Industry Cluster: ichardson,T exas Communications Economic Development Partnership
Richardson, Texas, known na onally and interna onally as the Telecom Corridor ® area, has one of the most significant and unique high tech business concentra ons of communica ons companies in the US.
Major Telecom OperaƟons in Richardson:
AT&T Cisco Over 4,300 employees in six Richardson buildings Over 1,200 employees on Richardson campus Opera ons: U‐Verse Business Unit, DSL Broadband Unit, Photonics, wireless IP telephony and other telecom solu ons Network Opera ons Center, Integra on services, customer Cisco Telecommunica ons headquarters + $200 million service datacenter
Ericsson Rockwell Collins Over 2,500 employees Over 1,200 employees Opera ons: communica ons equipment and research Designs and manufacturers command and control systems for military applica ons and communica ons companies
Verizon Samsung Mobile Over 2,300 employees in two divisions located in Richardson Over 800 employees at US headquarters Verizon Business Solu ons– training, customer service, Research/designs , develops and markets telecom systems administra on, sales Products: Handheld cell phones, wireless infrastructure Verizon Wireless– wireless and engineering development and systems, analog & digital key phone systems and printers services
Fujitsu Network CommunicaƟons Metro PCS Over 1,500 employees on main campus Over 500 employees at global Opera ons: fiber op c transmission and IP broadband headquarters pla orms, IT and carrier‐class telecommunica ons solu ons Wireless broadband personal communica ons services with no long‐term contract
h p://www.telecomcorridor.com Industry Cluster: Communications
Beginning in 1957 with the Collins Radio campus on Central Expressway, Richardson has been in the forefront of the telecom industry as major Academic/Research Support Interna onal companies were a racted to this hotspot from around the globe. Carriers/service providers, telecom equipment manufacturers, wireless communica ons, photonics and op cs networking opera ons and related UT Dallas plays a key role in Richardson’s consul ng firms have flocked to Richardson ever since. Telecom Corridor area by providing cu ng edge research, programs and graduates for ParƟal History of Richardson’s Telecom Corridor® area: this key industry sector.
Year Company/OrganizaƟon Richardson OperaƟons UT Dallas is the first university in the 1957 Collins Radio Built first building, 123,000 square‐feet on a 400‐ U.S. to offer a fully‐accredited telecommuni‐ acre campus at Arapaho and US 75 ca ons engineering degree (BS, MS & Ph.D.) Center for Advanced Telecommunica‐ 1961 Texas Instruments Established Graduate Research Center of SW on ons Systems and Services (CATSS) 200 acres in northwest Richardson Embedded So ware Center (ESC) 1969 Collins Radio CR equipment developed in Richardson used to Center for Systems, Communica ons transmit the first television signals from the moon and Signal Processing (CSCSP)
1969 UT Dallas Graduate Research Center of SW became part of TelecommunicaƟons/Wireless Companies UT System and renamed UT Dallas Founded in Richardson 1972 MCI Relocates 1,000 employees to Richardson AirWalk Communica ons 1978 Northern Telecom Establishes presence in Richardson GlobeRanger Corp. (Nortel) IEX InnerWireless 1988 Fujitsu Network Selects Richardson for campus IP Cell Communica ons Latus Networks Mavenir Systems 1991 Alcatel Acquires Collins Radio from Rockwell, Monterrey Networks establishes US headquarters in Richardson Navini Networks 1996 Samsung and Siemens Locate US wireless headquarters to Richardson Sipera Systems SNR Labs 2000 Cisco Systems Selects Richardson for campus Spa al Wireless 2007 Metro PCS Relocates headquarters to Richardson Telecom Technologies Voyence 2011 Ericsson Leases 460,000 square‐feet in Richardson h p://www.telecomcorridor.com