1996 1995
Rank/Company Name % Change Revenues (000) Revenues (000)
1 DSP Communications Inc. 117.53% $88,899 $40,867
2 Qualcomm Inc. 110.51% $813,850 $386,612
3 WinStar Communications Inc. 104.35% $68,048 $33,300
4 Specialty Teleconstructors 99.16% $16,759 $8,415
5 Transcrypt International 69.49% $13,776 $8,128
6 Lightbridge Inc. 45.21% $29,545 $20,347
7 ADC Telecommunications Inc. 41.24% $828,009 $586,222
8 Brightpoint Inc. 40.69% $589,718 $419,149
9 Tellabs Inc. 36.80% $868,975 $635,229
10 Tessco Technologies Inc. 23.85% $92,290 $74,518
11 Glenayre Technologies Inc. 21.42% $390,246 $321,404
12 Allen Telecom Inc. 20.53% $369,498 $306,556
13 Northern Telecom Ltd. 20.38% $12,847,000 $10,672,000
14 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone 20.34% $18,074,530 $15,020,120
15 Andrew Corp. 19.52% $793,575 $663,960
16 Audiovox Corp. 19.41% $597,915 $500,740
17 Conductus 18.53% $12,543 $10,582
18 IFR Systems Inc. 18.43% $89,997 $75,994
19 Cellstar Corp. 16.71% $947,601 $811,915
20 Spectrian 15.42% $72,113 $62,478
21 Ortel Corp. 15.12% $57,666 $50,090
22 Lucent Technologies Inc. 14.95% $23,286,000 $20,258,000
23 Brite Voice Systems Inc. 13.73% $110,409 $97,078
24 Racotek Inc. 13.06% $6,883 $6,088
25 Datamarine International Inc. 12.19% $16,590 $14,787
26 Photocomm Inc. 11.95% $22,995 $20,541
27 TCSI Corp. 8.80% $60,233 $55,362
28 Motorola Inc. 3.46% $27,973,000 $27,037,000
29 Nokia Corp. 0.29% $8,454,015 $8,429,490
30 California Microwave Inc. -1.55% $460,653 $467,928
31 Gilbert Associates Inc. -1.77% $190,066 $193,495
32 NEC Corp. -7.31% $41,174,000 $44,423,000
33 Telular Corp. -17.44% $27,271 $33,031
34 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. -21.60% $63,192,000 $80,599,000
35 InterDigital Communications -36.80% $53,693 $84,955
Several companies ranked among the major players for revenue growth between 1995 and 1996 weren’t among the leaders in this category during the prior period. Among them are: DSP Communications Inc., Lightbridge Inc., ADC Telecommunications Inc., Brightpoint Inc., Tellabs Inc. and Spectrian. Ranking first was DSP, which, among other things, provides chipsets for cellular, personal communications services and wireless data. It showed a nearly 118 percent increase in revenues.
