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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (RULE 13d-101)

    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1 AND
               AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

                                (AMENDMENT NO. 2)


                        LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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                              (NAME OF THE ISSUER)


                                  COMMON STOCK
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                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)


                                   521863 10 0
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                                 (CUSIP NUMBER)


                             STEVEN R. ALTMAN, ESQ.
                            EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
                          AND PRESIDENT, TECH ALLIANCE
                              QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
                              5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE
                               SAN DIEGO, CA 92121
                                 (858) 587-1121
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                  (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON
                AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS)


                                  MAY 31, 2001
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             (DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF THIS STATEMENT)

        If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

        Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-1(a) for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

        The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.


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        The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).

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CUSIP NO. 521863 10 0                 13D                      Page 2 of 7 Pages
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   1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
          QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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   2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                                            (a)  [ ]
                                                            (b)  [ ]
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   3      SEC USE ONLY
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   4      SOURCE OF FUNDS
          OO, WC
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   5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
          ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                      [ ]
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   6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          DELAWARE
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                           7     SOLE VOTING POWER
        NUMBER                           5,161,624 (1)
          OF             -------------------------------------------------------
        SHARES             8     SHARED VOTING POWER
     BENEFICIALLY                        -0-
       OWNED BY          -------------------------------------------------------
       REPORTING           9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
        PERSON                           5,161,624 (1)
         WITH            -------------------------------------------------------
                           10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                         -0-
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   11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
          5,161,624
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   12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

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   13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
          13.59% (1)(2)
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   14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON     CO
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(1)     Calculated pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934, as amended.

(2)     Percent based upon 33,840,461 outstanding shares of the Issuer's Common
        Stock, as of May 31, 2001, adjusted as required by rules promulgated by
        the SEC.


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This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 2") is being filed on
behalf of QUALCOMM Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, as an amendment to the
initial statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on October 2, 1998, as amended by Amendment No. 1
filed February 22, 2001 (collectively, the "Schedule 13D"), relating to shares
of Common Stock, par value $.0001, of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (the
"Issuer"). The Schedule 13D is hereby further amended and supplemented as
follows:

ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND

Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:

                (a) This statement is filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, a Delaware
        corporation ("QUALCOMM"). QUALCOMM is principally in the business of
        providing digital wireless communications equipment, technologies and
        services.

                (b) The address of the principal business office of QUALCOMM is
        5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121.

                (c) The name, residence or business address and principal
        occupation or employment (and the name, principal business and address
        of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is
        conducted) of each director and executive officer of QUALCOMM are set
        forth on Schedule I to this Amendment No. 2.

                (d) During the last five years, there have been no criminal
        proceedings against QUALCOMM, or, to the best knowledge of QUALCOMM, any
        of the directors or executive officers of QUALCOMM listed on Schedule I
        to this Amendment No. 2.

                (e) During the last five years, neither QUALCOMM nor, to the
        best knowledge of QUALCOMM, any of the directors or executive officers
        of QUALCOMM listed on Schedule I to this Amendment No. 2, has been a
        party to any civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of
        competent jurisdiction resulting in a judgment, decree or final order
        enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
        subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation
        with respect to such laws.

                (f) Each of the persons identified on Schedule I attached hereto
        is a citizen of the United States of America.


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ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Items 5(a) and 5(b) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated in their
entirety to read as follows:

                (a)--(b) As of May 31, 2001, QUALCOMM had beneficial ownership
        of 5,161,624 shares of Issuer's Common Stock, including 3,375,000 shares
        which QUALCOMM has the right to acquire pursuant to the Warrant and up
        to 770,924 shares upon the exercise of the Senior Discount Unit
        Warrants.

                QUALCOMM has sole power to vote and dispose of all of the shares
        of Issuer's Common Stock beneficially owned by it. Based upon the number
        of shares outstanding as of May 31, 2001, QUALCOMM's beneficial
        ownership in the Issuer constitutes approximately 13.59% of the
        outstanding shares of Common Stock.

                Information regarding the beneficial interests of each executive
        officer and director of QUALCOMM in Issuer's Common Stock is described
        in Schedule II attached to this Amendment No. 2.



