Chapter 71: Qualcomm Inc
In July 1985, seven scientific talents gathered at the home of Dr. Owen Jacob to form Qualcomm. Later, because of the development of CDMA technology, it soared into the sky and soared into the sky!
Henry tried to calm down, and then said to the Qualcomm representative: "Hello, I'm the chairman of Cisco MCI, Henry Williams!"
Several people from Qualcomm were stunned at the time, at first, they thought that this teenager was just an employee of Cisco MCI, but they never thought that he would be the chairman of Cisco MCI! Just when everyone was skeptical, John Chambers walked over, "Mr. Williams, who are these?" John Chambers generally does not call Henry the chairman in front of outsiders, otherwise his identity will be exposed!
But this time, Henry needs to reveal his identity.
"These are representatives of Qualcomm, and they are here to talk about business. Henry laughed, "It's funny, I said I'm the chairman of Cisco MCI, and some of them still don't believe me! John Chambers, you need to help ...... this."
John Chambers was slightly shocked in his heart, and thought, what is the origin of this Qualcomm company, which actually makes the chairman pay so much attention to it, and does not hesitate to report his identity?!
"That's right, gentlemen, this is Mr. Henry Williams, the chairman of Cisco MCI!" John Chambers said solemnly, turning to a few people at Qualcomm.
"Oh, what a surprise! How old are you?15?16?Oh, I can't believe you're the chairman of a publicly traded company with a market value of more than $20 billion!! Qualcomm was shocked.
Henry smiled, "Hehe, now that John Chambers is testifying for me, do you believe it?"
Qualcomm and a few people nodded, "Mr. John Chambers is the CEO of Cisco, and we naturally believe what he says!"
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Williams, and I'm Owen Jacob, chairman of Qualcomm!" a middle-aged man in his fifties with glasses smiled and held out his hand to greet Henry.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Jacob!" Henry shook his hand, "I just heard from you that you developed the CDMA technology. I'm curious, have you approached other telcos before and wanted them to promote the technology?"
Owen Jacob suddenly looked embarrassed and replied, "Yes, we were looking for AT&T first. However, it is clear that AT&T has refused to use CDMA technology!"
"Mr. Jacob, I'm not surprised that AT&T has rejected you!"
"Oh?" said Owen Jacob, wondered, "Mr. Williams, why is that?"
Henry smiled and asked, "Mr. Jacob, have you heard of Nikolai Stella?"
"Nikolai Stella?" Owen Jacob muttered to himself, thinking for a moment, "Oh, is that Nikolai Stella who invented alternating current?!"
"That's right, it's him!" Henry nodded, "Then you know the feud between Stella and Edison, right?"
Owen Jacob nodded, "I see what you mean now. Edison was the inventor of direct current, for which he ran out of money to build direct current power plants all over the country. Although he knew the benefits of alternating current, if he was asked to abandon direct current and switch to alternating current, then Edison's life's work would be over, and those direct current power plants and all the supporting facilities of direct current would become useless waste products! Therefore, Edison not only would not use alternating current, but would even suppress alternating current! Now, the same situation that we are about to face in Qualcomm is also the case. Company T will never abandon the network based on traditional wireless communication technology, and use CDMA technology to build a CDMA network!"
"That's right, that's exactly the case!" Henry's smile suddenly brightened, and he said to Owen Jacob in an extremely seductive language, "but we are different from Cisco MCI, we are willing to use CDMA technology, we are willing to promote it, and make it the global standard of wireless communication technology!! just imagine, Mr. Jacob, at that time, Qualcomm will become the world's top wireless communication technology company! It will attract the attention of thousands of people, and it will be crowned with flowers and applause!" ”
"Mr. Jacob, I'm very much looking forward to the Qualcomm !!," Henry said, smiling at Owen Jacob.
Owen Jacob was a little enthusiastic by what Henry said, but he was old and had a good attitude, and said calmly: "Cisco MCI won't help Qualcomm for nothing, right?"
Henry took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just to merge Qualcomm into Cisco, everyone becomes a family, naturally, Cisco MCI will definitely fully support Qualcomm and promote CDMA technology!"
When Owen Jacob and the others heard this, their faces changed!
Jacob's tone was aggravated: "You mean Cisco is going to buy Qualcomm?!"
"So to speak," said Henry, lightly, "but you can put it another way. For example, Cisco invested in Qualcomm. However, Cisco would have to take a controlling stake. Of course, Cisco will give Qualcomm considerable independence, and in general, Cisco will not interfere with Qualcomm unless it is a major decision!"
Henry saw the hesitation on Owen Jacob's face, and hurriedly persuaded again: "Mr. Jacob, there is nothing wrong with Qualcomm merging into the Cisco system, with Cisco, Qualcomm can do research and development with peace of mind, and there is no need to worry about technology promotion at all! In addition, you also know that Cisco's treatment is definitely the best in the United States, and after we acquire Qualcomm, we will also treat everyone equally, reward options, and will not treat Qualcomm anyone badly!!
After listening to Henry's words, Owen Jacob finally relented, "Mr. Williams, I need to think about this matter, and I also have to discuss it with my partner before I can make a decision!"
"Hehe, of course!"
Henry and John Chambers then sent Owen Jacob and others out of the gate.
"Chairman, is this Qualcomm company very powerful?" John Chambers wondered.
"It's very powerful, the CDMA technology they developed will disrupt the entire wireless communication field! So, no matter what, you must buy it!" Henry nodded, "You send someone to keep an eye on the movements of Qualcomm executives, I want to know their actions well!"
"Yes, okay!" John Chambers nodded in understanding.
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Owen Jacob returned to Qualcomm and immediately talked about the Cisco MCI, and everyone then had a discussion!
There are those who are inclined to merge Qualcomm into Cisco, and there are those who disagree.
In the end, the result of the discussion was that Cisco dragged on without replying, tried a few more telecom companies, and then talked about the situation. After all, Qualcomm was built by everyone's hard work, and merging into Cisco is equivalent to selling it to Cisco, and most people are still unwilling!
Soon, Henry received news that Qualcomm's executives were approaching other telecom companies!
"I knew it wasn't that simple...... Henry muttered. (Ask for recommendation votes, and another book friend group: 424930141, everyone is welcome to join...... )
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