The collaboration between the X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm will bring together experts in technology usability, wireless sensors, cloud computing and mobile health to accelerate the convergence of these fields.

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Qualcomm, Intel and most of the companies involved in mobile computing and wireless all agree on one thing: Embedded wide-area broadband is the way to go for notebooks, UMDs and consumer appliances.

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It manufactures high performance mixed signal and standard products, which cater to automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.

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