Network systems and data communications analysts are projected to be the second-fastest-growing occupation in the economy.

The growing reliance on wireless networks will result in a need for more network systems and data communications analysts as well.

A group with much higher pay, network systems and data communications analysts, was expected to grow by 55 percent, to 357,000.

"Sixty percent of teens are on their parents' plan," said Julie Ask, a mobile communications analyst for Jupiter Research.

The job cuts were smaller than some communications analysts had expected.

"There is a bit of a bubble here," said Dylan Brooks, a wireless communications analyst at Jupiter Research.

His mother retired as a senior communications analyst at the Government Accountability Office in Washington.

At the time, that deal was seen by some communications analysts as a negative for Alteon.

You're a cryptanalyst; I'm a communications analyst.

Though the new Palm Pilot does not provide phone calls, some communications analysts and executives believe that will not prove a huge hindrance.