NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) - Dividends have become increasingly popular with investors. With interest rates as low as they are currently long term investors have been looking to high yielding dividend stocks as safe havens. The telecom industry is highly regarded among dividend investors, as several domestic telecom operators have dividend yields exceeding 5 percent. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for companies in the Domestic Telecom Industry and provides equity research on AT&T Inc. (NYSE: [ T ]) and Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: [ FTR ]).

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The current S&P 500 dividend yield of 2.2 percent, on a year-ahead basis, outperforms the 1.88 percent yield on a 10-year Treasury note. Over 10 years a 2.2 percent yield compounds to 24.3 percent return whereas a 1.88 percent yield brings a 20.5 percent return. One of the major advantages of dividend-paying stocks is that dividends can increase over time. So far in 2012 152 of the S&P 500 companies have raised their dividends in 2012. In the same quarter last year 137 companies raised their dividends, the same period in 2010 saw 95 increases and just 68 over the same period in 2009.

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AT&T currently offers investors an annual dividend of $1.76, or a yield of 5.31 percent. For the quarter ended March 31, 2012, AT&T's consolidated revenues totaled $31.8 billion, up $575 million, or 1.8 percent, versus the year-earlier quarter. First-quarter 2012 net income attributable to AT&T totaled $3.6 billion, or $0.60 per diluted share, up from $3.4 billion, or $0.57 per diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter.

Frontier Communications currently offers investors an annual dividend of $0.40, or a yield of 11.43 percent. The company recently reported first-quarter 2012 revenue of $1,268.1 million, operating income of $208.5 million and net income attributable to common shareholders of Frontier of $26.8 million, or $0.03 per share.

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