Rebirth

In fact, 3G was not yet universal, that is, before the first few years of the new century, the entire world's communication technology was still dominated by GSM.

For example, the number of users of CDMA technology officially exceeded 1 million at the end of 1996, and until the end of 2000, the number of users in the world had only exceeded 50 million. In the first few years of the new century, GSM was the most used one. A wide range of mobile phone standards. About 1 billion people in more than 200 countries and regions have used GSM phones.

It is now at the beginning of 1998. Although CDMA has been accepted by more and more people, on the whole, it is far from the widespread use of traditional GSM.

However, Qualcomm is so forward-looking. As early as 1993, Qualcomm realized the provision of TCPIP protocol services on CDMA. Based on this technology, mobile phone users can use the network like computer users.At that time, the Internet had just become popular.

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

"John, your mobile phone is a military mobile phone owned by Northrop Raytheon. Unfortunately, although such a mobile phone is safe and has excellent performance, it is too expensive for ordinary people to use.

It is expected that Qualcomm will launch our own Qualcomm CDMA mobile phone this year. Although it is much more expensive than ordinary mobile phones, it is at least affordable. I believe our Qualcomm mobile phones can be favored by users."

Obviously, Li Feng said before that the mobile phone he used was a military mobile phone and adopted CDMA technology, which made the founder and chairman of Qualcomm happy, and Owen Jacobs immediately responded with a smile.

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That’s right, Qualcomm once launched its own CDMA mobile phone. The future generations of Qualcomm will talk about profitability. Almost everyone knows that it is chip design, sales and patent authorization, especially patent authorization. “Qualcomm tax” has a long history. , That makes almost all countries, institutions and mobile phone manufacturers in the world love and hate.

However, Qualcomm has once launched its own mobile phone. Perhaps the average person may not really know this point. In 1998, Qualcomm made a mobile phone, which is also the world’s first CDMA smart phone. More people came to use his technology, and the price at that time reached 800 US dollars, which is really expensive, and most people can't afford it.

Finally, in 1999, the International Telecommunication Union chose CDMA as the 3G standard, and Qualcomm should be in his good days.It stands to reason that at this time, Qualcomm's mobile phone business should continue to make progress, but Qualcomm did something that seemed shocking at the time.

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

This knowledge-based, asset-light model, and the "fabless fab + patent authorization" model has brought Qualcomm a lot of money, and it has also created an extremely powerful Qualcomm in the 3G and 4G era in the future. It has been praised by the industry. It has become the benchmark for later semiconductor and chip companies.

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Of course, the brilliance of Qualcomm in the 3G and 4G era does not mean that it will be more brilliant in the future. After all, Li Feng returned from 17 years ago. At that time, it seemed that he had already begun to deploy 5G. Will the 5G field be as brilliant as 3G and 4G?

However, from the perspective of Li Feng today, it is estimated that it will be very difficult. After all, the competition at that time was more fierce, and Qualcomm was actually a little bit angry at the time. With China and the EU and the US imperialism There are many contradictions, and it is estimated that countries around the world will not watch Qualcomm rampant around the world again. Perhaps after 4G, there will be several contending endings in the global 5G era.

From Li Feng's current super vision, it should be similar to his own expectation. I believe it is not far away.I have to say that today's Li Feng's vision is indeed different from that of the Chinese young man in the previous life. Such a view of the overall situation is definitely not owned by him in the previous life. It can only be said that the higher you stand, the farther you look. The sentence is quite correct.

Li Feng would not know that the future of 5G, just as he guessed, will basically form a three-legged model. The one headed by the US is naturally represented by Qualcomm; the one headed by China is represented by Huawei; And the one headed by Europe is the re-development of the original GSM, and the competition among them is naturally fierce.

"Really, then I would like to congratulate you on the success of your mobile phone in advance. By the way, Owen, does Qualcomm now mind if I join the company's board of directors?" Li Feng suddenly smiled and said.

"Uh…"

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

"John, why do you suddenly want Qualcomm's shares or even enter the Qualcomm board of directors?" Paul Jacobs, the future Qualcomm successor, suddenly interjected with a smile.

