San Francisco — October 23, 2007 — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today introduced Gobi™ global mobile Internet, an embedded solution for notebook computers. Notebooks featuring the multi-mode Gobi solution can take advantage of the high-speed mobile Internet services offered by leading network operators in virtually all parts of the world, as well as GPS. The Gobi solution is meeting the demand from leading notebook manufacturers for worldwide connectivity capabilities beyond Wi-Fi and is being certified to operate on CDMA2000® EV-DO and UMTS HSPA networks worldwide. The Gobi solution is available today, and enterprise and consumer notebooks powered by Gobi are expected to be commercially available in the second quarter of 2008.
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TexTango is a revolutionary, patent pending mobile billing and music delivery platform that allows anyone, anywhere in the United States to purchase music simply by sending a premium text message with their cell phone. The purchase is billed to the customers’ cell phone bill and the music is downloaded off of the Textango website.

While credit card may not pose as a problem for American adults, it is a concern for many teenagers. Given that roughly 80% of 12-18 year olds have cell phones but not necessarily credit cards and that demographic is about 50% of the music industry’s target consumers, it’s logical to use mobile phones to pay for these songs.

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