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Telecommunications Industry


Finding Industry Information

  • Business Source Premier
    Search for publishing, then refine your results by clicking on Industry Profiles, Market Research, SWOT analysis, etc.
  • Investext
    Provides complete PDF versions of over 1,000,000 company, industry, and country research reports prepared by analysts at leading investment banks, brokerage houses, and trade associations. Try the drop down selection under industry - look for Printing Publishing or search for your favorite publicly traded company (many company reports also include useful industry information).
  • Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys (SSHL Reference Business HC 106.6 S74)
    Provides overviews of an industry. It includes industry trends, how the industry operates, key industry ratios & statistics, and comparative company analysis. Try Communications equipment, Telecommunications: Wireline or Telecommunications: Wireless.
  • LexisNexis Academic
    Select Industry, then use the drop down menu to select Computer & telecommunication news. Then search for articles on the industry.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    SSHL Ref. Desk HA 202 A36
  • Current Industrial Reports
    From the U.S. Census. Contains information on communication equipment (switches, modems, carrier line equipment, etc). The data is available in Excel, as well as a narrative report available in a pdf.
  • FCC REPORTS
    Contains economic, financial, and statistical analyses of the common carrier telecommunications industry.
  • Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce
    Statistics on broadband, broadcasting, cellular, fiber optics, fixed wireless access, IP telephony, satellite equipment, third generation, and wireless.
  • Try an association website:
    Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
    Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA)
    Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
    Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
    United States Telecom Association (USTA)

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Finding Information About Companies

  • Business Source Premier
    Search for publishing, then refine your results by clicking on Company Profiles or SWOT analysis.
  • LexisNexis Academic
    Search for articles on a company or for company financial information.
  • Investext
    Provides complete PDF versions of over 1,000,000 company, industry, and country research reports prepared by analysts at leading investment banks, brokerage houses, and trade associations. Try ta keyword search or search for your favorite publicly traded company.

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Finding Demographic Information

  • Lifestyle Market Analyst
    SSH Reference Business HF 5415.33 U6 L54
    Provides lifestyle profiles, market profiles, consumer segment profiles, and a list of consumer magazines targeted toward each lifestyle profile.
  • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
    Poll results from opinion polling sources such as Gallup, Harris, Roper; ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC; Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal.
  • CBSA and Media Market Totals and CBSA and Media Market Rankings
    Parts of the 2004 edition of the Survey of Buying Power available through ABI Inform. " it features statistics, rankings, and projections for every county and media market in the United States, with demographics broken out by age, race, city, county, and state; information on retail spending; and projections for future growth in these areas. New to the Survey thls year, the rankings are divided into 922 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), which are geographic areas set by the Census Bureau, and 210 Media Markets (television or broadcast markets determined by Nielsen Media Research), and all of the data is provided by Claritas Inc.*"


Getting Help

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Adele Barsh
Economics and Business Librarian
Social Sciences & Humanities Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, 0175L
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Phone (858) 534-1249
Fax (858) 534-7548
abarsh@ucsd.edu