SIC 4813 | NAICS 517110
The following guide to industry information, research, and analysis provides sources for industry trends and statistics, market research and analysis, financial ratios and salary surveys, and more.
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Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:
Bimonthly trade publication features news and information for small independent community-based communications providers, with topics covered in this publication including business management, operations, marketing, customer service, human resources, technology trends, legislative activities, and regulatory decisions. Current and archived digital editions of the magazine are available online.
First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:
Comprehensive annual market review and forecast identifies where growth is happening and why in the information and communications technology industry, with market segments analyzed by growth prospects including pacesetters (rapidly growing), turnarounds (changing direction, accelerating, or decelerating), steady state (growing at steady rates), and legacy technologies (in long-term decline).
Statistical profiles provide an overview of the market for broadband services, with topics covered in these profiles including number of service providers by type of technology used, capital investment, residential availability, number of connections by type of connection, household penetration by type of connection, residential market share by type of connection, traffic volume, and employment data.
The Wireless Industry
https://www.ctia.org/
Various sections provide summary information on the U.S. wireless communications industry and also
include references to additional information for topics such as
wireless usage by consumers, user demographics, types of technologies used by wireless service providers,
mobile revenue by market segment, and mobile devices' role in e-commerce. All information is available
free online.
Annual Survey
https://www.ctia.org/
Annual CTIA survey provides a wide range of current and historical trend data for the industry, with
data provided in the report including estimated subscriber connections,
total service revenues, total minutes, messages, and megabytes, annual data traffic, monthly average service
revenue per unit, and total units by type of device. Selected top-line results from the survey are available
free online.
Wireless Industry Indices
https://store.ctia.org/
Annual report provides a comprehensive analysis of the annual CTIA survey results over time and includes
detailed benchmarks for industry performance and productivity, with topics addressed in
the report including service revenues, subscriber usage (e.g.,
minutes of usage, messages, and megabytes), capital investment growth, prepaid subscribers, and subscriber-to-employee
ratios.
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.
Financial information section of these profiles provides income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios by company size based on annual revenue for wired communications providers that offer services such as local and long-distance calling, Internet access, and TV program distribution; wireless voice and data communications providers; and resellers of both types of telecom services.
Annual salary survey provides compensation and benefits information for more than 80 job positions in independent community-based telecommunications companies, with survey results broken down by total number of access lines, annual company revenue, primary line of business, total number of full-time-equivalent employees, geographic region, and total number of years in current job position.
Free online service provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage data for job positions in this sector such as operations manager, network engineer, software engineer, operations center technician, network technician, and field service technician, with employers for which data is provided including Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, AT&T Mobility, CenturyLink, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile.
Comprehensive business valuation guide includes a number of chapters that address valuation issues and factors specific to certain industries, with Chapter 29 of this valuation guide providing an overview of the business environment in which independent local telephone companies operate and discussing pertinent issues and factors to be considered in performing business valuations for these companies.
