Telephone Companies – Industry Analysis, Statistics, Trends, and Forecasts
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Industry Analysis, Statistics, Trends, and Forecasts
- Market size and major product and service segments
- Key industry statistics, trends, and financial ratios
- Operating conditions and current performance
- Competitive landscape and environment
- Major company profiles and market shares
- Five-year outlook and growth forecasts
NCTA
Rural Telecom Magazine
https://www.ntca.org/
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.
TIA
ICT Market Review and Forecast
https://tiaonline.org/
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).
USTelecom
Broadband Industry Statistics
https://www.ustelecom.org/
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.
CTIA
Resources available from this trade association include:
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.
BizMiner Market Analysis Reports
Wired / Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
https://www.bizminer.com Search for "517" to see available reports
Market analysis reports provide industry statistics for a user-defined area on a national, state, county, metro area, or zip code level, with data provided including number of companies, market volume and sales trends, average company sales, sales per employee, staffing and employment trends, average employee wage, and business start up activity and failure rates. Sample report can be viewed online.
Financial Statements and Financial Ratios
BizMiner Industry Financial Ratios
Wired / Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
https://www.bizminer.com Search for "517" to see available reports
- Income and expenses in dollars and percentages
- Balance sheets in dollars and percentages
- Profitability and return on investment ratios
- Liquidity and working capital ratios
- Asset turnover and efficiency ratios
- Capital structure and debt service ratios
IBISWorld Research Reports
Wired / Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
(see links for individual reports)
Financial benchmarking section of these reports provides an analysis of industry profit and expenses as a percentage of revenue by major category (e.g., purchases, wages, depreciation, marketing, rent, utilities, other costs, and earnings before interest and taxes) for the most recent year and line graphs indicating trends for each category over the past five years. Sample report can be viewed free online.
Compensation and Salary Surveys
NTCA
Compensation and Benefits Report
https://online.ntca.org/
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.
PayScale, Inc.
Telecommunications
https://www.payscale.com/
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.
BV Guides and Databases
Business Valuation Guide
Chapter 29 - Independent Local Telephone Companies
Hawkins, Paschall, Wolters Kluwer, annual
https://www.businessvalue.com/
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.
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