Cellular, Other Wireless Telecommunications Revenues Up 17 Percent Says U.S. Census Bureau

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20040212/pl_usnw/cellular__other_wireless_telecommunications_revenues_up_17_percent_says_u_s__census_bureau111_xml' target='_blank'>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20040212/pl_usnw/cellular__other_wireless_telecommunications_revenues_up_17_percent_says_u_s__census_bureau111_xml</a><br /><br /></div>"Revenues of cellular and other wireless telecommunications firms, both employers and non-employers, increased 17 percent in 2002 from $78 billion in 2001 to $91 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. The increase occurred despite an overall dip in revenues for the telecommunications industry of 4 percent, from $367 billion in 2001 to $353 billion in 2002. Within this industry group, revenues of wired telecommunications carriers were down 9 percent in 2002 to $240 billion, from $263 billion in 2001."