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D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 2 0 1 91 2 4
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TELECOMMUNICATIONSDallas–Fort Worth is a crucial U.S. center for telecommunications fi rms. The bulk of them are located along the “Telecom Corridor” that stretches north of downtown Dallas through its suburbs of Richardson and Plano.
The industry’s largest names call DFW home, among them the global headquarters for Fortune 100-ranked AT&T as well as the North American headquarters for Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung Telecommunications America. New York–based Verizon Communications maintains a major business unit in Irving, employing more than 8,000 workers in the region.
CROSSROADS OF COMMUNICATIONSTHE DFW AREA IS A CRUCIAL U.S. CENTER FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS.
THE TELECOM CORRIDORLocated 15 miles north of downtown Dallas, the Telecom Corridor encompasses approximately 30 square miles and includes the city of Richardson along with the Texas Instruments campus and the west side of Waterview Parkway near the University of Texas at Dallas campus.
The Telecom Corridor area is one of the most signifi cant and unique high-tech business concentrations in the United States.
Various telecommunications industries are represented in the area, including:
> Carriers/service providers
> Telecom equipment manufacturers
> Consulting fi rms
> Wireless communications companies
> Photonics/optics networking fi rms
Companies located here include AT&T, Fujitsu, Cisco Systems, Verizon, Samsung Mobile, and MetroPCS.
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AEL SAMPLES
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION
SYSTEMS MANAGERS7,724 | $73.05
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ANALYSTS22,420 | $44.10
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS
SOFTWARE
9,823 | $51.87
NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATORS11,991 | $43.47
SOURCE: EMSI, QCEW 2018 Q4; OES 2017 2 0 1 9 D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 1 2 5
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INDUSTRY CLUSTERS |
TELECOMM
UNICATIONS
INDUSTRY ESTABLISHMENTS AVG. EMPLOYMENT
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 82 7,791
SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING
170 20,892
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 824 37,709
DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING, AND RELATED SERVICES 417 13,689
TOTAL 1,493 80,081
NUMBER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
1 4 39
Number of Advanced Services Businesses
1 60 760
LEGEND:OCCUPATION
JOBS | MEDIAN HOURLY EARNINGS
COMPUTERNETWORK
ARCHITECTS5,432 | $56.46
COMPUTERHARDWAREENGINEERS
760 | $51.40
RADIO, CELLULAR, AND TOWER EQUIPMENT
INSTALLERS, REPAIRERS
1,038 | $23.28
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINE INSTALLERS AND
REPAIRERS3,947 | $20.82
SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSORS
2,183 | $18.31