Local telephone competition report

LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission released new data on local telephone service competition in the United States. 1) End-user customers obtained local telephone service by utilizing approximately 134.5 million incumbent LEC switched access lines, 28.7 million CLEC switched access lines, and 238.2 million mobile telephony service subscriptions at the end of June 2007. 2) 7.7 million lines were provided over coaxial cable connections. 3) Mobile telephony service providers reported 238.2 million subscribers at the end of June 2007, which is 21 million, or 10%, more than a year earlier.
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