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TriState Telecom Conference
1. TriStates Telecommunications Conference
Broadband in Rural Utah
AUGUST 13, 2014
Vincent E. Mikolay
Managing Director of Business Outreach and International Trade
Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development
2. Utah will lead the nation as the best performing economy and be
recognized as a premier global business destination.
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Strengthen and Grow Existing Utah
Businesses, Both Urban and Rural
Increase Innovation,
Entrepreneurship & Investment
Increase National and
International Business
Prioritize Education to Develop the
Workforce of the Future
Governor’s Vision for the State
4. Rank State Rate
1 NORTH DAKOTA 2.7
2 UTAH 3.5
2 NEBRASKA 3.5
2 VERMONT 3.5
5 SOUTH DAKOTA 3.8
6 WYOMING 4.0
7 HAWAII 4.4
7 IOWA 4.4
7 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.4
10 MINNESOTA 4.5
Utah is tied for the 2nd
lowest unemployment rate
…and the 4th most
diverse economy
5. Accolades
#1 state for Small Business Thumbtack/Kauffman
A top state for business Pollina(#1threeyearsrunning),Forbes,CNBC
#1 Business Climate Business Facilities
#1 Economic Outlook for the 5 years running ALEC
7. .
Source: Utah DWS, GEOD Analysis of Utah DWS data
Aerospace & Defense
16%
Energy
10%
Life Sciences
15%
Financial Services
26%
Software / IT
29%
Outdoor Recreation
4%
47,320
26,499
18,611
28,876
6,208
51,451
Utah’s six strategic
industry clusters
Total Clusters Jobs:
178,965
Utah Clusters
8. IT/Software Cluster Scorecard – Q1 2013
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3,429 3,527
3,679
3,805
4,111
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Establishment Count
UT IT
5.1%
5.8%
6.5%
1.2%
2.8%
3.2%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
2010 2011 2012
Jobs Growth Rates
UT IT UT
$69,685 $66,771
$76,052
$38,829 $39,662 $39,264
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$10,000
$20,000
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2010 2011 2012
Average Wage
UT IT UT Total
Top 5 States by Concentration
Rank State LQ
1st Idaho 2.6
2nd Vermont 1.9
3rd Washington 1.8
4th New Hampshire 1.7
5th Virginia 1.7
9th Utah 1.4
Source: Utah DWS, BLS, Census Bureau
Key Stats
Jobs
• Utah IT Jobs: 51,451
• 4.0% of Utah Total Jobs
Wages
• IT Avg. Wage: $76,052
• 193% of Utah Avg. Wage
Locations / Businesses
• Establishments: 4,111
California ,
15.1%
Texas, 8.2%
New York,
5.7%
Virginia, 4.8%
Florida , 4.4%
Washington,
3.9%
Massachusetts
, 3.8%
Illinois , 3.5%
Georgia, 3.1%
Pennsylvania,
3.0%
Utah, 1.4%
Rank: 24th
All Other
States, 43.1%
Market Share
9. COMPANY JOBS
1 EBAY 1,798
2 IM FLASH 1,627
3 ACS COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS 1,049
4 CLEAR LINK 1,042
5 ADOBE SYSTEMS 885
6 OVERSTOCK.COM 878
7 ACS BUSINESS PROCESS SOLUTIONS 754
8 UNITED HEALTHCARE 660
9 QWEST 641
10 BLUEHOST 622
11 MYFAMILY.COM 615
12 NOVELL 583
13 EMC CORPORATION 499
14 FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR 448
15 XACTWARE 445
Utah Top Tech Companies
10. UofU Data Center Certification
• College of Engineering received approval for its
new undergraduate certificate program in data
center engineering.
• Designed to prepare students to work for
companies & government organizations
supporting data centers in Utah such as eBay,
Oracle and Goldman Sachs.
11. INFINIDAT Trade Mission
INFINIDAT, a
company in the
petabyte-scale data
storage business
Founder: Moshe
Yanai, leading
international figure
in big data
technology
12. EDTIF Performance
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14. 9,000 miles
Rural Team Update
In just 38 days:
• Met with ALL Counties to
discuss priorities
• Business Expansion and
Retention Program (BEAR
Program) (U.C.A. 63M-1-
904)
15. Strong Infrastructure
• Broadband
– Strategic location for
national connectivity
– Backbone to five major
metropolitan areas
• Transportation
– Highway
– Light rail
– International Airport
17. Funding Sources
• Project team: identifies
communities, providers, or other
stakeholders that are eligible and
encourages them to submit
applications.
• Rural Broadband Experiments, which
will also provide infrastructure
funding in rural communities.
• United States Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) Community
Connect Fund
18. Accomplishments
• Completed Two Mobile
Broadband Drive Tests
• Enlisted a contractor to
drive 6,000 miles of federal,
state, and county roads to
verify mobile broadband
coverage
• Compared drive test data to
provider-submitted data to
ensure accuracy
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DECEMBER 19, 2013
Vincent E. Mikolay
Managing Director of
Business Outreach & International Trade
Governor’s Office of Economic Development
60 E. South Temple, 3rd Floor,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
801-538-8680