                                    SIGNATURE

        After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

                                    Date:  June 19, 2001

                                    QUALCOMM INCORPORATED,
                                    a Delaware corporation


                                    By:    /s/ Anthony S. Thornley
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                                           Anthony S. Thornley
                                           Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer


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                                   SCHEDULE I

                        EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
                            OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Irwin M. Jacobs is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Officer of QUALCOMM.

Richard Sulpizio is a Director and the President and Chief Operating Officer of
QUALCOMM.

Steven R. Altman is an Executive Vice President and President, Tech Alliance.

Franklin P. Antonio is an Executive Vice President and the Chief Technology
Officer of QUALCOMM.

Paul E. Jacobs is an Executive Vice President of QUALCOMM.

Anthony S. Thornley is an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial
Officer of QUALCOMM.

Louis M. Lupin is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of QUALCOMM.

Donald E. Schrock is a Senior Vice President and the President, QCT Products
Division of QUALCOMM.

Richard C. Atkinson is a Director of QUALCOMM. Dr. Atkinson is also currently
the President of the University of California, with its principal place of
business at 1111 Franklin St., Flr. 12, Oakland, CA 94607.

Adelia A. Coffman is a Director of QUALCOMM. Ms. Coffman also currently provides
financial consulting services and is active in Oregon Diverse Industries, LLC, a
real estate investment and development company with its principal place of
business at 4902 McLoughlin Dr., Central Point OR 97504 and of which she is an
owner.

Diana Lady Dougan is a Director of QUALCOMM. Ambassador Dougan serves as senior
advisor and international communications studies chair of the Center for
Strategic and International Studies and chairwoman of the Cyber Century Forum.

Neil Kadisha is a Director of QUALCOMM. Mr. Kadisha is also Chief Executive
Officer of Omninet Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investments in the
fields of wireless communications and broadband infrastructure. Mr. Kadisha is
also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Switchpoint Networks, Inc., a
broadband internet technology company. He serves on the Board of Directors of
various privately held companies.


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Robert E. Kahn is a Director of QUALCOMM. Dr. Kahn is also Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and President of the Corporation for National Research
Initiatives (CNRI), with its principal place of business at 1895 Preston White
Drive, Suite 100, Reston, VA 20191.

Jerome S. Katzin is a Director of QUALCOMM.

Duane A. Nelles is a Director of QUALCOMM. Mr. Nelles is in the personal
investment business and serves on the Board of Directors of WFS Financial Inc.,
an automotive finance company.

Frank Savage is a Director of QUALCOMM. He also serves as Chairman of Alliance
Capital Management International, with its principal place of business at 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105, and a Director of Alliance Capital
Management Corporation. Alliance Capital is an investment management subsidiary
of Equitable Life Assurance Society. Mr. Savage is a Director of Lockheed Martin
Corporation, an aero-technology corporation, ENRON Corporation, an energy
company, Essence Communications, Inc., a media company and The Johns Hopkins and
Howard Universities.

Brent Scowcroft is a Director of QUALCOMM. General Scowcroft is the President of
The Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international business consulting firm with its
principal place of business at 900 17th St., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC
20006. He is also the President of the Forum for International Policy, a
non-profit organization that promotes American leadership and foreign policy.
General Scowcroft is a Director of Pennzoil-QuakerState, an automotive consumer
car care company.

Peter M. Sacerdote is a Director of QUALCOMM. Mr. Sacerdote is an advisory
director of Goldman Sachs & Co., with its principal place of business at 85
Broad St., 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004, where he also serves as Chairman of
its Investment Committee. He also serves as a Director of AMF Group, Inc., a
bowling center operator and equipment manufacturer, Franklin Resources, Inc., a
mutual fund management company, and Hexcel Corporation, a materials
manufacturer.

Marc I. Stern is a Director of QUALCOMM. He is also the President of The TCW
Group, Inc., an asset management firm with its principal place of business at
865 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Mr. Stern is the non-executive chairman
of Apex Mortgage Capital, Inc., a financial services company, and chairman of
TCW Galileo Funds, Inc., a registered investment company.