"First of all, let me make a statement. My investment company already has some shares of Qualcomm. These shares are actually enough for me to dispatch and obtain a board seat, but I have never announced it.

Everyone should probably know that I have always been optimistic about the Internet era. In my opinion, Qualcomm still has some things in common with my ideas. This is why I invested in Qualcomm, but it is only a stock investment. That's it.

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Of course, if I can reach an agreement with you to formally re-invest in Qualcomm, then I will cooperate with Qualcomm in all aspects, such as mutual cooperation in the promotion of CDMA technology standards. For example, in the future, I can give you Qualcomm founders A certain commitment to support your management of Qualcomm and so on.

I think everyone believes that there is no need to worry about me interfering with Qualcomm. To be honest, I have too many companies and I don't have that thought. For this, I think it 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 many Qualcomm shares you already own?" Owen Jacobs asked in a bit embarrassed response at this time.

"Well, Owen, I don't think I will tell you for the time being. I will tell you when it's appropriate, but I hope we are already close partners by then, right?

By the way, Irving, I am very optimistic about Paul. I think Paul may be a very suitable CEO candidate for Qualcomm, right?"Li Feng smiled and responded calmly to Jacobs and his son.

Sure enough, as Li Feng's voice just fell, Li Feng, who had been observing closely and quietly, found that both the Jacobs and his sons and the two close comrades of the Jacobs and his son Andrew Witby and Franklin The corners of Antonio's eyes throbbed and his expression moved.

Obviously, the four of them seemed to belong to the same camp, and Li Feng's last word of assurance made the four of them very excited.

Li Feng knows very well that the larger the company and the more dispersed the shareholders, the more troublesome the complexity will be. Of course, the equity is so concentrated like the company under Li Feng. Whether the two methods are good or bad can only be Saying that it is the public, saying that the public is rational, saying that the mother is rational, has advantages and disadvantages.

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Highly concentrated, if the leader is wise and powerful, like Li Feng, it will naturally be courageous, efficient and efficient. At the same time, the company will be firmly controlled and it is not easy to be seized by others, but if the company leader is faint, it may be Cause the company to go bankrupt;

The company’s equity is dispersed. The biggest point is that the company is easily seized of power. For example, Qiao’s gang was kicked out of the company he established, and the future of Qualcomm will be the same. In the end, Paul Jacobs will not be the chairman of Qualcomm. He retreated sadly in position.

Similarly, when the company's equity is dispersed, the supervision becomes more stringent. The bigger the company, the less likely it is to collapse, and at most it will regress slightly, but as long as the right path is found, it is easier to set sail.

Today, Li Feng is also exploring his own career, especially as his career gets bigger and bigger, how to balance the contradiction between the two has become Li Feng's most concern.

Li Feng's last seemingly inconsequential "gossip" can be said to have touched the heart of Jacobs and his son. In fact, Owen Jacobs and several founders are older now, naturally. Will also consider successor issues.

There is no doubt that Owen’s son Paul is highly expected by several people, but, to be honest, Owen and others have too few shares. The total shares of the seven founders are not even 10%.

It’s okay if the old guys are still in place, they can still control the company, but if the old guys are retired, there will be an unknown power struggle. After all, those capital shareholders are not'** '.

This can be regarded as the sorrow of many startup companies in the United States. Whenever the company develops and grows, it turns out that the company actually does not belong to itself, so it sounds nice in name.

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

"OK, Owen, then I'll wait for your good news. If you really hold a shareholder meeting, I will arrange for someone to attend. Don't worry, the shares in my hand are enough to guarantee a certain right to speak." Li Feng responded with a smile. Tao.

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

"Of course, although I did not participate in Qualcomm, it is only an investment now, but with the Qualcomm shares in my hands, I will support Qualcomm more, won't I?"

"That is naturally the best, I thank you for your support in advance."

"I'm waiting for your good news. Who will know about the future? I hope we can become true friends."

"Don't worry, I think we will become good friends."

"To my friends, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

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