Crazy Story: Qualcomm Had to Sell Half Their Company to Their First Customer!

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 17, 2022

Duration

8m

Channel

Acquired

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Watch the full Qualcomm episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng7LIRDhwwg

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Ben Gilbert

  host

• David Rosenthal

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Acquired, featuring Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, Crazy Story: Qualcomm Had to Sell Half Their Company to Their First Customer! explores qualcomm’s lifeline deal: OmniTRACS funded CDMA’s eventual wireless breakthrough Before entering wireless in 1989, Qualcomm took on an unexpected contract to build a mobile satellite network for commercial trucking, which became the OmniTRACS product.

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