Business statistics

Data from Q4/2007 onward can be found in the RTR Telecom Monitor.

Number of employees in the telecommunication sector (all clusters, in FTEs)

	Internal employees	Leased employees and freelancers
4th quarter 2004	18,684	1,171
1st quarter 2005	18,586	1,007
2nd quarter 2005	18,244	840
3rd quarter 2005	18,150	841
4th quarter 2005	17,826	939
1st quarter 2006	17,401	866
2nd quarter 2006	17,364	830
3rd quarter 2006	17,297	814
4th quarter 2006	17,126	814
1st quarter 2007	17,114	868
2nd quarter 2007	16,965	950
3rd quarter 2007	16,883	907

Due to changes in the population (based on the current Operators Survey) and subsequent corrections in data reported by several operators, previously published data values have been modified.