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Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).  ey:  dddhy  M8}i U 1  1  Figure 1  Figure 1 y!HH@Uddfcclogo.wpgHHy! Xz ddtG8u H#S2pPG;# NEWS L X   #Xw PE37|XP#  b<# P7-8P#  b<`>(# May 29, 1997 ă  a<r  PRELIMINARY DOMESTIC INFORMATION l_jFROM STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIERS a<lr RELEASED BY FCC lU   The FCC has released a compilation of financial and operating data concerning domestic communications carriers for the year ending December 31,  b <1997. The Statistics of Communications Common Carriers, issued annually since 1939, is the reference work widely used by academics, consultants, and other researchers in the field of telecommunications. Annual reports from carriers arrive at different times throughout the year. Because the information from the domestic telecommunications carriers arrives earlier, the Commission has prepared that segment of the publication first. The tables being released today are labeled "preliminary" because some corrections and additions are still being received. The report is available in the Common Carrier Bureau's Public Reference Room, 2000 M Street, NW, Room 575. Copies may be purchased by calling International Transcription Services, Inc., (ITS) at (202) 8573800. The report  b<can also be downloaded [file name: 97PSOCC.ZIP] from the FCCState Link internet site at http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/stats on the World Wide Web. The  bY<report can also be downloaded from the FCCState Link computer bulletin  b<board system at (202) 4180241 . kR FCC For additional information, $C  contact the Industry Analysis Division at (202) 4180940, or, for users of TTY equipment, call 2024180484.