El origen del Programa Formativo Francisco Ros – Qualcomm

The funds necessary to support the program Francisco Ros-Qualcomm arise as a consequence of Francisco Ros belonging to the Board of Directors of Qualcomm, a world leader in the development of mobile technologies, during the nine regulatory years (in this case 2011 - 2020) that establish the statutes of the aforementioned company. Upon resignation as Director, Qualcomm offers an amount of $ 300,000 for the terminating director to contribute to a non-profit institution that complies with a United States regulations established for this purpose, and that has a certain relationship with the world of mobile communications. Informed of this situation, Francisco Ros contacted the Directorate of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSIT-UPM) to study the possibility that this fund could be used for training programs at the aforementioned School, with which he feels very grateful both for the teachings and for the teaching and research experiences lived there. The Directorate of the School and that of the Rogelio Segovia Foundation for the Development of Telecommunications (Fundetel) immediately accept the proposal and start the process to prove compliance with the North American regulations established for these purposes.

After the corresponding process, in which the School and Fundetel accredit all the requirements demanded by the North American auditing institution required by Qualcomm and established for these purposes, Fundetel is recognized as the guarantor of all the necessary requirements and is potentially registered as an institution. recipient of non-profit funds from US companies, of the nature provided by Qualcomm. An important part of this process consisted of an analysis of the experience and practices of Fundetel and the proposal of a plan of training activities in mobile technologies that was rigorous and feasible. Once all the procedures were completed, the resulting funds were transferred to Fundetel.

 The program has received from Qualcomm an endowment of 250,175.56 Euros.