Telecom Corridor

Telecommunications is essential for a global city in the modern era because as Sassen pointed out it has shaped the layout and planning of metropolitan areas. Richardson, Texas is a fine example of how the telecom industry elevated and expanded the metroplex. Known as the telecom corridor, more than five thousand companies have headquarters in the metroplex, such as, Sprint, Texas Instruments, Verizon, and Cisco Systems. Dallas, Richardson, and Irving act as a hub for the entire industry, and the market depends particularly upon these cities. Additionally, north Texas relies in several ways on the telecommunications industry to maintain the status of a global city. The telecom corridor makes the metroplex economically sound, and in respect to the headquarters of corporations keeps them present.

Telecommunications helps people communicate and conduct business faster and more efficiently. Creating jobs, the industry can help and support the economy tremendously. Entertainment and a better quality of life are often results of updated telecom products. Computers, television, cell phones all rely on the global cities ability to meet the telecom needs of the population.

Power and energy can create a shortfall of information, systems can crash and devastation can occur due to natural disasters or human error. The loss of jobs is just as likely as jobs being created when the industry takes a downward turn, and as a result the economy could suffer that much more. People can take advantage; hacking and identity theft are major problems caused by telecommunications.