PRELIMINARY DOMESTIC INFORMATION
            FROM STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIERS
                             RELEASED BY FCC


     The FCC has released a compilation of financial and
operating data concerning domestic
communications carriers for the year ending December 31, 1993. 
The "Statistics of
Communications Common Carriers," issued annually since 1939, is
the standard reference work
for telecommunications data.

     Annual reports from carriers arrive at different times
throughout the year.  Because the
information from the domestic telecommunications carriers arrives
earlier, the Commission has
prepared that segment of the publication first.  The tables being
released today are labeled
"preliminary"  because some corrections and additions are still
being received.

     Copies of the annual reports are made available in the
public reference room of the
Industry Analysis Division as soon as they are received.  The
compendium of financial and
operating data being released today for the 1993 calendar year is
drawn primarily from the annual
reports.

     The report is available for reference in the Industry
Analysis Division Reference Room,
Common Carrier Bureau, 1250 23rd Street, N.W., Plaza Level. 
Copies may be purchased by
calling International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202)
857-3800.  Selected tables can
also be downloaded from the FCC-State Link computer bulletin
board at (202) 632-1361.


   FCC


     For additional information, contact the Common Carrier
Bureau's Industry Analysis
Division, (202) 632-0745.