You don't see any QC phones any more because Qualcomm agreed to stop making them because it was hurting its main business, cellphone chipsets.
As far as being a loser company, QC has no debt, has $8B in cash, and has an absolute lock on the the future of wireless. In 4-5 years QC could be approaching the size of Microsoft.
Full disclosure: yes, I work at Qualcomm.
Is Qualcomm providing broadband access to San Diego?
Crickets chirping here.
Doesn't QC control IP related to the design of wireless modems? I seem to recall a lawsuit against TI for
infringement.