Telecom Data Mining
 

Telecom Data Nugget: The telecommunications industry revenue reached its plateau and stays at the 2000 level. The only sector that is growing is wireless.  Toll service revenues drop. Customer's monthly bill stayed almost the same.


 

Telecom facts:
 

International rates and revenues
Interstate minutes

Interstate costs
Telecom revenues
Telephone CPI 1

Telephone CPI 2
Area codes

Local loops

Employees

Wireless

Patents
Toll free numbers

Toll free revenue
High speed 1

High speed 2

High speed 3
SMS traffic
SMS revenue

telecommunication revenues 1997 (wireless, toll free and local)
2004 telecom revenues

Telecommunications Industry Revenues 1  (Dollar Amounts Shown in Millions)
                       
                    Preliminary 5
                 1997            1998            1999            2000            2001            2002 2003 2004  
                       
                       
 Carrier's Carrier Revenues 2                  
                       
  Local Service 3 $28,289 $29,374 $33,156 $36,621 $40,108 $38,412 $37,742 $38,794  
  Wireless Service 2,752 3,060 4,652 5,144 6,180 5,020 4,465 5,305  
  Toll Service 11,598 13,448 14,934 21,849 19,999 16,476 18,205 17,244  
                       
  Intrastate 16,201 18,892 22,293 25,553 27,848 25,770 24,825 24,974  
  Interstate and International 4 26,562 27,114 30,449 38,060 38,439 34,138 35,587 35,801  
                       
      Total 42,639 45,882 52,742 63,613 66,287 59,907 60,412 60,775  
                       
                       
 End User Revenues 2                  
                       
  Local Service 3 69,137 75,189 78,608 84,526 87,704 88,712 86,474 85,920  
  Wireless Service 30,199 33,714 43,843 56,857 68,507 76,501 85,254 95,503  
  Toll Service 89,193 91,607 93,311 87,767 79,302 67,222 58,983 50,557  
                       
  Intrastate 117,454 123,216 134,919 147,465 155,347 154,815 150,889 151,550  
  Interstate and International 4 70,952 77,170 80,844 81,685 80,165 77,619 79,822 76,727  
                       
      Total 188,406 200,386 215,763 229,149 235,513 232,434 230,711 228,277  
                       
                       
 Total Revenues                  
                       
  Local Service 3 97,426 104,563 111,764 121,147 127,812 127,123 124,216 124,714  
  Wireless Service 32,951 36,775 48,495 62,000 74,687 81,521 89,718 100,808  
  Toll Service 100,791 105,055 108,246 109,615 99,301 83,697 77,188 67,801  
                       
  Intrastate 133,655 142,108 157,212 173,018 183,195 180,585 175,714 176,524  
  Interstate and International 4 97,514 104,284 111,293 119,745 118,605 111,756 115,409 112,528  
                       
      Total $231,168 $246,392 $268,505 $292,762 $301,800 $292,341 $291,123 $289,052  
                       

Note:  Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

 1  Data include revenues for de minimis  filers as well as for other carriers that are exempt from universal service contribution requirements.

 2 Carrier's carrier revenues are reported on the FCC Form 499-A as sales to other universal service contributors for resale.  This includes, for example, access services that local exchange carriers provide to toll carriers.  Sales to de minimis  resellers, end-user customers, governments, non-profits, and any other non-contributors are treated as end-user revenues.  Filers contribute to the universal service funding mechanisms based on their end-user revenues.

 3 Payphone revenues are included with local service revenues in this table.

 4 Revenues from calls that both originate and terminate in foreign points are reported as end-user revenues, and are included in this table, but are not included in the universal service contribution base. 

 5 Preliminary 2004 data are based on FCC Form 499-Q quarterly filings.  Companies that do not contribute to universal service are not required to make these filings.  The quarterly filings include preliminary data for the just-closed quarter and projections for the coming quarter, and therefore are not as accurate as the subsequent annual filings.  Also, FCC Form 499-Q filers do not separate revenues by type of service.  Therefore, revenue totals by service type for 2004 are based on type of filer rather than on  data filed by type of service.
 

Source:  Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau,  Telecommunications Industry Revenues (March 2005)

 

Average Monthly Household Telecommunications Expenditures By Type of Provider
(Averages for all Households)
  Wireline Providers Wireless Providers Total
Year Local Exchange Long Distance Total
1995 $30    $21    $51    $7    $58   
1996 30    21    51    9    60   
1997 32    25    57    11    68   
1998 33    23    56    14    69   
1999 34    21    55    17    72   
2000 35    18    52    23    75   
2001 36    15    50    29    79   
2002 36    12    49    35    83   
2003 37    10    47    41    88   
         
(Averages for only those Households Billed for Service)
         
  Wireline Providers Wireless Providers Total
Year Local Exchange Long Distance Total
1995 $30    $24    $54    $46    $100   
1996 30    26    56    45    101   
1997 32    28    60    40    100   
1998 33    28    61    41    102   
1999 34    25    58    42    100   
2000 35    24    59    46    104   
2001 36    21    57    51    108   
2002 36    19    55    56    111   
2003 37    16    53    62    114   
         

Note: Average monthly household expenditures are estimates based on sample data.  All households in the sample have wireline telephone service.  Households in Alaska and Hawaii are excluded from the analysis.  No effort was made to distinguish bundled prices from a la carte prices.  For households taking bundled local and long distance from the same provider, the entire bill is generally considered local.

Source:  Calculated by Industry Analysis and Technology Division staff using survey data from TNS Telecoms ReQuest Market Monitor™, Bill Harvesting®.

 

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