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BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. Jul 99
Standard & Poors, July 1999
Abstract
BellSouth Telecommunications Inc.'s (BellSouth Telecom) credit strength is a function of the company's well-above-average business position and management's conservative financial policy. The company's business position benefits from economic and regulatory diversity across its nine-state service area, good service quality, and increasing operating efficiency. BellSouth Telecom's more than 23 million telephone access lines and associated revenues are somewhat less concentrated in the larger metropolitan areas than is typical for a Bell operating company. As a result, direct competition has developed relatively slowly in the past several years, although numerous competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) have begun to emerge in selected BellSouth Telecom markets. BellSouth Telecom continues to experience one of the strongest rates of access line growth among the regional Bell...
Companies mentioned in this report are: BellSouth Telecommunications Inc.,BellSouth Corp.,BellSouth Capital Funding Corp.,BellSouth Telecommunications 1994-A Pass Through Trust
Action: Review
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Research Type: Full Analysis
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