Exclusive of Verizon Communications, Which Had a Huge Gain on Business Disposition in the 2Q 2017 and Also Huge One-Time Net Earnings Charges in the 2Q 2016, the Remaining 14 US Telephone and Radio Telephone Communications Companies 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $4.322 Bil, Up a Robust 13% From the $3.816 Bil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016, Driven Mainly By T-Mobile and By Sprint, and to a Somewhat Lesser Extent By AT&T

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 15 Telephone and Radio Telephone Communications Companies (SEC Standard Identification Codes 4812 and 4813) headquartered in the US with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $1 Bil very recently and which have filed their Calendar Second Quarter 2017 Financial Statements with the SEC.

Below here are the Total Reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the Second Calendar Quarters of both 2017 and 2016 for each of these 15 largest US Telephone and Radio Communications Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
US Telephone and Radio Communications (SIC 4812-3)	City	State	Recent		Month	Income	Income	Better	Better
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE		End	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Worse)	(Worse)
						$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	%
Verizon Communications	New York	NY	Dec16		June17	4,478	831	3,647	439%
All 14 Excluding Verizon Communications
AT&T	Dallas	TX	Dec16		June17	4,014	3,515	499	14%
T-Mobile US	Bellevue	WA	Dec16		June17	581	225	356	158%
Sprint	Overland Park	KS	Mar17		June17	206	(302)	508	NM
Level 3 Communications	Broomfield	CO	Dec16		June17	154	156	(2)	-1%
Centurylink	Monroe	LA	Dec16		June17	17	196	(179)	-91%
Telephone & Data Systems	Chicago	IL	Dec16		June17	12	32	(20)	-63%
United States Cellular Corp	Chicago	IL	Dec16		June17	12	27	(15)	-56%
Vonage Holdings	Holmdel	NJ	Dec16		June17	5	0	5	NM
GTT Communications Inc	McLean	VA	Dec16		June17	1	0	1	NM
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Edinburg	VA	Dec16		June17	(0)	(7)	7	NM
Consolidated Communications Holdings	Mattoon	IL	Dec16		June17	(3)	0	(3)	NM
Straight Path Communications	Glen Allen	VA	Jul16		Apr17	(6)	(2)	(4)	NM
General Communication Inc	Anchorage	AK	Dec16		June17	(9)	3	(12)	NM
Frontier Communications Corp	Norwalk	CT	Dec16		June17	(662)	(27)	(635)	NM
Total all 14 Excluding Verizon Communications						4,322	3,816	505	13%