EXHIBIT 99.2

       QUALCOMM ANNOUNCES STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF FOUR-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLIT

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today
announced that its stockholders have approved a four-for-one stock split of the
outstanding shares of common stock and an increase in the Company's authorized
common stock to 3,000,000,000 shares. This approval was obtained at the
Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders held this morning.

As a result, QUALCOMM will effect its previously announced four-for-one stock
split, originally approved by its Board of Directors on November 2, 1999. The
stock split is a tax-free distribution to QUALCOMM stockholders. Stock
certificates representing three additional shares for each share held will be
mailed on or about December 30, 1999 (Distribution Date) to all stockholders of
record at the close of business on December 20, 1999 (Record Date), provided
that such stockholders of record continue to hold their shares on the
Distribution Date. Stockholders who dispose of their shares of common stock
between the Record Date and the Distribution Date will not be entitled to keep
the additional shares and such additional shares will be transferred to the
holder of the original shares as of the Distribution Date. The Ex-Dividend Date
for the stock split will be the next business day following the Distribution
Date, on or about December 31, 1999.

QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and
delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services
based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's business areas
include CDMA phones; integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology
licensing; Eudora email software for Windows and Macintosh computing platforms;
and satellite-based systems including OmniTRACS(R) and portions of the
Globalstar(TM) system. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included
in the S&P 500 Index and is a 1999 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on the Nasdaq
under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including timely product development, the Company's ability to successfully
manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or other equipment on a timely and
profitable basis, and those related to performance guarantees, change in
economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the
other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including
the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 1999, and most recent
Form 10-Q.

QUALCOMM and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated.




QUALCOMM Contacts:

Anita Hix, CDMA Technologies Marketing
1-(858) 658-5879 (ph) 1-(858) 651-7385 (fax)
e-mail: ahix@qualcomm.com

     or

Christine Trimble, Corporate Public Relations
1-(858) 651-3628 (ph) 1-(858) 651-2590 (fax)
e-mail: ctrimble@qualcomm.com

     or

Julie Cunningham, Investor Relations
1-(858) 658-4224 (ph) 1-(858) 651-9303 (fax)
e-mail: jcunningham@qualcomm.com