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2 0 1 7 D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 1 3 1
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INDUSTRY CLUSTERS |
TELECOMM
UNICATIONS
INDUSTRY ESTABLISHMENTS AVG. EMPLOYMENT
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 78 7,445
SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING
177 19,515
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 796 36,930
DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING, AND RELATED SERVICES 351 14,448
TOTAL 1,402 78,338
NUMBER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
1 4 39
Number of Advanced Services Businesses
1 60 760
LEGEND:OCCUPATION
JOBS | MEDIAN HOURLY EARNINGS
COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECTS
4,614 | $51.11
COMPUTER HARDWARE ENGINEERS
2,496 | $51.73
RADIO, CELLULAR, AND TOWER EQUIPMENT
INSTALLERS AND REPAIRS
502 | $22.07
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINE INSTALLERS AND
REPAIRERS4,325 | $25.05
SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSORS
1,231 | $17.55
D A L L A S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT G U I D E 2 0 1 71 3 0
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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 biggest names call the DFW region home, among them the global headquarters for the Fortune 100 ranked AT&T Inc., and the North American headquarters for Ericsson Inc., Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Telecommunications America. New York–based Verizon Communications maintains a major business unit here employing some 8,000 workers in the area.
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.
PHO
TO: CITY OF RICHARD
SON
OMPUTER AND INFORMATION
SYSTEMS MANAGERS9,728 | $71.97
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
16,964 | $45.43
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS
SOFTWARE13,208 | $49.52
NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATORS10,805 | $41.30
SOURCE: 2016.3 – QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed,; OES, 2015, Jobs EQ
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