News

February 11, 1997

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 Link internet 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.

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