Qualcomm Powers Next-Generation Windows Phones Launching Around the Globe

- Qualcomm Chipsets Enable Slim, Sleek and Feature-Rich Windows Phones -

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:
QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies,
products and services, today announced the Company is powering many new
Windows(®) phones that are available today with its highly integrated
MSM7xxx-series and Snapdragon(TM) chipsets. Windows phones make it easy to
manage work and home from a phone that is as unique as the person who carries
it. Qualcomm's chipset solutions deliver a significant competitive advantage
to device manufacturers designing Windows phones by enabling slimmer, sleeker,
more power-efficient devices with advanced functionality and a high-end user
experience.

"A Windows phone gives people a single phone that works for their whole life,
keeping them connected to the people and information they care about most by
harnessing the power of the PC, phone and Web," said Tom Gibbons, corporate
vice president of Mobile Device Strategy and Commercialization in the Mobile
Communications Business Group, Microsoft Corp. "Qualcomm chipsets provide
the performance and technology necessary to deliver on the vision of a
personalized, productive phone that ensures real-time information and powerful
applications are always at a person's fingertips, as evidenced by the adoption
of Qualcomm products in the latest-generation Windows phones available today."

"Smartphones are quickly becoming a primary means of accessing the mobile
Internet for a growing segment of consumers, and thus the capabilities that
can be delivered become more crucial than ever before," said Luis Pineda,
senior vice president of marketing and product management for Qualcomm CDMA
Technologies. "Qualcomm and Microsoft have a long history of working together
to bring advanced, compelling devices to the market, and we are pleased to be
working closely together on the next generation of Windows phones."

Many of the latest generation of Windows phones, including a new smartphone
enabled with FLO TV, are powered by Qualcomm's MSM7xxx-series and Snapdragon
chipsets. Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform offers an industry leading
combination of mobile processing performance, optimized power consumption,
ubiquitous connectivity and powerful multimedia in a single chip.

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) 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 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2009 FORTUNE
500(®) company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.

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

Nothing in these materials is an offer to sell any of the parts referenced
herein. Certain components are available for use in the United States only
through licensed suppliers.

Qualcomm Contacts:
Kira Lee Golin, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
Phone: 1-858-651-1554
Email: qctpublicrelations@qualcomm.com

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

SOURCE Qualcomm Incorporated

Kira Lee Golin, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, +1-858-651-1554,
qctpublicrelations@qualcomm.com, or Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate
Communications, +1-858-845-5959, corpcomm@qualcomm.com, or John Gilbert,
Investor Relations, +1-858-658-4813, ir@qualcomm.com, all of Qualcomm
Incorporated