NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/06/12 -- The telecom industry has posted tremendous revenue growth in recent years as new technologies drive the sector. LTE deployments and 3G and 4G expansion have boosted the top lines of several U.S. telecom companies, while the hefty dividends many telecoms pay continues to attract safe-haven investors. The Paragon Report examines the outlook for companies in the Telecom sector and provides research reports on AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) and CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL). Access to the full company reports can be found at:
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According to a recent report from the market research firm, Infonetics, telecom capital expenditures (CAPEX) were up 6% to $311 billion in 2011, while revenue was up 8% to $1.86 trillion. Stephane Teral, principal analyst for mobile and FMC infrastructure at Infonetics Research claims that the "near-6% increase in global telecom carrier CAPEX we expect in 2011 over 2010 is due in large part to AT&T's ramping LTE deployments, HSPA+ upgrades, and investments in WiFi hotspots for traffic offload."
In the long term, Research and Markets reports that revenues across all segments within the U.S. telecom industry presently total almost $750 billion and the firm says that revenues are expected to grow about +3.9% per year through the year 2020 to reach almost $1.2 trillion in revenue.
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Telecoms are well known for paying some of the strongest dividends on Wall Street. Presently CenturyLInk pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share for a hefty yield of around 7.8 percent. CenturyLink is engaged primarily in providing a range of communications services, including voice, Internet, data and video services. Last month the company announced that it won a multi-year task order valued at more than $250 million from the Defense Information Systems Agency/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization to provide private line services for dedicated high-speed connections between military installations.
AT&T currently pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share for a yield of around 5.8 percent.
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