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                                   FCC RELEASES TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY REVENUE REPORT 
                  $199.0 BILLION IN REVENUE FOR 1995
     The FCC has released its Telecommunications Industry Revenue Report based on revenue
data for the year ending December 31, 1995.   According to the newly released report, the
telecommunications industry reported $199.0 billion in revenue for 1995, which represents an
increase of 8.8 percent from the $183.2 billion reported for 1994.  The report also estimates that
the average price of a directly dialed interstate call declined from 13.6 cents per minute in 1992 to
12.3 cents per minute in 1995.

     According to the Telecommunications Industry Revenue: TRS Fund Worksheet Data,  
carriers reported $75.5 billion of local service revenue for 1995, $33.9 billion of access revenue,
and $89.6 billion of toll service revenue.  Carriers classified about 43% of revenues as interstate
(including international).  Toll carriers -- carriers that identified themselves as interexchange
carriers, operator service providers, toll resellers, pay telephone providers, pre-paid calling card
providers or "other carriers" -- reported $76.8 billion of revenue.  The four largest toll carriers --
AT&T, LDDS WorldCom, MCI, and Sprint -- accounted for 88% of this total.  The report also
provides summaries for local exchange carriers, cellular & PCS, paging & mobile, and competitive
access service providers.

     The Telecommunications Industry Revenue report is compiled from worksheets carriers use
to calculate their contributions to fund interstate telecommunications relay service (TRS) provided
to persons with hearing or speech disabilities.  This report incorporates revenue data submitted by
3,058 interstate service providers.  Data for individual companies are not available to the public
because companies have requested proprietary treatment.

     Telecommunications Industry Revenue: TRS Fund Worksheet Data is prepared by the
Common Carrier Bureau's Industry Analysis Division.  This report is available for reference in the
Common Carrier Bureau's Public Reference Room, 2000 M Street, N.W. Washington DC, Room
575.  Copies may be purchased by calling International Transcription Service, Inc. at (202) 857-
3800.  The report can be downloaded [BBS file name: TRSRV-95.ZIP] from the FCC-State Linkinternet site, which can be reached via a link from the Common Carrier Bureau home page
(http:/www.fcc.gov/ccb/) on the World Wide Web.  The report can also be downloaded from the
FCC-State Link computer bulletin board system at (202) 418-0241.

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     For additional information, contact Jim Lande of the Bureau's Industry Analysis Division, (202)
418-0948.