In fact, before the adoption of 3G, that is, before the first few years of the new century, the communication technology of the whole world was still dominated by GSM.

For example, the number of users of CDMA technology officially exceeded 1 million at the end of 96, and until the end of 2000, the world only exceeded 50 million users, and in the first few years of the new century, GSM was the most widely used mobile phone standard, with a total of about 1 billion people in more than 200 countries and regions around the world using GSM phones.

Now in the early 98s, although CDMA has been accepted by more and more people, on the whole, it is really far from the widespread use of traditional GSM.

However, Qualcomm is such a forward-looking, as early as 93 years, Qualcomm realized the provision of TCP/IP protocol services on CDMA, based on this technology, mobile phone users can use the network like computer users. At that time, the Internet was just becoming widespread.

In July 1994, CDMA became the communication standard of the Telecommunications Industry Association of the United States, which also meant that the door to unlimited communication had been opened for Qualcomm.

"John, your mobile phone is a military mobile phone under Northrop Thunder, but unfortunately, although such a mobile phone is safe and has excellent performance, it is too expensive to build, and ordinary people can't afford to use it.

It is expected that this year we Qualcomm will launch its own Qualcomm CDMA mobile phone, although it is much more expensive than the general mobile phone, but at least it can be afforded, I believe that our Qualcomm mobile phone can be favored by users. ”

Obviously, Li Feng said before that the mobile phone he used was a military mobile phone and used CDMA technology, which made the founder and chairman of Qualcomm happy, and Irving Jacobs also responded with a smile at this time.

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That's right, Qualcomm once launched its own CDMA mobile phone, and the later generations of Qualcomm want to say that the profit point, almost everyone knows, that is, chip design, sales and patent licensing, especially patent licensing, 'Qualcomm tax' has been around for a long time, which makes almost all countries, institutions and mobile phone manufacturers in the world love and hate.

However, Qualcomm has launched its own mobile phone, perhaps for this, the average person may not really know, in 1998, Qualcomm made a mobile phone, which is also the world's first CDMA smartphone, in order to let more people use his technology, the price at that time reached 800 US dollars, it is really expensive, ordinary people really can't afford to use it.

Finally, in 1999, the International Telecommunication Union chose CDMA as the 3G standard, and Qualcomm should have reached his good days. It stands to reason that at this time, Qualcomm's mobile phone business should go further, but Qualcomm did something that seemed surprising at the time.

He sold the mobile phone business to Kyocera in Riben and the base station business to Ericsson in Sweden. is his core business - chip business, Qualcomm only does R&D and sales, and hands over manufacturing to foundries.

This knowledge-heavy and asset-light model, and the "fabless + patent licensing" model, have brought Qualcomm rolling financial resources, and also created Qualcomm, which will be incomparably powerful in the 3G and 4G era in the future, and has been praised by the industry and has become the benchmark for semiconductor and chip companies in the future.

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Of course, Qualcomm's glory in the 3G and 4G era does not mean that the future will be more brilliant, after all, Li Feng came back from 17 years, and it seems that it has begun to lay out 5G at that time, and I don't know if Qualcomm will be as brilliant as 3G and 4G in the future in the field of 5G.

However, in Li Feng's eyes now, it is estimated that it will be very difficult, after all, the competition at that time was more intense, and Qualcomm was actually a bit of a 'angry and resentful' at that time, with the contradictions between China and the European Union and the United States, countries around the world are not expected to watch Qualcomm run rampant in the world again, maybe after 4G, there will be a few controversial endings in the global 5G era.

Li Feng uses today's super vision to look at you, it should be similar to his expectations, I believe that although it is not in the middle, it is not far away. I have to say that today's Li Feng's vision is indeed different compared to that of the Chinese little P in his previous life, such a view of the overall situation is by no means what he had in his previous life, and it can only be said that the higher he stands, the farther he looks, this sentence is quite correct.

Li Feng will not know that the future of 5G, as he guessed, will eventually basically form a three-legged model, led by the United States imperialism is naturally represented by Qualcomm, led by Huaxia is represented by Huawei, and led by Europe is the original GSM re-developed from the party, in which the competition is naturally fierce and abnormal.

"Yes, then I'll congratulate you in advance on the success of your mobile phone, by the way, Owen, doesn't Qualcomm mind if I enter the company's board of directors now?" Li Feng suddenly said with a smile.

"Uh..."

Hearing Li Feng's sudden words, everyone was surprised, and Owen Jacobs, the Qualcomm boss, suddenly didn't know how to reply and choked.

