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Independent Phone Firms Grow Faster Than AT T
New York AP reports about 2,000 independent telephone companies in the United States, mainly rural and suburban, collectively operating over 18 million phones or about 16 percent of the total. They outnumber the Bell System in exchanges and have posted higher growth rates than AT&T since 1950, with last year’s independent revenues exceeding $2 billion led by General Telephone & Electronics.
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New York
American Telephone and Tele- Elaph Co
United States
At&t
Bell System
Bell’s
General Telephone & Electronics
Gt&e
United Utilities of
Kansas City
Continental Telephone
St. Louis
U.S. Independent Telephone Association
Puget Island