Who knows what Qualcomm’s plans really are? The current cell phone technology is used only in the US, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the US eventually adopts the European and Asian standard. Then what happens to CDMA? Their job openings have been posted for a long time – UT reported 500 openings as of last December. My friend, a VP at one of their divisions, had never even heard of a hiring problem, so who knows if these are just ongoing postings.

I read in the papers about companies leaving, but don’t read about new ones coming in, or expanding. I get the monthly SD Labor Market report, and have read nothing in the last few months that indicates expansion.

Wireless could be hiring, as there has been an increase of a few hundred jobs in that sector. But in a workforce of over 1 million, it is peanuts.