"John, why do you suddenly want a stake in Qualcomm and even join Qualcomm's board of directors?" Paul Jacobs, the future successor to Qualcomm, suddenly interjected with a smile.

"First of all, let me state that my investment company already has some shares in Qualcomm, which is actually enough for me to send and get a board seat, but I have never announced it to the public.

As you may know, I have always been optimistic about the Internet era, and Qualcomm still has some commonalities with my ideas at this point, which is why I invested in Qualcomm, but it is only a stock investment at the moment.

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Of course, if I can reach an agreement with you and let me officially re-invest in Qualcomm, then I will cooperate with Qualcomm in an all-round way, such as mutual cooperation in the promotion of CDMA technical standards, for example, I can give Qualcomm founders certain commitments in the future to support your management of Qualcomm and so on.

I think you don't have to worry about me meddling in Qualcomm's affairs, to be honest, I have too many companies, and I don't have that mind, and I think this is obvious to all business people around the world. Li Feng responded with a smile to several Qualcomm founders.

"John, can you tell me how much of Qualcomm you already own?" Owen Jacobs asked back a little awkwardly at this point.

"Well, Owen, I don't think I'll tell you for a while, I'll tell you when the time comes, but hopefully we'll be close partners by then, won't we?

By the way, Owen, I'm very optimistic about Paul, and I think Paul may be a good CEO candidate for Qualcomm, isn't he?" Li Feng responded to Jacobs and his son with a smile and a quiet face.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Feng's words fell, Li Feng, who had been observing carefully and quietly, found that the corners of his eyes were beating and his expressions were moving from the corners of his eyes to both Jacobs and his sons, as well as the two close comrades-in-arms of Jacobs and his sons, Andrew Viterby and Franklin Antonio.

Obviously, the four of them seem to belong to the same camp, and Li Feng's final remarks made the four of them very moved.

Li Feng knows very well that the larger the company and the more dispersed the shareholders, the more troublesome the complexity is.

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Highly concentrated, if the leader is wise and martial, like Li Feng, it is naturally courageous, efficient and efficient, and the company will be firmly controlled, not easy to be seized by others or something, but if the company leader is unconscious, it may lead to the bankruptcy of the company;

And the company's equity is dispersed, the biggest point is that the company is easy to be seized power, for example, Qiao Gang was not kicked out of the company he established at the beginning, and the same is true for Qualcomm in the future, and finally Paul Jacobs also retired from the position of chairman of Qualcomm.

Similarly, when the company's equity is dispersed, the supervision will be tighter, and the larger the company, the less likely it is to collapse, at most it will regress slightly, but as long as it finds the right way, it is easier to start again.

Today's Li Feng is also exploring his career, especially how to balance the contradiction between the two has become Li Feng's biggest concern.

Li Feng's seemingly unobtrusive 'gossip' at the end can be said to be about the hearts of Jacobs and his son, in fact, today's Owen Jacobs and several founders are relatively old, so they will naturally consider the issue of succession.

There is no doubt that Owen's son Paul has high hopes from several people, but, to be honest, the shares of Owen and others are too small, and the shares of the seven founders combined are not even 10%.

It's okay that a few old guys are still in place, and they can still control the company, but if a few old guys retire, there will inevitably be an unknown power struggle, after all, those capital shareholders are not "**".

This is also the sorrow of many start-up companies of the United States, every time the company grows and grows, it is found that the company is actually true, and it no longer belongs to itself, and it is just a good name.

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"John, when you return to the company, we will consider it carefully, and then the company's board of directors and shareholders' meeting may discuss it, and maybe you, as a shareholder representative, can also participate in person or send someone to participate, didn't you say, your shares are already quite a lot. Owen Jacobs had already understood Li Feng's thoughts at this time, and immediately said with a smile.

"Okay, Owen, then I'll wait for your good news, if you really hold a shareholders' meeting, I will arrange someone to attend at that time, rest assured, the shares in my hands are enough to ensure a certain right to speak." Li Feng responded with a smile.

"So be it, I hope we can strengthen cooperation in the future!"

"Of course, although I didn't participate in Qualcomm, and now it's just an investment, but with the Qualcomm shares in my hand, I will support Qualcomm more, right?"

"That's the best, and I thank you for your support in advance. ”

"I'm waiting for your good news, who knows what the future holds, and I hope we can become true friends. ”

"Don't worry, I think we'll be good friends. ”

"Cheers to friends!"

“Cheers！”

“Cheers！”

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