AppleInsider:

Apple has hired Qualcomm Engineering VP Esin Terzioglu as a wireless “System on a Chip” lead, offering additional evidence that the company may plan to expand its internal chip development into Broadband Processors working as mobile modems.

Terzioglu’s profile notes that he began working at Qualcomm in August 2009, where he lead the company’s QCT [Qualcomm CDMA Technologies] Central Engineering organization, defining its technology roadmap.

Apple is making moves. We’ll see the results of this hire in six months to a year.