NEWS Federal Communications Commission 445 12th 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 NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mark Wigfield at (202) 418-0253 June 10, 2008 Email: Mark.Wigfield@fcc.gov FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELEASES STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIERS Washington, D.C. - Since 1939, the FCC has published the Statistics of Communications Common Carriers, a reference work widely used by academics, consultants, and other researchers in the field of telecommunications. This report includes a wealth of data on telecommunications costs, revenues, prices, and usage. In order to expedite release of the information, the FCC is making all of the data available electronically at this time, before the report's formal publication. A second notice will be issued when printed versions can be purchased from the U.S. Government Printing Office. The electronic version of the publication is available to the public free of charge at www.fcc.gov/wcb/stats. The 250-page volume is divided into the following five sections: § Part 1 contains general information on industry structure. § Part 2 contains financial and operating data relating to telephone carriers. § Part 3 contains data on international communications. § Part 4 contains historical financial and operating statistics. § Part 5 contains data on industry trends. The full report is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. This report may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 800-378-3160 or via their website at www.bcpiweb.com. - FCC - Wireline Competition Bureau contact: John Adesalu, Industry Analysis and Technology Division at (202) 418-0940; TTY (202) 418- 0484.