Awards & Recognition
- Barron's Most Respected Companies – Since 2006
- Barron's 500 - Since 2005
- Better Investing Magazine, Top 100 Companies
- Financial Times, Most Valuable Global 500 Companies – Since 2000
- Financial Times, Top 500 U.S. Companies – Since 2000
- Forbes, Global 2000 – Since 2003
- Fortune 500 – Since 2003
- Global Telecoms Business, Power 100, 2011
- Industry Week, U.S. 500 – Since 2003
- Institutional Investor, All-America Executive Team – Since 2006. In 2012, ranked in the Top 2 CEOs, Top 2 CFOs, Top IR Companies & Top IR Professional
- NASDAQ 100
- NCAFP, Global Business Leadership Award, 2011
- S&P 500 Index
- S&P 100 Index
- Thomson Reuters, Top 100 Global Innovators, 2011
We are tremendously proud of this award from Fortune magazine because the ranking process relies so heavily on survey information gathered directly from our employees. Qualcomm made its debut on this list in 1999 and has been ranked every year since.
- CLO LearningElite Award, 2011
- ComputerWorld, 100 Best Places to Work in IT – Since 2004
- Great Places to Work® Institute, Best Workplaces in Canada, 2011
- Great Places to Work® Institute, India’s Best Companies to Work For – Since 2007
- GSA, Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award, 2011
- GSA, Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award , 2011
- Hewitt Associates, Top Ten Best Employers in Korea – Since 2007
- Light Reading, Leading Light's Company of the Year, 2011
Informa's LTE Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in the LTE Technology community.
- CES, Innovations Design Engineering Awards, 2012
- Fast Company, The World’s Most Innovative Companies, 2010
- GSMA, Embedded Mobile Module Competition, 2010
- Informa, LTE Awards, 2011
- Juniper Research, Future Mobile Award
- Kyocera Corporation, Best Electronic Component Supplier Award, 2011
- Mobile Excellence Awards, Best Technology Breakthrough, 2011
- U.S. Small Business Administration, Innovation Research Hall of Fame, 2011
- Wall Street Journal, Technology Innovation Awards, 2009
As a Climate Action Leader, Qualcomm has committed to publish their emissions inventory to the California Registry and to the public. By measuring, verifying and reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Qualcomm is paving the way for global climate change within the technology sector.
- Cal Recycle, Waste Reduction Awards Program, 2010
- City of San Diego - Conservation, Waste Reduction, Recycling Awards: Director’s Recycling Award
- ComputerWorld Magazine, Top 12 Green-IT Organizations, 2011
- Flex Your Power, Energy Efficiency Award
- iCommute, Rideshare Week Commuter Challenge, 2010
- Newsweek's Green Rankings, 2011
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Partnership Award, 2010
- More Environmental Awards and Honors
Disability Matters is a highly coveted award that is given to corporations that are leading the way in terms of supporting people who have a disability in the workplace though diversity, work life and/or human resource initiatives.
- Athena, San Diego Pinnacle Award, 2011
- Corporation of the Year, San Diego Meritorious Support for Veterans Award, 2010
- Diversity Registry, Diversity 500, 2011
- Fortune Magazine, Most Diverse Companies List
- G.I. Jobs Magazine, Best Places to Work for Veterans, 2011
- Higginbotham, Corporate Leadership Award, 2010
- Human Rights Campaign, Corporate Equality Index, 2011