Editing San Diego (section)

===Companies===
[[File:AT&TBuildingSanDiegoApr09.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[AT&T Building (San Diego)|AT&T Building]]]]
San Diego hosts several major producers of wireless cellular technology. [[Qualcomm]] was founded and is headquartered in San Diego, and is one of the largest private-sector employers in San Diego.<ref name="SDLargeEmployers">{{cite news|title=City Of San Diego Largest Employers|publisher=San Diego Daily Transcript|url=http://www.sddt.com/Databases/BusinessListings/ListCompanies.cfm?BusinessCategory_ID=140|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> Other wireless industry manufacturers headquartered here include [[Nokia]], [[LG Electronics]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Glazer, Joyce |title=San Diego-based LG Mobile Phones donated $250,000 to the VH1 Save the Music Foundation |date=October 6, 2008 |publisher=Entrepreneur Media |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/188738547.html |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20130724024941/http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/188738547.html |archive-date=July 24, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=March 2016|reason=failed bot fix, 8/27/15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Kyocera International]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Desjardins, Doug |date=January 11, 2010 |title=Kyocera International to Get New Leader |url=http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/jan/11/kyocera-international-get-new-leader/ |newspaper=San Diego Business Journal |access-date=March 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/20110727002955/http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/jan/11/kyocera-international-get-new-leader/ |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2016|reason=failed bot fix, 8/27/15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Cricket Communications]] and Novatel Wireless.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=contact&id=3&Itemid=93 |title=Novatel website: Corporate headquarters |access-date=April 11, 2011 |archive-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417014154/http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=contact&id=3&Itemid=93 }}</ref> San Diego also has the U.S. headquarters for the Slovakian security company [[ESET]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Allen, Mike|title=ESET Polishes the Apple, Now Protects Macs|url=http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/sep/20/eset-polishes-apple-now-protects-macs/|date=September 20, 2010|work=San Diego Business Journal|access-date=March 20, 2011}}</ref> San Diego has been designated as an iHub Innovation Center for potential collaboration between wireless and the life sciences.<ref>{{cite news|title=iHub San Diego |url=http://www.business.ca.gov/Portals/0/AdditionalResources/Reports/iHub%20Writeups-San%20Diego.pdf |publisher=California Governor's Office of Economic Development |access-date=April 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718230807/http://www.business.ca.gov/Portals/0/AdditionalResources/Reports/iHub%20Writeups-San%20Diego.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref>

The [[University of California, San Diego]] and other research institutions have helped to fuel the growth of [[biotechnology]].<ref name="UCSDIsrael">{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Monica|title=UCSD Extension Awarded A $150,000 Grant For Biotechnology Collaboration With Israel|publisher=UCSD News|date=February 5, 2004|url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/awards/US_Israel.asp|access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, San Diego had the second-largest biotech cluster in the United States, below [[Greater Boston]] and above the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: San Diego 2nd in life sciences |author=Bradley J. Fikes |url=http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/12/san-diego-rises-to-second-place/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |date=February 12, 2013 |access-date=February 15, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724070319/http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/12/san-diego-rises-to-second-place/ }}</ref> There are more than 400 biotechnology companies in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdbn.org/directory/ |title=SDBN.org |publisher=SDBN.org |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715092207/http://sdbn.org/directory/ |archive-date=July 15, 2012 }}</ref> In particular, the [[La Jolla, San Diego, California|La Jolla]] and nearby [[Sorrento Valley, San Diego, California|Sorrento Valley]] areas are home to offices and research facilities for numerous biotechnology companies.<ref name="Walcott">{{cite journal|last=Walcott|first=Susan M.|title=Analyzing an Innovative Environment: San Diego as a Bioscience Beachhead|journal=Economic Development Quarterly|date=May 2002|volume=16|issue=2|pages=99–114|doi=10.1177/0891242402016002001|s2cid=154435216|url=http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/S_Walcott_Analyzing_2002.pdf}}</ref> Major biotechnology companies like [[Illumina (company)|Illumina]] and [[Neurocrine Biosciences]] are headquartered in San Diego, while many other biotech and pharmaceutical companies have offices or research facilities in San Diego. San Diego is also home to more than 140 [[contract research organization]]s (CROs) that provide contract services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.<ref>Bigelow, Bruce V. [http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2010/01/27/san-diegos-life-sciences-cros-the-map-of-clinical-research-organizations/?single_page=true "San Diego's Life Sciences CROs—The Map of Clinical Research Organizations"], "Xconomy", San Diego, January 27, 2010.</ref>