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Qualcomm
Acquired
The Consumer Demand for Car Phones Was Insane
There were wait lists years long for consumers to get car phones installed in the 80s. The fledgling carriers at the time, only had so much bandwidth they could fit because there was no efficient use of channels. When you think about how many radio stations there are, like it's not much more than that. Qualcomm found a new company in July of 1985 with seven total, seven in total, Andy, Erwin, and five other of the best linkable engineers. They decided to start this new company and they name it Qualcomm.
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