INDUSTRY CLUSTERS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CROSSROADS OF COMMUNICATIONS –Fort Worth is a crucial U.S. THE DFW AREA IS A CRUCIAL U.S. CENTER center for telecommunications fi rms. FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS. 75 The bulk of them are located along the “Telecom Corridor” that stretches north of through its suburbs of 35E Richardson and Plano. 121

The industry’s largest names call | TELECOMMUNICATIONS DFW home, among them the global 35W headquarters for Fortune 100-ranked

AT&T as well as the North American PHOTO: MICHAEL SAMPLES headquarters for Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung Telecommunications America. New York–based Verizon Communications 190 maintains a major business unit in Irving, employing more than 8,000 workers in the region. THE TELECOM CORRIDOR Located 15 miles north of downtown Dallas, the Telecom Corridor encompasses approximately 30 square miles and includes the city of Richardson along with the Instruments 30 campus and the west side of Waterview 635 Parkway near the University of Texas at Dallas 820 183 campus. The Telecom Corridor area is one of the most signifi cant and unique high-tech business 360 concentrations in the United States. Various telecommunications industries are 30 represented in the area, including: 12 > Carriers/service providers 20 > Telecom equipment manufacturers 20 > Consulting fi rms

> Wireless communications companies 175 > Photonics/optics networking fi rms Companies located here include AT&T, Fujitsu, Cisco Systems, Verizon, Samsung Mobile, and MetroPCS. 67 INDUSTRY ESTABLISHMENTS AVG. EMPLOYMENT COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 35E 82 7,791 MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER 35W ELECTRONIC COMPONENT 45 170 20,892 MANUFACTURING TELECOMMUNICATIONS 824 37,709 DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING, 417 13,689 NUMBERNumber OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS of Advanced Services BUSINESSES Businesses AND RELATED SERVICES TOTAL 1,493 80,081 1 60 4 39760

LEGEND: COMPUTER AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE NETWORK AND COMPUTER COMPUTER RADIO, CELLULAR, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SEMICONDUCTOR OCCUPATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS COMPUTER SYSTEMS NETWORK HARDWARE TOWER EQUIPMENT LINE INSTALLERS AND PROCESSORS JOBS | MEDIAN HOURLY EARNINGS SYSTEMS MANAGERS ANALYSTS SOFTWARE ADMINISTRATORS ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS INSTALLERS, REPAIRERS REPAIRERS 2,183 | $18.31 7,724 | $73.05 22,420 | $44.10 11,991 | $43.47 5,432 | $56.46 3,947 | $20.82 9,823 | $51.87 760 | $51.40 1,038 | $23.28

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