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The '''Telecom Corridor''' is a technology business center in [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]], [[Texas]], a northern suburb of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 130,000 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.telecomcorridor.com/site-selection/workforce-1|title = Workforce Information}}</ref> Located in the [[Dallas/Fort Worth]] area and home to the [[University of Texas at Dallas]], the Corridor is a strip about {{convert|6.5|mi|km}} long along [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|U.S. Route 75]] (US 75) (the [[Central Expressway (Dallas)|North Central Expressway]]), between [[President George Bush Turnpike]] and [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Interstate 635]] (I-635) and is often considered an area of the [[Silicon Prairie]]. More than 5,700 companies, including 600 technology companies are headquartered in the area, including significant players such as [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[Alcatel-Lucent]], [[Ericsson]], [[Verizon]], [[Samsung]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Texas Instruments]], and [[MetroPCS]] (now part of T-Mobile). Some of these companies also have offices in [[Telecom Valley]] located in California. Although the Telecom Corridor was a booming area of Dallas's economy during the late 1990s, the [[dot-com bubble|dot-com bust]] of 2000 hit the region hard. However, it began recovering in 2004 | The '''Telecom Corridor''' is a technology business center in [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]], [[Texas]], a northern suburb of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 130,000 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.telecomcorridor.com/site-selection/workforce-1|title = Workforce Information|access-date = January 19, 2016|archive-date = February 19, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170219085608/http://www.telecomcorridor.com/site-selection/workforce-1|url-status = dead}}</ref> Located in the [[Dallas/Fort Worth]] area and home to the [[University of Texas at Dallas]], the Corridor is a strip about {{convert|6.5|mi|km}} long along [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|U.S. Route 75]] (US 75) (the [[Central Expressway (Dallas)|North Central Expressway]]), between [[President George Bush Turnpike]] and [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Interstate 635]] (I-635) and is often considered an area of the [[Silicon Prairie]]. More than 5,700 companies, including 600 technology companies are headquartered in the area, including significant players such as [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[Alcatel-Lucent]], [[Ericsson]], [[Verizon]], [[Samsung]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Texas Instruments]], and [[MetroPCS]] (now part of T-Mobile). Some of these companies also have offices in [[Telecom Valley]] located in California. Although the Telecom Corridor was a booming area of Dallas's economy during the late 1990s, the [[dot-com bubble|dot-com bust]] of 2000 hit the region hard. However, it began recovering in 2004 and the recovery has since picked up momentum, gaining both the operations of many non-technology-related companies and many previously non-existent residential units designed in the [[New Urbanism|New Urbanist]] style.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&artnum=1&issue=20070129 | title=Took Time, But Finally Tech Jobs Are Rising | access-date=2007-01-31 | author=Reinhardt Krause | publisher=Investor's Business Daily |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070212084139/http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&artnum=1&issue=20070129 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-02-12}}</ref> The name "Telecom Corridor" is a registered trademark and may technically only be used to describe the area mentioned in this article. | ||
== Telecom Corridor Genealogy Project == | == Telecom Corridor Genealogy Project == | ||
Latest revision as of 06:08, 9 December 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English The Telecom Corridor is a technology business center in Richardson, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 130,000 jobs.[1] Located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and home to the University of Texas at Dallas, the Corridor is a strip about Script error: No such module "convert". long along U.S. Route 75 (US 75) (the North Central Expressway), between President George Bush Turnpike and Interstate 635 (I-635) and is often considered an area of the Silicon Prairie. More than 5,700 companies, including 600 technology companies are headquartered in the area, including significant players such as AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Verizon, Samsung, Fujitsu, Texas Instruments, and MetroPCS (now part of T-Mobile). Some of these companies also have offices in Telecom Valley located in California. Although the Telecom Corridor was a booming area of Dallas's economy during the late 1990s, the dot-com bust of 2000 hit the region hard. However, it began recovering in 2004 and the recovery has since picked up momentum, gaining both the operations of many non-technology-related companies and many previously non-existent residential units designed in the New Urbanist style.[2] The name "Telecom Corridor" is a registered trademark and may technically only be used to describe the area mentioned in this article.
Telecom Corridor Genealogy Project
The Telecom Corridor Genealogy Project is a project to enable professionals in the Telcom Corridor to find out about their common history and thereby to enable them to network more easily.
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