Does Qualcomm support Israel?

Qualcomm acquired DesignArt Networks, an Israeli developer of small-cell base-station and wireless-backhaul chips based in Ra'anana. Qualcomm did not disclose the price; Israeli press reports ranged from roughly $80 million plus earn-outs to $150 million.

Qualcomm acquired Wilocity, the Israeli-founded WiGig (60 GHz) chipset maker whose employees were mostly in Israel, for a reported $300 million — described in Israeli press as Qualcomm's fifth acquisition in Israel.

Qualcomm acquired Israeli 5G network-automation software company Cellwize for approximately $350 million (reported). Cellwize employed about 80 of its 160 staff in Israel; its CEO Ofir Zemer became a Qualcomm VP of product management.

Qualcomm completed its purchase of Israeli vehicle-to-everything (V2X) chipmaker Autotalks. The deal was first announced in May 2023 at an estimated $350–400 million, cancelled in March 2024 under US FTC, EU, and UK regulatory scrutiny, then revived and closed in June 2025. Qualcomm did not disclose the final price and the Israeli press split on it: Calcalist/CTech reported on 5 June 2025 that it was believed to be similar to the original $350–400 million, while Globes reported the same day that the price was $80–90 million only, explicitly contradicting reports of a deal "in the hundreds of millions of dollars". On staff, CTech said about 100 Autotalks employees joined Qualcomm; Globes put the company at about 120 employees, 100 of them at its Kfar Netter development centre, and said all were expected to join.

Qualcomm bought SAM Seamless Network, an Israeli cybersecurity company founded in 2016 whose software protects home networks and the carrier edge; SAM says it is deployed on more than 15 million networks and about 500 million devices, and names AT&T, Verizon, Bezeq, Telenet and Virgin Media among its carrier customers. No price was announced: Bizportal put the deal above $100 million and cited other estimates above $150 million, and SecurityWeek reported it as over $100 million. SAM had itself raised about $30 million from investors including Intel Capital, Ericsson, Telefónica and Verizon Ventures — that figure is the company's funding, not Qualcomm's payment. SAM keeps about 80 staff in Israel and the United States and continues as a standalone unit inside Qualcomm; its old site securingsam.com now redirects to a Qualcomm page headed "SAM Seamless Network is now part of Qualcomm".

Qualcomm operates two R&D centers in Israel, in Haifa and Hod Hasharon, employing roughly 600 people as of May 2023 (a 30-person layoff that month was described as about 5% of the Israeli workforce). The Israeli operation was built through a string of local acquisitions — including a $45 million purchase of CSR Israel's imaging unit — and Qualcomm Ventures actively invests in Israeli startups. Qualcomm continues to recruit engineers for the Hod Hasharon site.