Best Domestic Telecom Dividends 2011

The Most Promising Dividends in Domestic Telecom Stocks By Fool. Dividend payers deserve a berth in any long-term stock portfolio. But seemingly attractive dividend yields are not always as fetching as they may appear. Let's see which companies in the domestic telecom industry offer the most promising dividends. Below, I've compiled some of the major dividend-paying players in the domestic telecom industry (and a few smaller outfits), ranked according to their dividend yields:

Company	Recent Yield	Payout Ratio	5-Year Avg. Annual Div. Growth Rate
Alaska Communications Systems (Nasdaq: ALSK  )	12.20%	NM	0.60%
Frontier Communications(NYSE: FTR  )	10.50%	469%	-3.60%
Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq:CNSL  )	8.40%	146%	5.60%
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL  )	8.30%	123%	78.30%
Windstream (NYSE: WIN  )	7.80%	179%	-5.90%
AT&T (NYSE: T  )	5.90%	50%	5.40%
Verizon	5.40%	102%	3.90%
BCE	5.30%	69%	8.70%
Atlantic Tele-Network(Nasdaq: ATNI  )	2.70%	85%	12.40%
Shenandoah Telecommunications	2.60%	61%	10.40%

Related Ticker:
ALSK, FTR, CNSL, CTL, WIN, T, VZ, BCE, ATNI,

Source: Fool.com