Qualcomm is an American multinational corporation focused on wireless technology and is expanding its reach into the space industry. Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary, is actively involved in research and development for satellite communications capabilities, particularly in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), and is working toward unifying terrestrial and satellite connectivity. They partner with companies like Ericsson and Thales Alenia Space to test and validate 5G NTN technologies, including those for direct-to-device services via LEO satellites, in an effort to enable ubiquitous connectivity. Qualcomm is also involved in location based services, and has been working with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the use of Galileo in its chipsets.
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Velodyne Lidar will work with Qualcomm Technologies, governments, and solution developers to create smart city applications.
Hughes Network Systems invested $50,000,000 in OneWeb in 2015 alongside Airbus Group, Bharti Enterprises, Coca-Cola, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Totalplay, and the Virgin Group as part of OneWeb’s $500,000,000 Series A round.
Unsecured creditors listed in OneWeb's filing include Qualcomm Technologies ($8,000,000), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ($6,900,000), Hughes Network Systems ($5,400,000), Deutsche Bank ($5,200,000), Viasat ($1,200,000), Nokia ($988,000), Rockwell Collins ($597,000), USSI Global ($501,000), Ruag ($328,000), and KSAT ($117,000).
OneWeb's top four shareholders are Softbank (37.41%), Qualcomm (15.93%), Greg Wyler's 1110 Ventures LLC (11.94%), and Airbus (8.5%).
OneWeb received an initial $500,000,000 in 2015 from Airbus, Hughes Network Systems, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Virgin Group, Coca-Cola, Grupo Salinas, and Bharti Airtel.
In a 2019-03-18 financing round, investors led by SoftBank Group, Grupo Salinas, Qualcomm Technologies, and the government of Rwanda invested $1,250,000,000 in OneWeb.