Chart: Telecom Companies - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Telecom sector ranged from 116.8% (TEF) down to 12.5% (BT), with the median for the group at 59.2%.

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			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
AT	Alltel Corp.	03/31/06	$2,539.74	$1452.22
57.2%
BCE	BCE Inc.	03/31/06	$4,058.00	$1631.26
40.2%
BLS	BellSouth Corp.	03/31/06	$5,171.00	$3049.00
59.0%
BT	BT Group plc	12/31/05	$8,491.05	$1059.23
12.5%
CHA	China Telecom Corp. Ltd.	12/31/05	$5,284.08	$3699.91
70.0%
CN	China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd.	12/31/05	$3,315.16	$2765.73
83.4%
CTL	Centurytel Inc.	03/31/06	$611.65	$394.19
64.4%
CZN	Citizens Communications Co.	03/31/06	$506.86	$466.64
92.1%
DT	Deutsche Telekom AG	12/31/05	$18,303.42	$7779.28
42.5%
FTE	France Telecom	12/31/05	$14,964.64	$6061.23
40.5%
NTL	Nortel Inversora S.A.	12/31/05	$548.87	$195.95
35.7%
NTT	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.	12/31/05	$22,740.38	$13739.28
60.4%
Q	Qwest Communications International Inc.	03/31/06	$3,476.00	$2059.00
59.2%
S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	03/31/06	$11,548.00	$7007.00
60.7%
T	AT&T Inc.	03/31/06	$15,835.00	$8707.00
55.0%

Data: Capital IQ

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