Date: Jun 06, 1985 Source:
In July of 1985, seven people -- Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs, Dr. Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Franklin Antonio, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Adelia Coffman found Qualcomm, opening the Company's first office in La Jolla, California. That same year, Qualcomm lands its first contract and begins working with CDMA , a unique digital wireless technology used by the U.S. military for secure communications.
