Telephone Systems -- Summary statistics



ITEM	Unit	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS ¹
Carriers ²	Number	75	55	57	52	52	51	51	52	54	53	52	53	51	51	52
Access lines	Millions	108	112	115	119	122	126	130	137	140	149	157	166	178	194	205
Business access lines	Millions	29	31	32	34	32	34	36	38	39	41	42	46	49	53	57
Residential access lines	Millions	77	79	81	83	85	87	89	91	93	96	98	101	104	108	110
Other access lines (public,	Millions	2	2	2	2	5	5	6	7	8	13	17	19	25	33	38
Number of local calls (originating)	Billions	350	365	372	380	379	389	402	416	434	447	465	484	504	522	544
Number of toll calls (originating)	Billions	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	63	67	72	78	83	94	95	101	97
Gross book cost of plant	Bil. dol.	179	191	203	214	224	233	240	246	254	264	272	284	296	309	325
Depreciation and amortization reserves	Bil. dol.	43	49	57	66	75	84	89	93	99	107	116	127	138	149	163
Net plant	Bil. dol.	137	142	146	147	149	150	151	153	155	156	157	157	158	160	161
Total assets	Bil. dol.	156	162	167	169	174	177	180	184	187	192	196	197	198	198	200
Total stockholders equity	Bil. dol.	60	63	64	66	71	72	74	76	77	73	72	72	74	72	70
Operating revenues	Bil. dol.	69	73	76	77	81	83	84	86	87	90	93	96	101	103	108
Local revenues	Bil. dol.	31	32	34	35	34	35	37	38	40	42	43	46	50	52	55
Interstate access revenues	Bil. dol.	15	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25
Intrastate access revenues	Bil. dol.	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Toll revenues	Bil. dol.	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	10	9	8
Miscellaneous and uncollectible revenues	Bil. dol.	7	7	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11
Operating expenses ³	Bil. dol.	46	48	50	52	58	60	62	63	64	66	70	72	74	75	78
Net operating income ⁴	Bil. dol.	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	16	18
Net income	Bil. dol.	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	10	9	5	9	11	13	12	12
Employees	(1,000)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	602	592	569	538	527	507	474	447	437	435	436
Compensation of employees	Bil. dol.	21	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	21	21	23	22	22	23	22	21	23	22	23
Average monthly residential local
telephone rate ⁵	Dollars	(NA)	(NA)	17.70	18.18	18.11	19.05	19.24	19.77	19.72	19.95	19.81	20.01	19.95	19.88	19.76
Average monthly single-line business
telephone rate ⁵	Dollars	(NA)	(NA)	40.47	40.57	40.12	41.25	41.21	42.12	42.29	42.57	41.64	41.80	41.81	41.67	41.28

LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS

Number of carriers with presubscribed lines	Number	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	223	253	302	325	388	414	436	511	583	621	(NA)	(NA)
Number of presubscribed lines	Millions	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	121	124	128	132	135	139	143	148	153	159	(NA)	(NA)
Total toll service revenues	Bil. dol.	39	43	45	45	47	51	52	54	58	62	67	74	82	89	94
Interstate switched access minutes	Bil. min.	(NA)	167	183	216	245	277	307	328	350	371	401	432	468	497	519

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE
SERVICE ⁶

Number of U.S. billed calls	Millions	367	411	482	570	687	835	984	1,371	1,643	1,926	2,313	2,821	3,485	4,229	4,547
Number of U.S. billed minutes	Millions	3,037	3,446	4,126	4,819	5,679	6,751	8,030	8,986	10,156	11,393	13,393	15,837	19,119	22,586	24,369
U.S. billed revenues	Mil. dol.	3,197	3,487	4,004	4,750	5,800	6,901	8,042	9,096	10,179	11,353	12,255	13,990	14,079	15,125	14,320
U.S. carrier revenue net of settlements
with foreign carriers	Mil. dol.	1,994	2,358	2,590	3,074	3,772	4,503	5,280	5,798	6,835	7,649	7,966	9,053	8,433	9,689	9,561
Revenue from private-line service	Mil. dol.	158	172	175	191	194	208	201	303	313	356	440	506	649	840	936
Revenue from resale service	Mil. dol.	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	14	65	113	167	440	511	593	1,120	1,687	3,457	4,088	4,794

NA Not available.
1 Gross operating revenues, gross plant, and total assets of reporting carriers estimatedat more than 90 percent of total industry. New accounting rules became effective in 1988; prior years may not be directly comparable on a one-to-one basis. Includes VirginIslands, and prior to 1991, Puerto Rico.
2 Beginning 1985, the number of carriers dropped due to a change in the reporting thresholdfor carriers from $1 million to $100 million.
3 Excludes taxes.
4 After tax deductions.
5 Based on surveys conducted by FCC.
6 Beginning 1991, includes calls to and from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, andMexico.

Source: U.S. Federal Communications Commission,Statistics of Communications Common Carriers, annual.

http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/stats

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/917_telephone_systems_summary.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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917. Telephone Systems -- Summary