Chart: Telecom Companies - SG&A Margin (MRQ)

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (most recently reported quarter) as a percentage of total revenue in Telecom sector ranged from 34.4% (DT) down to 1.4% (FTE), with a median value of 19.0%.

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			Total	SG&A	SG&A
		Quarter	Revenue	Expense	Margin
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	(%)
AT	Alltel Corp.	12/31/05	$2539.74	$482.80
19.0%
BCE	BCE Inc.	03/31/06	$4058.00	$121.72
3.0%
BLS	BellSouth Corp.	03/31/06	$5171.00	$931.00
18.0%
BT	BT Group plc	09/30/05	$8491.05	$157.00
N/A
CHA	China Telecom Corp. Ltd.	12/31/04	$5284.08	$779.19
14.7%
CN	China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd.	06/30/05	$3315.16	$519.67
15.7%
CTL	Centurytel Inc.	03/31/06	$611.65	$95.26
15.6%
CZN	Citizens Communications Co.	12/31/05	$506.86	$157.00
N/A
DT	Deutsche Telekom AG	12/31/05	$18303.42	$6297.74
34.4%
FTE	France Telecom	12/31/05	$14964.64	$212.32
1.4%
NTL	Nortel Inversora S.A.	09/30/05	$548.87	$140.69
25.6%
NTT	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.	09/30/05	$22740.38	$7278.59
32.0%
Q	Qwest Communications International Inc.	03/31/06	$3476.00	$992.00
28.5%
S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	12/31/05	$11548.00	$3777.00
32.7%
T	AT&T Inc.	12/31/05	$15835.00	$3342.00
21.1%
TAR	Telefonica of Argentina, Inc.	09/30/05	N/A	$72.06
N/A
TEF	Telefonica SA	12/31/05	$13677.23	$978.74
7.2%
TI	Telecom Italia SpA	09/30/05	$9801.07	$1054.94
10.8%
TWTC	Time Warner Telecom Inc.	12/31/05	$186.19	$51.29
27.5%
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	12/31/05	$22743.00	$5291.00
23.3%

Data: Capital IQ

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