Moreover, the industry has offered attractive dividend yields, which has helped attract value investors in a year where many are shunning the growth category. For instance, the Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF (NYSEArca: VOX), the largest telecom-related ETF, comes with a 3.76% 12-month yield and rose 9.9% year-to-date, whereas the broader S&P 500 gained 1.4% so far this year.
Investors who are interested in tracking the telecommunications services sector have a handful of related ETF options to choose from.
Telecom ETFs:
1. Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF (NYSEArca: VOX)
Top 10 Holdings – 69.65% of Total Assets:
| Verizon Communications Inc. Com | VZ | 22.42 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 22.37 |
| CenturyLink, Inc. Common Stock | CTL | 4.58 |
| Level 3 Communications, Inc. Co | LVLT | 4.36 |
| SBA Communications Corporation | SBAC | 3.72 |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | TMUS | 3.50 |
| Frontier Communications Corpora | FTR | 2.63 |
| Telephone and Data Systems, Inc | TDS | 2.11 |
| Sprint Corporation Common Stock | S | 2.04 |
| ORBCOMM Inc. | ORBC | 1.92 |
2. iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (NYSEArca: IYZ)
Top 10 Holdings – 59.94% of Total Assets:
| AT&T Inc. | T | 10.67 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. Com | VZ | 9.95 |
| SBA Communications Corporation | SBAC | 5.87 |
| Level 3 Communications, Inc. Co | LVLT | 5.67 |
| CenturyLink, Inc. Common Stock | CTL | 5.62 |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | TMUS | 5.27 |
| Frontier Communications Corpora | FTR | 4.84 |
| Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Common St | RKUS | 4.10 |
| Telephone and Data Systems, Inc | TDS | 4.02 |
| Shenandoah Telecommunications C | SHEN | 3.53 |
3. iShares Global Telecomm ETF (NYSEArca: IXP)
Top 10 Holdings – 71.22% of Total Assets:
| AT&T Inc. | T | 18.40 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. Com | VZ | 15.99 |
| Vodafone Group PLC | VODPF.L | 6.56 |
| CHINA MOBILE HONG KO | CHLKF | 4.88 |
| NIPPON TEL & TEL CP | NPPXF | 4.48 |
| BT Group PLC | BTGOF.L | 4.39 |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | DTEGF.DE | 4.29 |
| KDDI CORP | KDDIF | 4.24 |
| SOFTBANK CORP ORD | SFTBF | 4.14 |
| Telstra Corp Ltd | TTRAF.AX | 3.85 |
4. Fidelity MSCI Telecommunication Services Index ETF (NYSEArca: FCOM)
Top 10 Holdings – 67.9% of Total Assets:
| AT&T Inc. | T | 22.00 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. Com | VZ | 20.95 |
| CenturyLink, Inc. Common Stock | CTL | 4.41 |
| Level 3 Communications, Inc. Co | LVLT | 4.23 |
| SBA Communications Corporation | SBAC | 3.69 |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | TMUS | 3.37 |
| Straight Path Communications In | STRP | 2.61 |
| Frontier Communications Corpora | FTR | 2.49 |
| Globalstar, Inc. Common Stock | GSAT | 2.13 |
| pdvWireless, Inc. | PDVW | 2.02 |
5. SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF (NYSEArca: IST)
Top 10 Holdings – 59.4% of Total Assets:
| Vodafone Group PLC | VODPF.L | 9.92 |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | DTEGF.DE | 6.37 |
| BT Group PLC | BTGOF.L | 6.30 |
| KDDI CORP | KDDIF | 6.27 |
| SOFTBANK CORP ORD | SFTBF | 6.22 |
| Telefonica SA | TEFOF.BC | 5.76 |
| NIPPON TEL & TEL CP | NPPXF | 4.95 |
| NTT DOCOMO INC ORD | NTDMF | 4.92 |
| Orange SA | FNCTF.PA | 4.52 |
| Singapore Telecommunications Ltd | SNGNF.SI | 4.17 |
6. SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (NYSEArca: XTL)
Top 10 Holdings – 24.46% of Total Assets:
| CommScope Holding Company, Inc. | COMM | 2.56 |
| NetScout Systems, Inc. | NTCT | 2.49 |
| Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. | UBNT | 2.48 |
| SBA Communications Corporation | SBAC | 2.47 |
| Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Common St | RKUS | 2.44 |
| InterDigital, Inc. | IDCC | 2.44 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. Common St | ANET | 2.40 |
| NETGEAR, Inc. | NTGR | 2.40 |
| Telephone and Data Systems, Inc | TDS | 2.39 |
| Windstream Holdings, Inc. | WIN | 2.39 |