Better Buy: Sierra Wireless vs. Qualcomm [The Motley Fool]
Sierra Wireless, Inc. (SWIR)
Last sierra wireless, inc. earnings: 2/13 04:32 pm
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Better Buy: Sierra Wireless vs. Qualcomm If you're looking to buy a stock to help you gain exposure to the wireless industry, two companies you might have heard of are Qualcomm ( NASDAQ:QCOM Sierra Wireless NASDAQ:SWIR Let's explore those differences so that you can make a more informed investment decision if you're trying to pick between the two companies' stocks. Image source: Qualcomm. Chips and patents versus modules Qualcomm can be thought of as two distinct businesses. The first part of Qualcomm's business, known as Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), builds chips that provide the processing capabilities as well as wireless connectivity for smartphones, as well as adjacent markets like automotive and the Internet of Things. Qualcomm also licenses out its wireless patents and, as a result, collects significant royalties from makers of cellular-enabled devices (irrespective of whether those devices use Qualcomm chips). Sierra Wireless, on the other hand, doesn't design its own wirel
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