The Qualcomm Equation: How a Fledgling Telecom Company Forged a New Path to Big Profits and Market Dominance

"Featuring a foreword by George Gilder

If you’re a Qualcomm customer or stockholder, or in fact if you have a stake in almost any cellular service or even just use a mobile phone, you’re no doubt aware of the enormous impact on the development of cellular technology by actress and sex symbol Hedy LaMarr.

All right, perhaps you’re surprised. The telecom industry has never been short on surprises, and the above example is no exception. Nor is it an exaggeration.…