Industry Definitions

Code	NAICS Sector ( WHAT is NAICS? )
517	Telecommunications
517110	Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517212	Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications
517310	Telecommunications Resellers
517410	Satellite Telecommunications

Databases for Industry Research

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

1. - Industry surveys
2. - Bond ratings
3. - Company profiles and corporation records
4. - Stock, bond and fund research
5. - Telecommunications Wireline and Telecommunications Wireless

Plunkett Research Online (Industry Information)

1. - Industry sector analysis and research
2. - Industry trends and statistics
3. - Market research and trends
4. - Company profiles

Reuters Research On-Demand

1. - Real-time full-text investment research
2. - Reports cover companies and industries
3. - Over 750 contributing firms

ValueLine

1. - Aggregate data and analysis on industries
2. - Reports, articles, and company highlights
3. - Telecom.Services

ABI/Inform (via ProQuest)

1. - Indexes over 1000 business periodicals
2. - Trade journals, business magazines, academic journals and other news sources
3. - Most articles full text
4. - NAICS lookup available

IBISWorld

1. - Over 700 full-text industry reports
2. - Over 700 US industry risk rating reports
3. - Information on over 8000 Publicly Traded Companies
4. - Hundreds of economic and demographic profiles

For additional database choices, see:

1. Database Descriptions
2. Database Comparison Chart

Industry Data

SELECTED Companies

Inclusion based on sales, new subscribers, and local interests. Listed alphabetically. (as of Jan. 2007)

Allegheny Energy, Inc. Alltel AT&T Inc. AT&T Wireless (now Cingular) BT Cingular Wireless Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. Comcast Corporation Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. D&E Communications, Inc. Deutsche Telekom AG Dobson Communications France Telecom InfraSource Services, Inc. Integrated Data Corp. Leap Wireless North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc.

NTT NTT DoCoMo Pegasus Communications Corporation PPL Telcom, LLC Sprint Nextel SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. T-Mobile Telefónica Telecom Italia Uphonia, Inc. US Cellular Verizon Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. Verizon Wireless Vodafone WPCS International Incorporated

 

Resources for Identifying Companies in the Industry

Hoover’s Online

1. - Proprietary company overviews
2. - Industry breakdowns and explanations
3. - Competitor listings
4. - Financial synopses
5. - Telecommunication Services (Data, Fixed-line Voice, Infrastructure, Teleconferencing, Wireless)

Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A219

1. - U.S. corporate directory
2. - Holding company directory

Mergent Online

1. - Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies
2. - Detailed, standardized financial statements
3. - Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
4. - Comparative analysis among companies
5. - Access to SEC reports

Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A56

1. - Listings organized by NAICS code
2. - Ranks public and private companies by revenues/sales

Library Collections

Selected Reference Titles

For additional materials, contact the Schreyer Business Library.

SAMPLE subjects:
(To narrow fields, add geographic terms or other limiting terms. Combining terms such as "Telecommunications" in the keywords anywhere line with subject terms such as "Economic" or "Economic Research" in the title+subject line will also narrow the focus.)

1. - Artificial satellites
   - Broadband Communications system
   - Cellular telephone equipment industry
   - European COST Telecommunication Symposium
   - Internet Service Providers
   - Mobile commerce
   - Mobile communications
   - Telecommunication policy
   - Telecommunication Policy Research Council
   - Telecommuting
   - Telegeography
   - Telephony
   - Wireless communication

Series Titles:
- Artech House Telecommunications Library
- McGraw-Hill Telecommunications

 

INDUSTRY-WIDE  RATIOS

Use one of the three print sources below.  Information may be arranged by either SIC or NAICS.

RMA Annual Statement Studies
Business Library, Reference: HF5667.R701

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
Business Library, Reference: HF5681.R25I5

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Business Library, Reference: HF5681.R25T684

 

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE SOURCES

Many of these sources provide conversions between SIC and NAIC's codes.

Plunkett's Infotech Industry Almanac
Business Library, Reference: HD9696.C63 U5287

Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac
Business Library, Reference: HE7621.P58

 

SELECTED JOURNALS AND OTHER INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS

All issues are located on 3rd Floor Paterno in the Schreyer Business Library, unless otherwise noted. Current Journals are shelved alphabetically by title in the Current Periodicals area on the 3rd Floor, Paterno. Web links from the CAT are available for some titles.

Alcatel Telecommunications Review (quarterly) TK5101.A1E513			Info (bi-monthly) HE7601.I54
Business Communication Review (monthly) HF5717.B87			Rural Telecommunications (bimonthly) HE8801.R86
Communications News (monthly)			Telecommunications GA 1.13:GAO-05-257
Communications Outlook			Wireless News
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Type "Telecommunications" in the search box

Call # Ranges

-NA-

Trade Associations

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Association for Information Systems (AIS) Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) CommerceNet Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) Data Interchange Standards Association ETNO (European PTO's) European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) EURESCOM (Germany) European Telecommunications Information Service (ETIS) (Denmark) European Telecommunications Office (ETO) Fiber Optic Association Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) Global Wireless Education Consortium

GSM Association Industrial Telecommunications Association Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL) North American Association of Telecommunications Dealers (NATD) Organization for the Promotion & Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO) Satellite Industry Association Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) (United States) Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) (United Kingdom) Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council of Canada Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference (TPRC) United States Telecom Association (USTA) United Telecom Council (UTC) Wireless Foundation

• See also Associations Unlimited for association listings by subject or keyword.
• See also ABI/Inform for articles reporting trade association data.

Career Information

Vault Online Career Library (Currently, Vault Guides are facing problems opening in Adobe Reader 8.x. Please see here for using FREE Adobe Digital Editions to access these guides)

1. - Vault provides full-text career and industry guides
2. - Includes company profiles, occupation descriptions, and career-related articles

Career Guide to Industries  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Business Library, Reference: HF5382.5.U5 C3162

Occupational Outlook Handbook  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
CAT record for print copies
Business Library, Reference: HD8051.A623

Career Resources Page

 

Economics Department | School of Hospitality Management | Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Management | The Smeal College of Business | Text-only Version

Contact Business Library Webmaster.
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
©2003 The Pennsylvania State University
Privacy and legal statements
last updated 07/17/05
U.Ed.LIB 04-67