August 30, 1994


                FCC RELEASES TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERSHIP DATA




     The FCC has released the latest available data on telephone subscribership levels in the
United States.

     Between March 1993 and March 1994, 0.5 million households were added to the
nation's telephone system.  Census Bureau figures for March 1994 indicate that 93.9% of all
households in the United States have a telephone.  The proportion of households subscribing
to telephone service is down 0.3% from the March 1993 survey.  This decline is not
statistically significant.

     The report includes figures showing subscribership percentages by state, by
householder's age and race, by household size, by family income, and for individual adult
persons by labor force status.  The data for individual adults show that 94.5% of those in the
adult civilian noninstitutionalized population have a telephone in their household.

     This report is updated every four months and is available for reference in Suite 10,
Industry Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 1250 23rd Street, N.W.  Copies may be
purchased by calling International Transcription Service at (202) 857-3800.  The tables in this
report can also be downloaded from the FCC-State Link computer bulletin board at (202)
632-1361.



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For further information, contact Alexander Belinfante at (202) 418-0944.