All individuals described in this Schedule I are U.S. citizens and are employed
at, or retained as Directors by, QUALCOMM Incorporated, 5775 Morehouse Drive,
San Diego, CA 92121.


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                                   SCHEDULE II

                  BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF ISSUER'S COMMON STOCK
          BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

        The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
ownership of the Issuer's Common Stock as of May 31, 2001 by each executive
officer and director of QUALCOMM Incorporated:




                                                                   BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP(1)
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                                                                  NUMBER OF      PERCENT OF
BENEFICIAL OWNER                                                   SHARES          TOTAL
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Irwin Mark Jacobs(2)(9) ....................................        883,017        2.59%
Richard Sulpizio(3)(9) .....................................         29,052           *
Steven R. Altman(9) ........................................          7,500           *
Franklin P. Antonio(9) .....................................        193,568           *
Paul E. Jacobs(4)(9) .......................................         37,858           *
Anthony S. Thornley(9) .....................................         27,198           *
Louis M. Lupin(9) ..........................................          1,304           *
Donald E. Schrock(9) .......................................         34,750           *
Richard C. Atkinson(5)(9) ..................................         18,770           *
Adelia A. Coffman(6)(9) ....................................         59,733           *
Diana Lady Dougan ..........................................              0          --
Neil Kadisha(9) ............................................        378,736        1.12%
Robert E. Kahn(9) ..........................................         13,500           *
Jerome S. Katzin(7)(9) .....................................         68,332           *
Duane A. Nelles(9) .........................................         17,500           *
Peter M. Sacerdote(8)(9) ...................................         22,750           *
Frank Savage(9) ............................................          6,625           *
Brent Scowcroft(9) .........................................         17,250           *
Marc I. Stern(9) ...........................................         16,500           *
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All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (19
persons)(9) ................................................      1,833,943        5.34%



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*       Less than one percent.

(1)     This table is based upon information supplied by officers and directors.
        Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, and subject
        to community property laws where applicable, QUALCOMM believes that each
        of the stockholders named in this table has sole voting and investment
        power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned.
        Applicable percentages are based on 33,840,461 shares outstanding on May
        31, 2001, adjusted as required by rules promulgated by the SEC.

(2)     Includes 663,517 shares held in family trusts.

(3)     Includes 878 shares held in family trusts and 174 shares held for the
        benefit of Mr. Sulpizio's children.

(4)     Includes 1,608 shares held for the benefit of Mr. Jacobs' children.

(5)     Includes 1,250 shares held in a foundation of which Dr. Atkinson
        disclaims beneficial ownership. Also includes 1,020 shares held in
        trusts for the benefit of Dr. Atkinson's grandchildren, of which he and
        his spouse are the trustees.

(6)     Includes 38,233 shares held in family trusts.

(7)     Includes 43,065 shares held in family trusts and 8,767 shares held in
        trusts for the benefit of Mr. Katzin's grandchildren, of which Mr.
        Katzin's spouse is the trustee.

(8)     Includes 6,250 shares held in a foundation of which Mr. Sacerdote
        disclaims beneficial ownership and 15,000 shares held in family trusts.

(9)     Includes beneficial ownership of the following numbers of shares that
        may be acquired within 60 days of May 31, 2001 pursuant to stock
        options: Dr. Irwin Jacobs, 219,500 shares; Mr. Sulpizio, 28,000 shares;
        Mr. Altman, 7,500 shares; Mr. Antonio, 39,125 shares; Dr. Paul Jacobs,
        36,250 shares; Mr. Thornley, 27,000 shares; Mr. Lupin, 1,200 shares; Mr.
        Schrock, 34,750 shares; Dr. Atkinson, 16,500 shares; Ms. Coffman, 21,500
        shares; Ambassador Dougan, 0 shares; Mr. Kadisha, 16,500 shares; Dr.
        Kahn, 13,500 shares; Mr. Katzin, 16,500 shares; Mr. Nelles, 16,500
        shares; Mr. Sacerdote, 1,500 shares; Mr. Savage, 6,500 shares; Mr.
        Scowcroft, 15,500 shares; Mr. Stern, 16,500 shares; all directors and
        executive officers as a group, 534,325 shares.


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