"c VAR 0288 03018 OPE RAT 3R 948-961 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0288 LOC 2553 WIDTH 9 DK 41 COL 35-43 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES, TELEPHONE COMPANIES " "c --------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 03018 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1948-12/1961 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1948-1952: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS " "c COMMISSION,"STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN " "c THE UNITED STATES, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1951", PUBLISHED " "c 1953; SAME PUBLICATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1952, " "c PUBLISHED 1954. DATA FOR 1953-1961: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF " "c COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS; FCC, OPERATIONS DATA " "c FROM MONTHLY REPORTS OF TELEPHONE CARRIERS. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 03018 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOURT " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1915-1934 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1933-1948 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1942-1948 (4) ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1948-1961 " "c BEGINNING IN 1948, DATA COVER 54-58 DOMESTIC CARRIERS " "c ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF REVENUES (SEE " "c SCB, 1953 SUPPLEMENT, P. 247.) BEGINNING IN JANUARY 1954, " "c COVERAGE WAS REDUCED TO 38 TELEPHONE CARRIERS ACCOUNTING FOR " "c OVER NINETY PERCENT OF OPERATING REVENUES (SCB, MAY 1954 AND " "c FCC MONTHLY REPORT.) TWO COMPANIES OPERATING OUTSIDE THE " "c CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, AND PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED, WERE NOW " "c ADDED TO THE LIST OF COMPANIES REPORTING MONTHLY TO THE FCC. " "c IN JANUARY 1957, COVERAGE CHANGED TO 43 COMPANIES; TO 42 IN " "c MARCH 1957; TO 44 IN JANUARY 1960. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1948.01 1961.12 219.000 214.600 226.600 223.400 226.800 229.600 227.900 232.100 232.700 236.800 237.600 246.600 244.700 235.100 250.300 248.500 252.900 256.000 252.400 261.000 259.700 265.200 265.500 274.700 270.800 262.100 280.600 275.600 285.700 287.300 289.300 300.400 292.600 303.000 297.800 311.200 314.700 302.000 319.000 312.400 318.800 318.400 317.900 326.300 320.200 335.600 334.500 341.400 339.200 332.100 345.400 343.600 352.500 351.700 351.600 354.100 357.900 370.900 359.600 380.600 374.500 363.900 378.800 380.100 385.800 386.900 388.900 383.200 385.600 399.900 395.800 410.800 399.000 388.400 411.000 408.700 411.200 415.800 414.800 421.600 422.300 431.400 431.900 448.400 441.400 429.200 454.200 449.900 457.800 460.600 454.300 475.500 467.800 475.900 477.900 495.400 488.900 483.400 502.200 499.300 510.300 508.300 506.900 521.400 505.300 531.200 523.900 538.500 539.500 521.500 540.500 549.400 557.000 547.800 557.200 563.200 548.300 573.800 564.700 580.400 577.900 560.000 579.700 582.600 589.600 590.600 595.000 599.600 601.100 620.000 602.700 635.300 624.900 610.300 641.600 643.500 648.400 652.500 656.600 654.300 654.300 666.600 657.400 679.300 667.100 665.200 692.800 688.900 696.600 700.100 689.100 712.800 704.000 711.000 707.200 723.000 718.100 701.100 735.800 720.100 744.100 742.400 730.200 753.800 741.200 767.000 762.900 771.600