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The Daily. Friday, November 3, 2000
Operating revenues for the telecommunications industry were $7.4 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 9.3% from the first quarter of 1999. Operating profit totalled $1.3 billion (17.0% of operating revenues). Capital expenditures for the wireline and wireless industries were $775 million and $245 million, respectively, representing 13.2% and 19.8% of wireline and wireless operating revenues. Per-capita wireline investment was $25.34 in the first quarter, while wireless capital expenditures amounted to $33.91 for each mobile subscriber.
Full-time employment in the telecommunications industry reached 78,347 persons in the first quarter, down 1.9% from the first quarter of last year. This entailed a loss of 1,597 full-time employees in the wireline industry; however, 569 full-time positions were added to the wireless industry over the same period.
Nearly 28.3 million voice-grade access paths were available to the public-switched telephone network - 21.1 million public access lines and 7.2 million mobile telephone subscribers. Most of the recent growth in access has come from wireless or mobile services, which grew 28.3% in the first quarter over the first quarter of 1999.
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