made to the ITC.

QUALCOMM and the U.S. wireless industry will seek an emergency
stay from the Federal Circuit and a Presidential veto of the ITC's
ruling on several grounds, including that Broadcom's ITC action will
harm U.S. consumers, impact public safety and national security and
harm the U.S. economy by stunting mobile broadband deployment. By
punishing completely innocent cellphone manufacturers and wireless
operators that were given no opportunity to contest Broadcom's
infringement claims, the ruling also raises serious issues of due
process and fairness. In addition, QUALCOMM and its partners have
invested heavily in providing products that enabled E911 emergency
call centers to locate wireless subscribers. Affordable new phone
designs, which further improve the performance and accuracy in
emergency situations, will be impacted by this order.

"While there is no immediate disruption to QUALCOMM's ability to
import chips, this decision does immediately affect third parties who
were not even permitted to appear in the infringement proceeding,"
said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of QUALCOMM. "We believe the Commission
has not afforded manufacturers and operators, who will bear the brunt
of this order, an adequate opportunity to defend their interests. In
declining to ban existing products, the Commission recognized the
adverse impact of a downstream remedy to the public interest, but
decided on a measure that will limit consumer choice and access to
mobile broadband services, be harmful to operators, manufacturers and
the economy, and pose risks to public safety communications. The
Commission's own chairman declared that the order would adversely
affect the public interest. We will ask the White House to veto this
decision and avoid turning back the clock on the tremendous gains
that have been achieved in mobile broadband communications, disaster
preparedness and emergency response. The wireless industry and public
safety community have been working on robust interoperable networks
for first responders and this order derails those efforts. A
seamless, interoperable public safety mobile broadband network is
integral to the next generation of emergency response. The way for
the industry, public safety and end users to move forward with
certainty is for the President to veto this order."

QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing
and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products
and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies.
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P
500 Index and is a 2007 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq
Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news
release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks
and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully
design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA
components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to
which CDMA is deployed, change in economic conditions of the various
markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from
time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on
Form 10-K for the year ended September 24, 2006, and most recent Form
10-Q.

QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

QUALCOMM Contacts:
Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications
Phone: +1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Gilbert, Investor Relations
Phone: +1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com

Web site: http://www.qualcomm.com

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Contact:
Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications, +1-858-845-5959,
corpcomm@qualcomm.com, or John Gilbert, Investor Relations,
+1-858-658-4813, ir@qualcomm.com