Kwangoko nge-1 ka-Agasti ka-1, u-Qualcomm wabhengeza ingxelo yekota yesithathu yengeniso ka-2019. Ingxelo yezemali ibonisa ukuba ingeniso yeQualcomm kwikota yesithathu yayiziibhiliyoni ezingama-9.6 zeedola zase-US, ukunyuka nge-73% xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Emva kokususa inzuzo yexesha elinye, ingeniso iyonke yayiyi- $ 4.9 yezigidigidi, ezantsi nge-13% kwithuba elinye kunyaka ophelileyo. Inzuzo yeNet yayiyi- $ 2.1 yezigidigidi, ukonyuka nge-78% xa kuthelekiswa neebhiliyoni ezili-1,2 zeedola ngexesha elinye kulo nyaka uphelileyo
Kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuba phantse iipesenti ezingama-48 ($ 4,5 yezigidigidi ukuya kwi-4,7 yezigidigidi) zengeniso yeQualcomm ye- $ 9.6 yezigidi zeerandi kwiingeniso zepatent ezifunyenwe emva kokuba i-Apple ifikelele kwisigqibo. Ngaphandle kwale nxalenye yengeniso, ukuthengiswa kukaQualcomm kwakwe- $ 4.89 yezigidigidi, ephantsi koqikelelo lwabahlalutyi lwe- $ 5.09 yezigidigidi.
Ngaphambili, i-Qualcomm kunye ne-Apple bezisungule amatyala omthetho angaphezulu kwama-50 kwelinye ilizwe elinamazwe amaninzi kwimirhumo yelayisensi. Emva kokuba kufikelelwe kwisisombululo, u-Apple wabhatala intlawulo kwiQualcomm phantsi kwesivumelwano sokuhlala. Ukuchaphazeleka ziindaba zokuhlanjwa, nge-17 ka-Epreli, izabelo zeQualcomm zavalwa ngama-23%. I-Qualcomm ilindele ukufumana i-5,5 yezigidigidi ukuya kwi-4,7 yezigidigidi zeedola kwi-patent kwimali ekuhlalwa kuyo neApple.
Umphathi we-Qualcomm uSteve Mollenkopf uthe ifezekise ukukhula okuzinzileyo kwekota njengoko imfuno yezixhobo ze-4G icotha kwaye imarike ilungele ukutshintsha iye kwi-5G kwihlabathi liphela. Njengomthengisi omkhulu we-chips ze-smartphone, i-Qualcomm isajongana nemeko yokuqhubeka nobuthathaka kwimarike ngaphambi kwendawo yentengiso ye-5G.