United States
US 56255252 | Procurement

Wireline Telephone Services in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights

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IBISWorld Research Department
Analyst New York
Wirelines are metal wires or fiber-optic cables used to transmit data over radio waves. Telephone companies offer this technology to residential consumers, businesses, and other entities as a way to make phone calls over a landline.

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IBISWorld's research coverage on the Wireline Telephone Services procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.

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About this Market

What’s this procurement report about?

This procurement coverage of the Wireline Telephone Services market in the United States includes Landline Telephone Services and Voicemail Services. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-611-Wired telecommunications activities, NACE-61.10-Wired Telecommunications Activities, NAICS-517111-Wired Telecommunications Carriers and UNSPSC-83111501-Local telephone service.

What common market terminology is included?

Common market terminology included in the Wireline Telephone Services procurement coverage includes Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) (A method of technology that delivers voice and multimedia communications over the internet.), Landline (A phone that uses a solid medium, such as metal wire, for transmission of voice calls.) and Videoconferencing (Two-way video communication using telecommunication technologies.).

What companies are included as top suppliers?

The top companies covered in the Wireline Telephone Services procurement report as suppliers are Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc., Cox Enterprises, Inc., Windstream Holdings, Frontier Communications Corporation and Charter Communications, Inc..

Opportunity Assessment

What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?

The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Wireline Telephone Services market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.

The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per line per month, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.

Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Wireline Telephone Services market environment.

Buyer Power Score

What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?

The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Wireline Telephone Services procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.

These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.

Price Environment

What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?

The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Wireline Telephone Services market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.

Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.

Supply Chain & Vendors

What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?

The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Wireline Telephone Services market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.

Business Requirements

What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?

The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current market price for Wireline Telephone Services?

The 2026 benchmark market price for Wireline Telephone Services is $44.82 per line per month. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 0.33 from 2023-26.

Who are the top vendors in the Wireline Telephone Services market?

The top vendors in the Wireline Telephone Services market include Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc., Cox Enterprises, Inc., Windstream Holdings, Frontier Communications Corporation and Charter Communications, Inc..

What industries supply the Wireline Telephone Services market?

The top industries supplying the Wireline Telephone Services market are Semiconductor & Circuit Manufacturing in the US, Rubber Product Manufacturing in the US, Telecommunication Networking Equipment Manufacturing in the US, Circuit Board & Electronic Component Manufacturing in the US, Transmission Line Construction in the US and Wire & Cable Manufacturing in the US.

What is the supply chain risk for Wireline Telephone Services?

Market dominance by top suppliers restricts buyer bargaining power and price flexibility . Competition in the wireline telephone services market is limited as over half of market revenue is captured by the four largest vendors: AT&T, Comcast, Lumen and Verizon. This concentration diminishes competition, which limits the ease with which buyers can negotiate better prices or terms. However, buyers may be able to regain some bargaining power by using alternative solutions like VoIP or wireless offerings as leverage during supplier negotiations

What factors affect the price of Wireline Telephone Services?

Wireline telephone services with unlimited minutes cost more than wireline telephone services with a limited number of minutes due to the greater usage.

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