Stats You Can Use.(world telecommunications expansion)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

The dizzy pace of telecom expansion is creating an atmosphere of roaring enthusiasm among firms in the field, along with rapidly rising expenditures here and overseas on everything from fiber optic lines to flashy wireless phones. Despite significant competition from Asian and European telecom players, U.S. firms are poised to roll with the rising tide as it envelops new markets in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Prospects are particularly strong for wireless communications in poorer nations and countries where the laying of telephone lines is far more daunting than the building