Telecommunications
& Digital Media
•Number Employed:
49,446
•Major Companies: Qwest Communications, EchoStar Communications,
AT&T Corp., Avaya Communications, Time Warner Telecom, Level 3 Communications,
Adelphia (headquarters relocated to Colorado in 2003)
•Major Locations: Denver, Englewood, Boulder
•Number of Companies: 125
•Concentration of High-Tech Workers: 98 per 1,000 (highest in the
nation)
•Additional Information and Statistics:
- Ranks 7th in nation for communications services
- Colorado ranks 4th in the nation for percent of households with home
Internet access
- $11 million in state funding has been appropriated to assist rural areas
in completing fiber optic networks to provide high speed data access in
remote regions of the state.
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