That's not always the case. For instance, on Galaxy Nexus (CDMA), the radio is split from the AP, and are in fact manufactured by two completely different folks (the AP is TI OMAP, and the radio is VIA Telecom). I'd imagine the same thing with Mediatek, who is a large and growing player. You are right that Qualcomm does fuse their radio with their AP, though, and they do control quite a lot of the US market.