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Industry Leader Qualcomm Tackles a Complex Acquisition
towerswatson.com Linking Life and Technology Industry Leader Qualcomm Tackles a Complex Acquisition While wireless communications leader Qualcomm Incorporated has undertaken numerous mergers and acquisitions in recent years — 17 transactions in the past five years, to be exact — the acquisition of Atheros Communications in early 2011 was a unique endeavor. Acquiring Atheros, with an enterprise value of $3.1 billion and approximatel