February 11, 1997

                 STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON
CARRIERS
                     NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

     Each year since 1939, the FCC has published
Statistics of Communications Common Carriers.  This
publication includes a wealth of data on
telecommunications costs, revenues, prices, and usage. 
The 1995/1996 edition is now available from the U.S.
Government Printing Office.  In addition, the entire
publication is available electronically.

     The 349 page volume is divided into eight
sections:  Part 1 contains general information on industry
structure; Part 2 contains financial and operating data
relating to telephone carriers; Part 3 contains data relating
to COMSAT Corporation and telegraph carriers; Part 4
contains data on international communications;  Part 5
contains information on rates for long distance
telecommunications services; Part 6 contains historical
financial data on the communications industry; Part 7
contains historical rate tables for AT&T, MCI, and Sprint;
and Part 8 contains data on industry trends.
 
     The publication sells for $30.00 (stock number
004-000-00503-1) and may be purchased from The
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9328, by calling the
Order and Inquiry Desk (202) 512-1800, or by faxing the
order to (202) 512-2250.

     The statistics book is available for reference in the
Common Carrier Bureau's Public Reference Room, 2000
M Street N.W., Washington, DC, Room 575.  The
publication can be downloaded [File names:  951-all.zip,
952-all.zip ... 958-all.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
Linkcomputer bulletin board system at (202) 418-0241.

                               - FCC -

     For additional information contact Crystal Harris
or Katie Rangos at (202) 418-0940.