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 GTE Corp. and MCI Communications Corp. reported strong earnings gains to record levels for the third quarter.
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 Southwestern Bell Corp. and Cincinnati Bell posted slight declines.
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 GTE Corp. 
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 GTE said 
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net income rose 18%,
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 aided by higher long-distance calling volumes and an increase in telephone lines in service.
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 Pretax operating profit from telephone operations rose 8.2% 
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but profits from telecommunications products and electrical products were flat.
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 Revenues rose 8.8% to $4.35 billion from $4.0 billion. 
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 The company said 
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the quarter included a 10% increase in local-exchange usage for long-distance calling and a 5% increase in the number of access lines in service.
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 Earlier rate reductions in Texas and California reduced the quarter's revenue and operating profit $55 million;
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 a year earlier, operating profit in telephone operations was reduced by a similar amount 
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as a result of a provision for a reorganization.
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 Revenue in the telecommunications products and services unit rose 27% to $728.8 million,
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 but operating profit was unchanged at $26.3 million, 
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partly because of start-up expenses.
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 Electrical products' sales fell to $496.7 million from $504.5 million with higher world-wide lighting volume 
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offset by lower domestic prices and the impact of weaker currencies in Europe and South America.
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 Operating profit of $37.2 million was unchanged.
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 In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange, GTE rose $1.25 to $64.125.
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 MCI Communications Corp. 
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 MCI, 
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which stepped up efforts
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 to sell long-distance telephone service to residential customers, 
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reported a 59% jump in earnings. 
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Revenue rose 23% to $1.67 billion from $1.36 billion.
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 Operating profit grew 57% to $269 million from $171 million, 
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while operating margins rose to 16.1% from 15.9% the previous quarter and 12.6% a year ago.
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 Daniel Akerson, MCI chief financial officer, said 
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the company sees further improvements in operating margins.
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 We think 
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we can take it to the 18% range over next 18 to 24 months, 
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he said.
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 In national over-the-counter trading, MCI fell $2.625 to $42.375. 
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Charles Schellke, an analyst with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., said 
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some investors apparently expected slightly better revenue growth.
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 The company said 
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that residential traffic grew faster than business traffic
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 and attributed that to its new PrimeTime calling plan 
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that competes with American Telephone & Telegraph's Reach Out America plan.
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 MCI claims about 12% of the overall long-distance telephone market but just under 10% of the $23 billion residential market.
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 It has been trying to improve its share of the residential market.
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 The company wants its business mix to more closely match that of AT&T 
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-- a step 
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will help prevent cross subsidization. 
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 Mr. Akerson said
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 MCI recorded another solid cash positive quarter, its fourth in a row, 
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but declined to comment on whether the company is considering a dividend or is planning any acquisition.
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looks fine. 
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We think 
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revenue will continue to grow 
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and that we can control costs 
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and thus improve profitability.
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 Southwestern Bell Corp. 
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Southwestern Bell Corp. said 
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net dropped 8.7%, mainly the result of four extraordinary items:
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 a franchise tax refund 
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that its Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. unit received last year; 
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a production shift of several Yellow Pages directories to the fourth quarter from the third; a rate refund in Missouri and a one-time adjustment to phone company revenues. 
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 Revenue slipped 1.2% to $2.21 billion from $2.23 billion.
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 The earnings drop had been expected.
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 Chairman Zane E. Barnes said 
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Southwestern Bell's businesses are healthy 
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and are continuing to grow.
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 The company reported a 3.1% increase in the number of access lines in service,
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 and also said 
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its Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems unit added 30,000 new customers, with a current total of about 333,000.
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 Southwestern shares fell 50 cents to $55.875 in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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 Cincinnati Bell Inc. 
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 Cincinnati Bell Inc. said 
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net declined 1.8%. 
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The company noted 
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that the year-ago period was particularly strong, with an increase of nearly 70%.
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 Revenue jumped nearly 17% to $223.3 million from $191.4 million.
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 In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Cincinnati Bell fell 25 cents to $29.
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 The company said 
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that the number of access lines dropped slightly in the quarter, a decline 
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attributed to seasonal fluctuations.
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 For the year, however, access lines in service have increased 5.5%.
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 Chairman D.H. Hibbard said 
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the company has set a new five year goal 
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of doubling revenues to about $1.8 billion 
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while steadily increasing net.
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