The Telecommunications sector includes companies that manufacture telecommunications equipment, including satellite equipment, fiber optics, switching equipment, and microwave equipment. It also includes telecommunications services providers, including local and long-distance phone companies and cable and satellite television companies. 
Telecommunications Industry
- Changing Times of Telecommunications, by Charles Ehrig of Dun and Bradstreet
HE7775.C42
U.S. and international telecom industry outlook.
Current Industrial Reports. Communication Equipment (MA36P)
U.S. Census Bureau tracks value of shipments of equipment available by product codes as well as an overview.
Electronic Market Data Book (ebrain Market Research) HD9696.A3 V539 (Information Desk1)
Statistical data on telephone sales (p. 26-28), telecommunications chapter 3 with indsutry data and trends, factory sales, and international trade.
Dun and Bradstreet/Gale Industry Reference Handbooks. Computers & Software and Broadcasting & Telecommunications
HE7601.D86 2000 v.2 (Information Desk1)
Industry overview and U.S. company directory. Includes industry ratios.
- Federal Communications Commission: Trends in Telephone Service and Trends in the U.S. International Telecommunications Industry
Contains information about the size, growth, and development of the telephone industry, including data on market shares, minutes of calling, number of lines, and telephone subscribership.
Also provides information about access charges, telephone rates and price changes, consumer expenditures for service, complaints, employment, infrastructure, international telephone traffic, local competition, long distance carriers, residential telephone usage, and universal service support.
Spreadsheets are in Lotus or Excel format. See page 92 for wireless subscribers since 1982.
Federal Communications Commission: Sources of Industry Statistics
Global Connections: International Telecommunications Infrastructure and Policy, by Heather E. Hudson
HE7631.H83
Introduction and structure of telecom in various regions/countries. - Hoover's Industry Snapshot: Telecommunications
Use to find major telco companies, a brief industry overview, and news. - International Telecommunications Handbook, Rob Frieden.
HE7645.F74
Chapter 16 includes case studies in telecom deregulation by region and country.
- International Trade in Telecommunications, Ronald A. Cass, John Haring.
HE7645.C37
Overview of the international telecom market in terms of trade policy, strategy and issues.
OECD Communications Outlook
HE7601.C65 (Reference)
- Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac.
HE7621 .P58
Privatization and Competition in Telecommunications: International Developments
HE7645.P753
Articles covering telecom in the following countries: China, Japan, Thailand, Czech Republic, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, and the UK.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys: "Wireless or Wireline"
Information Desk1, Periodical
These reports provide a useful snapshot of the industry in the United States, with some global data included.
Telecommunications: Characteristics and Choices of Internet Users, General Accounting Office
Read the full text of the 64-page report in pdf format.
Telecommunications: Wire-based Competition Benifited Consumers in Select Markets, General Accounting Office
Read the full text of the 43-page report in pdf format
The Telecommunications Industry.
HE8815.M38
History of the US industry.
Telecommunications management : industry structures and planning strategies
HE7661.G47
- Telecommunications Politics: Ownership and Control of the Information Highway in Developing Countries, Edited by Bella Mody, et al.
HE8635.T44
Part III includes case studies on telecom privatization and restructuring. Chapter 9 - Privatization of Telecommunications: Lessons from The Philippines. Chapter 10 - Restructuring: The Experience of Eight Countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Jamaica, South Korea, Mexico, Sri Lanka)
- Transportation and Public Utilities USA: Industry Analysis, Statistics and Leading Companies
HE203.T73 (Information Desk1)
The following SIC (industry codes) are covered:
- 4800 - Communications
- 4810 - Telephone Communications
- 481-482/ - Communications, Except Broadcast and Cable
- 4812 - Radiotelephone Communications
- 4820 - Telegraph & Other Communications
- 4830 - Radio & TV Broadcasting
- 4832 - Radio Broadcasting Stations
- 4833- TV Broadcasting Stations
- 4846 - Cable & Other Pay TV
- 4890 - Communication services, NEC
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook.
Information Desk1 HC101.U543
Great chapter on the telecommunications industry.
White Papers - Bitpipe
White papers on various topics, some $$$ research reports.
World Development Report
Communications section has number of telephones, wireless, TV sets, and Internet hosts per 1000 people for countries of the world.Table 19 (PDF).
World telecommunication development report
HE7601 .W67 (Reference )
Industry News/Articles
To search for magazine/trade journal articles about the telecommunications industry try Factiva and/or Proquest.
Trade Associations
Associations are excellent contacts for industry information. Look at the Encyclopedia of Associations books at the library's Information Desk for more. - Telecommunications Industry Association
Check out their statistics section for information about the industry. They also maintain a listing of country profiles.
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
Among many other things, they do a semi-annual survey of the wireless industry. Data back to 1985 for the following: Estimated Total Subscribers, Annual Total Service Revenues, Annual Roamer Revenues, Cell Sites, Direct Service Provider, Employees, Cumulative Capital Investment, Average Local Monthly Bill, Average Local Call Length.
Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA)
News and info on the wireless industry.
International Telecommunication Union
The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. Check out their Telecommunications Industry at a Glance.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks
- Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. McGraw-Hill
TK5102.M85 (Reference)
- The Essential Guide to Telecommunications, Annabel Z. Dodd.
TK5101.D54
Basic, non-technical introduction to telecommunications technologies.
- The Irwin Handbook of Telecommunications, James Harry Green.
TK5102.3.U6 G74 (Reference)
Useful fundamental info about telecommunications as well as more technical information.
- International Dictionary of Data Communications.
TK5102.525 (Reference)
- A Manager's Guide to Wireless Telecommunications, Ron Schneiderman.
HE8678.S36
Basic, non-technical introduction to wireless technologies.
- Telecommunications Act Handbook: A Complete Reference for Business, Edited by Leon T. Knauer, et al.
KF2766.T44 (Reference)
Serves as a useful history of regulation of various sectors such as telephony, cable TV, broadcast & wireless. Chapter 7 gives and over of telecommunications in Germany and Chapter 8 has brief coverage of global telecommunications. The complete text of the Teleco-Telecommunications included.
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