"They don't have any interest in being broad telecommunications manufacturers," said Frank Governali, an analyst at First Boston.

Amphenol, a telecommunications manufacturer, is based in Wallingford, Conn.

Russia's total stock market capitalization is $50 billion, which is not even half of that of Nokia, the telecommunications manufacturer in neighboring Finland.

In 2006 Symbol Technologies became a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational telecommunications manufacturer, Motorola Corporation.

The task of melding Bay's Silicon Valley mentality with the century-old telecommunications manufacturer made some analysts uneasy.

"As it was able to sell its products to other telecommunications manufacturers," he said, "Delphi should be able to see a lot of business."

Today, the largest customers for the company's chips are Nokia, Ericsson and other telecommunications manufacturers.

A marketing manager at a telecommunications manufacturer in Silicon Valley was able to negotiate a performance bonus for herself recently, despite the company's four-year raise freeze.

China also agreed to eliminate by next March 31 all restrictions on purchases of digital switching equipment made by American telecommunications manufacturers.

Mr. Hayes, 31, works in Chicago as a regional sales director for Convergent Networks, a telecommunications manufacturer.