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Annual telecommunications statistics, 2013

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Released: 2015-06-18

Operating revenues

$57.2 billion

2013

1.3% 

(annual change)

Operating revenues for the telecommunications industry rose 1.3% from 2012 to $57.2 billion in 2013. Operating expenses increased 0.6% from 2012 to $45.0 billion in 2013. The industry's operating profit margin increased from 20.8% to 21.4%.

Mobile and paging services and Internet services had the largest percentage growth in operating revenues from 2012 to 2013. Mobile and paging services operating revenues rose 3.5% to $21.3 billion, while Internet services operating revenues were up 6.9% to $8.0 billion. In comparison, operating revenues from wireline telephony services (local and access services and long distance services) decreased 5.1% over the same period.

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