Telecom Corridor
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The Telecom Corridor is a technology business center in Richardson
, Texas
(USA
), a northern suburb of Dallas
, which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 82,600 jobs. The Corridor is a strip about 6.5 miles (10 km) long along U.S. Highway 75 (the North Central Expressway
), between President George Bush Turnpike
and Interstate 635
and is often considered an area of the Silicon Prairie
. More than 5,700 companies, including 600 technology companies are located in the area, including significant players such as AT&T
, Ericsson
, Verizon, Samsung
, Texas Instruments
, and MetroPCS
. 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 2001 hit the region hard. However, it began recovering in 2004, and that recovery has since picked up momentum, gaining both the operations of many non-technology-related companies and a large number of previously non-existent residential units designed in the New Urbanist
style. The name "Telecom Corridor" is a registered trademark and may technically only be used to describe the area mentioned in this article.
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.
Richardson, Texas
Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 99,223. In 2011 the population was estimated to be 107,684. Richardson is an affluent inner suburb of Dallas and home of the Telecom Corridor with a high...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
), a northern suburb of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 82,600 jobs. The Corridor is a strip about 6.5 miles (10 km) long along U.S. Highway 75 (the North Central Expressway
Central Expressway (Dallas)
Central Expressway is a north–south highway in Dallas, Texas and surrounding areas.- North Central Expressway :The best-known section is the North Central Expressway, a name for a freeway section of U.S. Highway 75 between downtown Dallas and McKinney, Texas...
), between President George Bush Turnpike
President George Bush Turnpike
The President George Bush Turnpike is a 45.1-mile toll road running generally east–west through the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States...
and Interstate 635
Interstate 635 (Texas)
Interstate 635 or the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway is a partial loop around Dallas, Texas between Interstate 20 in Balch Springs, Texas and State Highway 121 at the north entrance of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. The route is long...
and is often considered an area of the Silicon Prairie
Silicon Prairie
The Silicon Prairie can refer to one of several places in the United States: an area in Illinois, one in a multi-state region comprised loosely of parts of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Missouri, one in Wyoming, and one in Texas.- Dallas-Fort Worth Silicon...
. More than 5,700 companies, including 600 technology companies are located in the area, including significant players such as AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
, Ericsson
Ericsson
Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
, Verizon, Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
, and MetroPCS
MetroPCS
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. , formerly known as General Wireless, Inc., is an American mobile phone service provider. It operates the fifth largest mobile telecommunications network in the US, with 8.9 million subscribers as of May 2011...
. Some of these companies also have offices in Telecom Valley
Telecom Valley
Telecom Valley was an area located in Sonoma County, California specifically the Redwood Business Park of Petaluma, California.-History:...
located in California. Although the Telecom Corridor was a booming area of Dallas's economy during the late 1990s, the dot-com bust
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
of 2001 hit the region hard. However, it began recovering in 2004, and that recovery has since picked up momentum, gaining both the operations of many non-technology-related companies and a large number of previously non-existent residential units designed in the New Urbanist
New urbanism
New Urbanism is an urban design movement, which promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has gradually continued to reform many aspects of real estate development, urban planning, and municipal land-use...
style. 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 ProjectTelecom Corridor Genealogy Project
The Telecom Corridor Genealogy Project is the result of the collaboration of the and the in the at the , with the purpose of creating not only a multidimensional diagram of the relationship of companies and their employees in the high tech sector, but also to enable professionals in the tech...
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.
Major Highways
Interstate 635Interstate 635 (Texas)Interstate 635 or the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway is a partial loop around Dallas, Texas between Interstate 20 in Balch Springs, Texas and State Highway 121 at the north entrance of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. The route is long...
U.S. Highway 75 - (North Central ExpresswayCentral Expressway (Dallas)Central Expressway is a north–south highway in Dallas, Texas and surrounding areas.- North Central Expressway :The best-known section is the North Central Expressway, a name for a freeway section of U.S. Highway 75 between downtown Dallas and McKinney, Texas...
)- President George Bush TurnpikePresident George Bush TurnpikeThe President George Bush Turnpike is a 45.1-mile toll road running generally east–west through the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States...
(toll) (frontage roads:
State Highway 190)
Light rail
- DARTDallas Area Rapid TransitThe Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas . It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and 12 of its suburbs...
:- Spring Valley StationSpring Valley StationSpring Valley Station is a DART Light Rail station located in Richardson, Texas off Spring Valley Road, just east of US 75...
- Arapaho Center StationArapaho Center StationArapaho Center Station is a DART Light Rail station located in Richardson, Texas , at Greenville Avenue near Arapaho Road. It opened on July 1, 2002, and is a station on the , serving the Richardson Civic Center, the University of Texas at Dallas and part of Richardson's Telecom Corridor including...
- Galatyn Park StationGalatyn Park StationGalatyn Park Station is a DART Light Rail station located in Richardson, Texas at US 75 near Lookout Drive. It opened on July 1, 2002 and is a station on the , serving part of Richardson's Telecom Corridor including the Renaissance Hotel and Hyatt Regency North Dallas , the Charles W...
- Bush Turnpike StationBush Turnpike StationBush Turnpike Station is a DART Light Rail station located in Richardson, Texas at the President George Bush Turnpike near US 75 . It opened on December 9, 2002 and is a station on the , serving the area around Collin Creek Mall....
- Spring Valley Station