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JULY 20, 2001

S&P SECTOR SCORECARD

Sector: Telecommunication Services
Performances and investment outlooks for the Telecommunication Services sector and its industries.

Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	% Price Change For					Rankings 5 (Best) – 1 (Worst)
Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	1 Wk	13 Wks	YTD	'00	5 Yrs.	Relative Strength	STARS
Telecommunication Services	198.3	5.6	0.9	0.9	–12.1	–38.6	8.8	2	3.3
Alternative Carriers	31.5	0.1	–9.4	–31.7	–44.3	–73.8	N / A	1	4.0
Integrated Telecommunication Services	194.5	4.8	0.8	1.9	2.9	–36.6	9.2	2	3.2
Wireless Telecommunication Services	288.5	0.7	2.4	–2.1	–2.5	–51.8	25.0	1	3.6

Sector STARS: The weighted averages of company STARS in the sector or industry. A higher number is better: 5= Buy, 4= Accumulate, 3= Hold, 2= Avoid, 1= Sell.
Relative Strength: The index's 6-month price performance versus other sectors or sub-industries. 5=Top 10%, 4=Next 20%, 3=Middle 40%, 2=Next 20%, 1=Bottom 10%.

The Relative Strength Graph represents the sector's 52-week price performance vs. that of the S&P 1500 Super Composite. If the purple line moves below 100, the sector is underperforming the market, and if it moves above 100, the sector Is outperforming the market.

The S&P 1500 Super Composite normalized at 100

The sector's 52-week price performance

The relative-strength trend line over the last 200 days