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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  November  14,  2003  Mike  Balmoris  at  (202)  418-  0253 
 Email:  Michael.  Balmoris@  fcc.  gov 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  RELEASES  PRELIMINARY  INFORMATION  FROM 
 STATISTICS  OF  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMON  CARRIERS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  released  a  preliminary  compilation  of  financial  and  operating  data  concerning  communications  carriers  for 
 the  year  ending  December  31,  2002.  The  Statistics  of  Communications  Common  Carriers,  issued  annually  since  1939,  is  a  reference  work  widely  used  by  academics,  consultants,  and  other 
 researchers  in  the  field  of  telecommunications. 
 In  order  to  expedite  release  of  the  information,  the  FCC  is  making  all  of  the  data  avail-able  electronically  at  this  time.  The  report  is  divided  into  five  sections:  (1)  general  information 
 on  industry  structure;  (2)  financial  and  operating  data  relating  to  telephone  carriers;  (3)  data  on  international  communications;  (4)  historical  financial  and  operational  information;  and  (5)  data 
 on  industry  trends.  The  tables  in  Parts  1,  2,  and  4  that  concern  the  reporting  of  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  do  not  include  2002  data  for  Qwest  Corporation  or  any  estimates  for  that 
 carrier.  Qwest’s  annual  financial  reports  to  the  FCC  are  not  available  at  this  time.  After  Qwest’s  2002  results  become  available,  that  information  will  be  included  in  the  printed  version  of  the 
 report,  which  will  be  released  at  a  later  date.  At  that  time,  when  the  final  report  becomes  avail-able  for  purchase  from  the  U.  S.  Government  Printing  Office,  a  second  news  release  will  be 
 issued  by  the  FCC. 
 The  report  is  available  for  reference  in  the  FCC’s  Reference  Information  Center,  Court-yard  Level,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Copies  may  be  purchased  by  calling  the 


 FCC’s  duplicating  contractor,  Qualex  International,  at  (202)  863-  2893.  The  report  can  also  be  downloaded  from  the  FCC-  State  Link  Internet  site  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  wcb/  stats. 


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 Wireline  Competition  Bureau  contacts:  Industry  Analysis  and  Technology  Division  at  (202)  418-  0940,  TTY  (202)  418-  0484. 
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