1 october 2001 telecommunication services in the cpi a quantity approach paper presented at sixth meeting of international working group on price indices canberra australia 2 6 april rósmundur guðnason statistics iceland skuggasund 3 is reykjavík 150 rosmundur gudnason statice abstract growth market for telecommunications raises issue weight shares these this important dealt with discussion have mostly been centred to measurement issues and less about compilation gathering information expenditures can be cumbersome fact that some telephone companies give their clients very detailed bills opens new possibilities collecting consumption household budget survey has utilised icelandic hbs 2000 satisfying results were most cases acquired participants consents directly from telecom method proved effective along traffic minutes number calls are base revision weights