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Independent telephone firms grow faster than Bell System
Independent telephone companies expand assets revenues and phones at a faster pace than Bell. About 2,850 independents operate 12.67 million lines, 16 percent of US total, with 1.23 billion dollars in 1956 revenues. Mergers holding companies mechanization and suburban growth drive this rise despite fewer firms.
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